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MagicValley.com Urban re-do-all URA bought old Kruzer’s property, then realized it had to revote By Jared S. Hopkins take,”Twin Falls Economic Times-News writer Development Director Melinda Anderson, who The Twin Falls Urban serves as the URA executive Renewal Agency on director, said in a state- Monday agreed to spend ment. “We are in the $340,000 to buy the former process of hiring a new Kruzer’s Nightlife down- executive assistant, who in town property, but the past had posted the announced in the after- meetings. It simply did not noon it must vote again come to my attention that because the meeting wasn’t this task had not been per- legal. formed.” Monday’s noon meeting Under state law, public was held at the council agencies must post meet- chambers, but a news ing announcements and release at about 3 p.m. said agendas five days in the meeting wasn’t proper- advance of the session in a ly posted so the action was conspicuous public place. Photos by ASHLEY SMITH/Times-News null and void. REVOTE Piper, a Siberian husky, pauses for a moment Monday while Bonnie Brasseur, of Ontario Ore., uses a shedding blade to remove her winter coat at “I apologize for this mis- See , Main 2 the Twin Falls County Fairgrounds in Filer. The Snake River Canyon Kennel Club is hosting an American Kennel Club-sanctioned dog show today and Wednesday. Magicvalley.com WATCH a video and view slide show of preparations Elmore County for the dog show at the Twin Falls County Dog days Fairgrounds in Filer. commission likely of Summer to decide nuke Dog handlers set up plant’s fate Monday By Nate Poppino vote. But all three commis- Times-News writer sioners decided to wait until next Monday to clari- for dog show in Filer MOUNTAIN HOME — fy what restrictions, if any, Elmore County commis- they’re allowed to place on By Nichole Carnell TAKE IN A SHOW sioners could decide the a zoning change, due to Times-News writer fate of a proposed nuclear concerns about a com- Pugs owned by Lynne and Larry Dixon of LaGrande, Ore., greet a visitor The Snake River Canyon power plant next week, pletely different business FILER — The dog days of Kennel Club All Breed and Monday at the Twin Falls County Fairgrounds in Filer. after holding off on a deci- using the zone if AEHI summer are here, at least for Obedience Dog Show begins sion Monday in order to backs out. the next couple days. at 8:30 a.m. today and this all year long.” Lee, a southern California to receive more legal advice. Monday’s discussion On Monday afternoon, Wednesday at the Twin Falls familiar face on the show defend her Best in Show title Commissioners took also included concerns RVs began lining the Twin County Fairgrounds in Filer. circuit, said he attended his from last year. She is show- nearly one hour in the over what effect an esti- Falls County Fairgrounds in Admission and day parking is first show in 1950 with his ing 14 dogs this year, plus morning to debate rezoning mated 4,500 to 5,500 new anticipation of the annual free. parents. keeping track of her two 1,300 acres of farmland five residents would have on Snake River Canyon Kennel He has his preshow rou- young children. miles west of Hammett to public services. And Club All Breed and tine down to a science. Upon And while showing is heavy industrial, the first Commissioner Connie Obedience Dog Show set for with handlers. arriving, Lee quickly began stressful, success often and vital step in Alternate Cruser shared that she’d today and Wednesday. Stotz is a veteran of the setting up his RV and comes down to good breed- Energy Holdings Inc.’s received a call from some- Pugs, poodles, schnau- dog show scene,spouting off bathing his dogs after driv- ing, handlers said. A handler plans to build the 1,600- one warning her to watch zers and Shih Tzus barked mantras such as, “Toy peo- ing more than 700 miles to may be the best in the world, megawatt Idaho Energy how she votes on the mat- as their handlers prepared ple usually have a herd,” as Filer on Sunday night. but if the dog is not naturally Complex. ter or she’ll “be sorry.”She for today’s 8:30 a.m. start to she walks by a pen of about “That gives you an idea of structured correctly or able County Commission was asked to report any the show. In an event that 20 Chihuahuas, and “There what we do,”said Lee. to move fluidly, it won’t do Chairman Larry Rose and similar threats in the has taken a year to plan, is no such thing as a perfect What Lee does involves well in show, said amateur Commissioner Arlie Shaw future. Show Chair Mary Stotz is dog.” traveling with multiple dogs, handler Susan Paraga, of both seemed to have reser- AEHI CEO Don Gillispie one busy dog lover. Riding Stotz chats with Alvin like fellow handler Kimberlie Joesph, Ore. vations about the rezone seemed concerned about around with her Lakeland “Beep” Lee, of Battle- Steele-Gamero, to shows all As she brings out her and said near the end of his project’s prospects after terrier, Teddy, at her side, ground, Wash.,who is a pro- over the country. Steele- Monday’s meeting that she directs RVs and chats fessional handler and “at Gamero traveled from See DOG, Main 2 they were ready for the final See NUKE, Main 3 For some viewers, A place to pray KSAW going Hearing tonight on dark for a while Islamic center permit By Jared S. Hopkins By Ben Botkin on the analog signal, said Bob Times-News writer Times-News writer Rosenthal, general manager. That means viewers who Since Bakhridtin Yusupov came to America Viewers watching the have cable won’t be affected. from Russia more than three years ago,he and his ABC-affiliated station, The times are approximate, fellow Muslims have met for prayer in a rented KSAW 51, on Friday need not but the station will go off the apartment. worry about their television air for analog viewers at about A more permanent place could soon open its sets if the image goes blank. 2 p.m. Friday and is expected doors. Some KSAW viewers in the to be up and running again Yusupov has applied to the Twin Falls will be in the with a digital signal at about 7 Planning and Zoning Commission for a special ASHLEY SMITH/Times-News dark for a few days starting p.m. Monday, Rosenthal said. use permit to operate an Islamic cultural com- Bakhridtin Yusupov, who left Russia four Friday when the station “We’re looking forward to munity center.The 6 p.m. hearing tonight will be makes the switch from an providing a digital signal,” he at council chambers at 305 Third Ave. E. years ago with his family, wants to open an analog signal to a digital sig- said. Yusupov said he and other Muslims in Twin Islamic cultural community center in Twin nal. The station will only be Falls to educate children and encourage a off the air for viewers who rely See KSAW, Main 2 See HEARING, Main 2 positive conversation about the religion.

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Three things to do today ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT hour, Post Home, 447 Seastrom St., Twin Humanities Council, noon to 6 p.m., The Pat Marcantonio Quest Fest 2009, annual spring dance of Falls, $5-per-plate steak potluck: bring side Community Library, 415 Spruce Ave. N., students of Mauldin’s Dance Academy of dish, salad or dessert, all members, spous- Ketchum, free admission, 726-3493. • If you love dogs, you Tickets are $16 for adults Twin Falls, 7:30 p.m., Roper Auditorium, es/dates, plus anyone interested in joining “Idaho Landscape: A Different Point of can’t miss the American and $12 for children or $25 Twin Falls High School campus, tickets: $6 the American Legion or Auxiliary welcome View,” 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Jean B. King Kennel Club -sanctioned for a family of two adults for adults, $4 for students and senior citi- to attend, www.twinfallslegion.org or 733- Gallery, Herrett Center for the Arts and All Breed and Obedience and up to three children 12 zens and no cost for children under age 5, 9306. Science, College of campus, Dog Shows. It’s sponsored and under with a coupon open to the public, 733-1446. Citizens Protecting Resources (CPR) meet- 315 Falls Ave., no cost, 732-6655. by Snake River Canyon from the newspaper. Jordan World Circus, 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 ing, 7:30 p.m., Idaho Fish and Game build- “Going to the Dogs,” animal portraits by Kennel Club starting at • Who doesn’t need a p.m., Cassia County Fairgrounds, Burley, ing, two miles north of the Flying J on U.S. Janet Thomas, noon to 5 p.m., Magic Valley 8:30 a.m. today and laugh in this economy? So tickets available one hour before show: $16 Highway 93, 324-3202. Arts Council’s La Galeria Pequena, 132 Main Wednesday at the Twin check out Comedy Night for adults and $12 for children; or $25 for a Twin Falls Chess Club/Magic Valley Chess Ave. S., Main Street Plaza, Twin Falls, free Falls County Fairgrounds at 7 p.m. at Sage Mountain family (two adults and up to three children Club meeting, 6 to 9:30 p.m., Barnes & admission, 734-2787 or in Filer. It’s free to watch Grill, 251 N. St., Albion. age 12 and under) with newspaper coupon, Noble Booksellers, 1239 Poleline Road, Twin Magicvalleyartscouncil.org. and you’ll see magnificent Seating starts at 6:30 p.m. 436-9160. Falls, 208-733-6186 or [email protected]. “The Rural Vernacular,” a look at people and animals. with a $10 cover. places outside the urban-dominated main- • The Jordan World EDUCATION stream by using iconic photographs of Circus performs at 4:30 Have your own pick you Walker Evans as starting point, 9 a.m. to 5 BENEFITS AND CHARITY “Modalities and Submodalities” and 7:30 p.m. at the Cassia want to share? Something p.m., Sun Valley Center for the Arts, 191 NeuroLinguistic class, discover personal County Fairgrounds. Of that is unique to the area Idaho Food Bank distribution, serving Fifth St. E., Ketchum, no cost, sunvalleycen- primary modality; recognize modality of course there will be wild and that may take people Kimberly, Hansen and Murtaugh areas, ter.org or 726-9491. others for more effective teaching; Debrah animals, daredevils, aerial- by surprise? E-mail me at hosted by Crossroads United Methodist Roundy, instructor, 7:30 to 9 p.m., East ists, acrobats and clowns. [email protected]. Church, noon to 2 p.m., in the church’s GOVERNMENT recreation hall, 131 Syringa Ave., Kimberly, Minico Middle School, open to community, first-come, first-served basis, bring boxes or newcomers welcome, no cost, (donations Twin Falls County commissioners, 8:30 bags, 423-4311 accepted for the Minico Spuds Special a.m., courthouse, 425 Shoshone St. N., 736- Olympics team), 436-1543. 4068. CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS Blaine County commissioners, 9 a.m., court- CSI trustees discuss EXHIBITS house, 206 First Ave. S., Hailey, 788-5500. The American Legion Post 7 and Auxiliary Jerome County commissioners, 9 a.m., “Between Fences” exhibit, visual cultural meeting and potluck, joint installation of courthouse, 300 N. Lincoln St., 644-2700. history of fences and land use presented by officers (no separate meetings); also ongo- Hagerman Chamber of Commerce, noon, bidding process the Smithsonian Institute and Idaho ing Rada Knives fundraiser, 5:30 p.m. social Snake River Grill, 837-9131. By Ben Botkin that the construction compa- Times-News writer ny, which is currently con- structing the college’s new The College of Southern health sciences and human T.F.Council approves Pole Line restriction Idaho’s board of trustees may services building, will put up vote next week on a bid for a the new building. That out- By Jared S. Hopkins will also be allowed. highway plans. Mayor Lance Clow. building project that would be come will depend on whether Times-News writer Police say the area is a In related news,the coun- A meeting for the busi- funded with federal stimulus the board approves Starr’s source of growing concern cil discussed the roadwork nesses concerned is sched- money. proposal and federal stimulus The Twin Falls City because of vehicle colli- on Blue Lakes Boulevard, uled for 2 p.m. Wednesday Trustees met Monday for a funding comes through. Council agreed Monday to sions. Staff Sgt. Dennis which state officials said at the Twin Falls Area work session to discuss the Beck encouraged the proceed with a temporary Pullin told the council the 12 Friday is more than two Chamber of Commerce. bidding process, one week trustees to ask questions and barrier on Pole Line Road collisions so far this year months ahead of schedule. The council also: before a June 15 session to make suggestions if they see between the Costco and equal the entire total from Some businesses have • Passed a plan at Twin consider a recommendation anything that should be done Target parking lots in hopes last year. expressed concern about Falls Municipal Golf Course from the college administra- differently, adding that they of minimizing traffic prob- “The bottom line is we vehicle access, although the to charge just $1 per hole tion about the bids for a con- don’t want to be perceived as lems. have a high crash rate in that project has been planned for after 6 p.m. Some courses in struction project that would favoring one contractor over Under the scenario, area,”Pullin told the council. years and businesses have Boise take that approach. house the college’s new wind another. motorists would be prohib- The barrier of orange been consulted. Council There will also be a $25 energy program. Mason said that Starr Corp. ited from making left turns “candlesticks” will cost members said prohibiting summer special from 2 to The college expects to hear scored the highest in different out of the parking lots and $1,000 and will be studied left-hand turns during the 5 p.m. by about June 17 if it will be scenarios aimed at eliminat- driving across Pole Line for a year before the city roadwork remains a sound • Appointed Leon Smith awarded federal stimulus ing potential evaluator bias. Road from one parking lot to chooses a permanent solu- strategy, despite protests to the Twin Falls Urban funding to pay for the project, For example, the company the other — the crossing’s tion. City Engineer Jackie from businesses and Renewal Agency board to a said CSI President Jerry Beck. still scored highest when the two biggest problems. Fields told the council a sig- motorists. three-year term. Smith, a The college hopes to obtain highest and lowest category Motorists will be nal remains a possibility, “One person waiting for Republican state legislator between $3 million and $5 scores for each contractor allowed to make left turns though it’s not supported by (traffic) to clear could back since 1998, has years of million in stimulus funds, he were eliminated, he said. into the parking lots from the nearby businesses and up traffic all the way to the experience in public service, said.The entire project is esti- Starr Corp. has had a long Pole Line Road. U-turns wouldn’t conform to state bridge and beyond,” said and was the only to apply. mated at more than $6 mil- association with CSI building lion. projects, including the Fine Mike Mason,vice president Arts building, Student Union of administration, told board Building and Student Bonnie Brasseur, of Ontario, Paraga listed off the expensive, it is worth it to members that Twin Falls- Recreation Center in addition Ore., introduces herself things that need to be done these dog lovers. But then based Starr Corp. was the top to the nursing building now Dog saying, “We’re related by before the show, including again,at the end of the day it scorer out of 10 contractors under construction. Continued from Main 1 dog.” “a bubble bath, which is like is still a competition. that submitted proposals. Starr Corp. is owned by the Siberian husky to demon- “Even though our dogs going to the spa.” “I’m here to win every- Contractors did not present a Arrington family of Twin strate natural structure and compete against each other Stotz chimes in, “It’s an thing,”said Lee. “All I want dollar-amount bid, but were Falls. Glenn Arrington, who movement, her neighbor in the ring, we are still expensive hobby.” is the last ribbon of the evaluated based on seven last year turned operations and fellow husky owner, friends,”said Brasseur. Although it may be day.” areas such as their explana- over to his son, Michael, is a tion of pricing practices, a CSI Foundation board mem- description of their philoso- ber. the sale to Larry and Karen Anderson said a 10-year URA was interested in the phy and operational practices No representative of Starr Tucker, Hailey-based entre- payment plan was best for property. and references. Corp. attended Monday Revote preneurs, with a $10,000 this purchase. Still, it’s a clear “We didn’t want to get Part of the bidding project night’s meeting. Continued from Main 1 down payment and monthly difference from last year’s back into the bar business,” also includes remodeling and The release came after the payments over 10 years to $200,000 cash purchase of he said. addition work at the Desert Ben Botkin may be reached Times-News informed city pay off the remaining total of the former Red’s Trading According to the agree- Building. at [email protected] officials the newspaper did- $330,000 at 6 percent inter- Post property at 215 ment, the URA acknowl- Starr’s score could mean or 735-3238. n’t receive a meeting agenda est. Shoshone St. S. Anderson edges the land has “had cer- in advance, as is the usual The purchase — which was said the price for Kruzer’s tain environmental problems procedure. not a surprise and was was based on an appraisal. and the existing buildings signal in February. That was A special meeting will be rumored to have been in the Anderson said there are no may contain asbestos.” the original deadline set by held today at 4:15 p.m.to rec- works for months — is the immediate plans to redevelop The four-block project was KSAW the federal government, tify the legal error. latest step by the URA and the property, and it will be initially to be between Second Continued from Main 1 which was later extended to On Monday, the URA the city of Twin Falls in an incorporated into the overall Avenue South and Fourth A low-power station, this Friday. board had voted 6-0 after a ambitious and controversial four-block project. She said Avenue South, and Shoshone KSAW is making the switch , closed-door meeting to buy $40 million plan to revitalize she’s been in discussions Street South and Idaho Street to digital, even though by which has a channel for the downtown property that four blocks of downtown. with potential developers South. Last year,officials said law it’s not required to. Magic Valley viewers, is includes the 50,000 square- The URA has for years been and the project continues to they scaled back the project, Congress mandated that ending its analog service at foot building where Kruzer’s buying property in the area, evolve. focusing on just two blocks — full-power television sta- about 10 p.m. on Friday. It Nightlife operated and the and has accelerated the plan Larry Tucker, who owned and then said only one. tions must end their analog has offered a digital signal dirt lot next to it. There was to turn the area of low-rise the property since 1987 for all Anderson said officials are signals and switch to entire- alongside the analog signal no public discussion prior to warehouses into a mixed-use but three years, once owned merely approaching the proj- ly digital signals on Friday — since 2003. the vote. development with offices, and managed a bar there. He ect in stages and four blocks the same day that KSAW is The local Fox affiliate, The URA would complete retail and housing. said Monday he heard the remains the ultimate goal. making the change. KXTF, is also turning off its Other stations are also analog signal. making preparations for the NBC affiliate KTFT, a switchover. low-power station, will noon, 4 p.m., an hour TAKE PART the Islamic Center of Boise. Twin Falls’ CBS affiliate, continue to use its analog before sunset, and three The arrival of an Islamic KMVT-TV ended its analog signal. Hearing hours after sunset. The A public hearing will be held cultural center in Twin Falls Continued from Main 1 busiest times would be tonight for a special use per- would be yet another sign of CORRECTION Falls — he estimates there Fridays and during the holy mit to operate an Islamic change in the growing are a few hundred — want a month of Ramadan. cultural community center south-central Idaho city, more formal setting with Yusupov said he enjoys in Twin Falls. It’s 6 p.m. at where the population Due to incorrect information provided to the Times- additional space. living in Twin Falls, and council chambers, 305 Third recently passed 40,000. News, a June 5 story gave an incorrect location for an “We need some place to acknowledges the uphill Ave. E. Yusupov said the small upcoming performance of the Happy Hands Club. The June pray,”he said Monday in the battle he faces as a Muslim house at 455 Addison Ave. 20 event is at the King Fine Arts Center in Burley. living room of his Twin Falls both in the United States factory. in Twin Falls is a good start- house. and a conservative commu- For more than 25 years, ing point for Muslims here, Yusupov, a Sunni nity. But to him, having the the CSI Refugee Center has although he’d like to expand CIRCULATION Muslim, said he followed cultural center as a place to helped bring more than the building. Asked All delivery areas ...... 733-0931, ext 1 one of his brothers to pray is just like other people 2,500 refugees to Twin whether he’d like a Twin ...... or 1-800-658-3883 America for a better life attending a church or syna- Falls, said Ron Black, the Falls mosque someday, Circulation director Laura Stewart . . . .735-3327 PUBLISHER Circulation phones open 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. than in Russia. In America, gogue — with the only dif- program’s director. Yusupov said he would but Brad Hurd ...... 735-3345 daily and 6 to 10 a.m. on weekends for ques- he hopes to teach people ference being Muslims pray Annually, new refugees acknowledged there are no NEWSROOM tions about delivery, new subscriptions and vaca- about Islam. five times a day. number about 150, immediate plans. Editor James G. Wright ...... 735-3255 tion stops. 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Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho LOCAL Tuesday, June 9, 2009 Main 3 You Don’t When moths attack Say Steve Crump Officials track increased Getting the drop moth migration this year on the bad guy By Nate Poppino “In some years like Times-News writer this one, the moths hink truth can’t are so numerous trump TV crime fic- SO YOU SAY Southern Idaho is being during their annual T tion any night of the If it’s odd, quirky or poignant invaded, scientists say — by migration that they week? … Then consider this and it happens in south-cen- moths. become a nuisance from the archives of the tral Idaho, I want to hear “Miller moths,” a term pest,”he stated. Twin Falls Police about it. given to a variety of moths The moths, dull gray to Photo courtesy Department … Call me at 735-3223, or write common in and around light brown with lighter University of Arizona On Jan. 15, 1951, a Twin [email protected]. homes this time of year, are markings on their wings, Falls County Jail inmate currently migrating from feed on nectar during the Times-News last week that Barbour recommended named Robert Lee Gilford lowlands to more mountain- night and hide in protected their agency does combat a against using pesticides to got hold of handgun and and the chamber that held a ous areas, said Jim Barbour,a places during the day. few types of moths that are control the moths. Rather, took two Twin Falls city live bullet … University of Idaho They’re attracted to a num- more of an invasive threat to he suggested sealing open- police officers, Angus The Twin Falls County Extension entomologist in ber of plants, including crops.These moths aren’t on ings around windows and Spence and Lee Talkington, commissioners appointed Parma. cherries, cotoneaster, lilac, that list, but Barbour noted doors, reducing lights at and Twin Falls County Benham sheriff four years According to a Monday raspberry, spirea, syringe Monday that the army cut- night in and around the Deputy Sheriff Jim Benham later … press release, U of I and the and Russian olive. The worm caterpillars can still be home and replacing white hostage, forcing them to A COUPLE of old Filer Idaho State Department of insects return to lower ele- a serious agricultural pest. lights with yellow lights, drive in a TFPD patrol car friends got together by Agriculture have received vations in later summer and “In some years, popula- which are much less attrac- east on U.S. Highway 30 chance recently at, of all numerous calls about the fall, where they mate, lay tions are high enough that tive to moths. The insects with Talkington at the wheel places, the NAIA college moths, which migrate every their eggs and die. The eggs the caterpillars eat all the will also try to get into … At Burley, Gilford told World Series in Lewiston … year. This year’s migration hatch into caterpillars that vegetation in an area, then garages and sheds; the easi- Talkington to turn south Kent Knigge, 47,and mainly consists of adult then feed through the fall, move in mass — as an army est way to remove them from toward Salt Lake City … Cindy Brewer, 40, hadn’t army cutworms, Barbour winter and early spring. of caterpillars — to plants in indoor locations is with a The hostages and seen each other for 29 years, stated. ISDA officials told the other nearby areas,”he said. vacuum cleaner. hostage-taker’s where- according to the Lewiston abouts confused pursuing Tribune. Knigge played cops and the Cassia County baseball at Filer High School Sheriff’s Office because all with Brewer’s older brother, local law enforcement agen- Monte Marshall … Brewer Grand Opening... cies in Idaho in those days used to follow them around Nuke used the same radio fre- from field to field, Knigge Continued from Main 1 harm to public agencies quency, allowing Gilford to recalls … the meeting, and said that would be if officials fail to listen in … But an airplane She married her college he thinks commissioners prepare for increased Chinese Restaurant pilot caught sight of the car sweetheart at Lubbock would have rejected the traffic. and followed it … Christian University in rezone if they had voted. The study concluded They stopped at Malta for Texas, and lives in Lubbock He said some items he that area schools would- Buffet or oil, then headed south into still … Knigge, who now submitted were left out of n’t be harmed because Menu Orders OFF Utah, turning on U.S. lives in Lewiston, has a son, the discussion, including they’re funded largely WITH THIS AD Highway 191 …. At Willard, Tyler, who plays baseball for a proposed developer through sales tax. While south of Brigham City, Lewis-Clark State College, agreement that would state funds would proba- (208) 732-8962 Talkington pulled into a host of the NAIA World undo the rezone if AEHI bly handle an increase in service station to refuel … Series … doesn’t build the plant, teachers at the Glenns Box Elder County Sheriff “It’s just weird,”Knigge and an economic study he Ferry School District — 653 Blue Lakes Blvd. N. Warren Hyde was waiting … told the Tribune. “You just said shows no harm to which covers Hammett — Twin Falls, ID Hyde tiptoed behind the never know who you are public services. property taxes would car, tapped the rear window, going to run across” … The developer agree- probably have to cover then ran around to the right The two teams never met ment, on file with the any facilities improve- side of the vehicle … That in the series … Lubbock won county, states the zoning ments at the district, said SENIORS 20% OFF distracted Gilford enough the national championship “may be” reversed if the Superintendent Wayne EVERY Turn Offf YourYour that the three officers could by beating Point Loma agreement is terminated. Rush. District adminis- TUESDAY subdue him, with generous Nazarene University of San But it also doesn’t obli- trators haven’t offered an FAT SWITCH! applications of Spence’s bil- Diego, 11-8 … Another area gate the actual owner of official stance on the lyclub … product was in the dugout the land to any of AEHI’s plant. How close did someone for that game ... Point Loma requirements, and it was- The district’s board 28 Pounds Lost come to getting killed? … junior catcher Drew n’t clear Monday after- already plans to approach in 10 Weeks! Well, Gilford’s weapon was Bernhard is a 2005 Twin noon how that would AEHI about helping cover The New Integra-LeanTM Irvingiaa cocked and pointed toward Falls High School graduate. affect that clause. any sudden improve- turns off your fat switch so you the back of Talkington’s The economic study, ments needed, Rush said, can lose weight in four ways: head … Benham kept it from Steve Crump is the done in 2007 by Johnson and he thinks his schools 1. 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Payments made are not deductible as charitable contributions. magicvalley.com *no double discounts Main 4 Tuesday, June 9, 2009 LOCAL Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho St. Benedicts transferring home health to St. Luke’s By Ben Botkin St. Benedicts said the “Our first obligation is to our financial officer for St. tion technology and radiolo- Times-News writer transition process will be Luke’s Magic Valley Medical gy. seamless for current patients patients and staff.” Center, said more planning St. Benedicts Family St. Benedicts Family and providers, which is — Alan Stevenson, chief executive officer at St. Benedicts and collaboration is needed Medical Center is an affiliate Medical Center in Jerome is described in the letter. The for details like the staffing of of Essentia Community transferring its home health hospital’s home health serv- the two organizations. Hospitals and Clinics, of services to St. Luke’s Magic ices currently works with offered. A mission based offering continued excellent “This is a great opportu- New Brighton, Minn., a Valley Medical Center. about 40 patients. discernment process evalu- home health services to our nity for us to take what has nonprofit, mission-based St. Benedicts and the “Our first obligation is to ating home health services patients.” historically been two com- health care system with Twin Falls hospital signed a our patients and staff,”Alan began back in February The two hospitals plan to peting organizations and three rural hospitals in letter of intent last week to Stevenson, chief executive 2009. After careful review, communicate to ensure a a great regional part- Idaho. transfer St. Benedicts’ home officer at St. Benedicts, said the decision was made to smooth transition for nership,”he said. health services to St. Luke’s in a statement. “St. transfer home health servic- patients, physicians and St. Benedicts said that Ben Botkin may be by Sept. 1, Jerome hospital Benedicts is a critical access es. Partnering with St. staff. collaborative discussions reached at bbotkin@magic- officials announced on facility and is examining all Luke’s to deliver home John Groesbeck, chief will continue that look at valley.com or 208-735- Monday. lines of services currently health services is a means of operating officer and chief shared services in informa- 3238. Ore. investigators: Woman Recent rains add to already soggy cut open, infant taken spring in Idaho HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) — A once-pregnant 21-year- POCATELLO (AP) — Kerry Hanco, a weather old newcomer to Oregon Southern Idaho got service forecaster in who was found dead in a drenched Sunday. Pocatello, said that city crawl space of a home had Pocatello had a record received 2.04 inches of rain been cut open and her baby 0.65 inch of rain for the last week, coming close to taken from her womb, date, bettering the mark of the 1993 record of 2.44 investigators said Monday. 0.42 inch set in 1987, the inches for the first week of It couldn’t be determined National Weather Service June. if the infant son of Heather said. In Jerome, 0.46 inch Rain forced the cancella- Snively died before or after of rain fell, breaking the tion of golf tournaments in he was removed, the 1993 record of 0.45 inch for Pocatello, and workers at Washington County sher- the date. Royal West Amusement iff’s department said in a Josh Smith, a weather took down carnival rides statement. service meteorologist in after steady rain slowed A 27-year-old woman, Boise, said more rain is attendance during the Korena Roberts, has been likely for all of Idaho later four-day show. charged with murder in this week due to a large low “It just wasn’t safe,’’ Snively’s death. She pressure system moving in show manager Debbie appeared in court Monday from the west. Carter told the Idaho State but did not enter a plea. “Pretty much most of Journal. “We started A 911 call on Friday the West is going to be wet, breaking down at about brought emergency workers cold and rainy,’’he said. 5:30 p.m. and wouldn’t you to Roberts’ house in the AP photo The weather system, know it, then the sun came Portland suburb of Korena Roberts, shown with her lawyer Jim Glover, is arraigned in Washington County court on Monday in Smith said, extends from out.’’ Beaverton. Workers found Hillsboro, Ore. Roberts, 27, is charged with the murder of Heather Snively, a pregnant 21-year-old newcomer Alaska into the central Spring rains have helped blood on the floor and Pacific Ocean. It should fill reservoirs in the region, Roberts’ boyfriend trying to to Oregon who was found dead in a crawl space of a suburban home. move into Idaho today, with the Bureau of revive the infant. with the wet weather last- Reclamation reporting that Investigators said Roberts her abdomen,’’ the sheriff’s would have twins. named John Steven. ing into the weekend. all major storage reservoirs claimed the baby was hers. office said. Snively had recently “I’m still in shock; it has- “It’s quite a large sys- on the Upper Snake River At the emergency room, A grand jury will hear the moved to Oregon from n’t hit me,’’ she said. “I tem,’’he said. Basin are at capacity. doctors, who were unable to case, the prosecutor said, Maryland because her mean, that initial phone call; revive the baby, determined and Roberts might also face boyfriend and father of the I just couldn’t believe it. I that Roberts had not given charges in the infant’s death child had found a better job. just could not believe I was birth. — if lab tests determine he Snively’s mother, Heidi talking about my own child.’’ Police said they returned ever took a breath. Kidd of St. Albans, W.Va., Neighbors on Monday to Roberts’ home and found “The issue is was the child said Snively met Roberts a said Roberts bought a Officials say vehicle may the hidden body. Roberts’ alive at all at any point in few weeks ago through stroller at a garage sale and boyfriend is cooperating and time,’’ said Washington Craigslist, the online classi- set up a crib on the front have been swept into river doesn’t face charges, the Count District Attorney Bob fied service. Police said lawn of her rental home. sheriff’s office said. Herman. “This is certainly Monday they are still trying They said Snively was seen MURPHY (AP) — was driving on Highway 78 A medical examiner said unusual for its circum- to confirm that. at Roberts’ house more than Authorities say they will when a wall of water Monday that Snively died of stances and nature.’’ Roberts told Snively she once. continue to search the pushed it off the road, blunt and sharp force Investigators said Monday was pregnant and wanted On Monday outside the Snake River for a car and down a creek and into the injuries. that Roberts, who has two baby clothes, Kidd said. house, there was a blue plas- missing person believed to river. “At this time, it has not children younger than 10, They befriended one anoth- tic play pool,a broken yellow have been swept off of a Authorities say they will been determined if she died had been telling friends er and kept talking online. play tractor, offerings of state highway by flash focus their search Monday because of head wounds she and relatives for months Kidd told The Associated flowers and a handwritten floods. on an object identified by received or as a result of cut- that she was pregnant, and Press on Sunday that her note, saying, “May God be Owyhee County Sheriff sonar underwater about ting injuries she received to told many people she first grandson was to be with you.’’ Chris Smith says the car 100 yards from the creek and victim were swept into confluence. the rushing river Saturday Meteorologists say heavy night. Police have not yet storms dropped between Documentary chronicles identified the missing per- one and two inches of rain Leaders work to improve son. in the county in an hour Hispanic education Kanab’s film history Witnesses say the car Saturday night. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — “Western Union,’’ “Buffalo IDAHO COIN GALLERIES BOISE (AP) — A state plan to eliminate the gap, A new documentary chron- Bill,’’ and Clint Eastwood’s lawmaker on a newly creat- slow a high school dropout icles the history of the “The Outlaw Josey Wales.’’ 30 Years Same Location ed task force to improve rate that is higher than any southern Utah town some- Television’s “Gunsmoke’’ Hispanic education in Idaho other ethnic group in Idaho times known as “Little and “Have Gun, Will BUY & SELL says a three-year plan of and bolster college access Hollywood.’’ Travel’’ were also filmed attack should attempt to for Hispanic students. Since the 1920s Kanab there. Scrap gold: rings, Silver & gold bullion build on programs already in Brackett, R-Rogerson, and other parts of Kane Now a 38-minute film by dental, etc. Coin collections place and target other stu- cautioned the group against County have been a popular Dixie State College profes- OPEN ONLY: dent groups who struggle. costly initiatives to achieve site for filming television sor Stephen B. Armstrong “The chance for success these goals. programs and movies. The will chronicle that history. TUESDAY - WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY and acceptance is much Lawmakers approved a region has provided a back- The film debuts June 17 in Idaho Coin Galleries, Inc. greater if we don’t single out $1.3 billion education budg- drop for films including Kanab. 302 N. Main Twin Falls, ID 83301 208-733-8593 or 731-1789 or 733-2934 one group,’’ said Sen. 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Sherif ’s Oi ce Vin Diesel & Paul Walker in A Great Action Film 1120 Montana Gooding 9348829 NATIONTIMES-NEWS, TWIN FALLS, IDAHO & WORLDTUESDAY,JUNE 9, 2009 MAIN 5 Obama reassures Americans on stimulus plan sits at 9.4 percent, the lus programs. highest in more than 25 “We’ve done more than President says administration will ramp up spending years. ever, faster than ever, more Some analysts believe the responsibly than ever, to get WASHINGTON (AP) — 5 percent, of the $787 billion And the job estimate is so “At the time, our forecast White House is still not the gears of the economy President Obama assured stimulus, but that total has murky, it can never be veri- seemed reasonable,’’ Vice being realistic, that Obama moving again,’’he said. the nation his recovery plan always been expected to rise fied. President Joe Biden’s top will be lucky if any real job But he acknowledged, was on track Monday, sharply this summer. The economy has shed 1.6 economic adviser, Jared creation from his recovery “I’m not satisfied.We’ve got scrambling to calm “Now we’re in a position million jobs since the stim- Bernstein, said Monday, effort is seen by the end of more work to do.’’ Americans unnerved by to really accelerate,’’Obama ulus measure was signed in explaining that the White the year, let alone the Americans apparently unemployment rates still said. February, far overshadow- House underestimated the employment explosion he agree. Obama’s disapproval persistently rising nearly He also repeated an earlier ing White House announce- scope of the recession. predicts. rating on the economy has four months after he signed promise to create or save ments estimating the effort “Now, looking back, it was “I think these estimates risen from 30 percent in the biggest economic stim- 600,000 jobs by the end of has saved 150,000 jobs. clearly too optimistic.’’ are overly optimistic,’’ said February to 42 percent, ulus in history. the summer. Public opinion of Obama’s By now, according to ear- Arpitha Bykere, a senior according to a Gallup poll Obama admitted his own Neither the acceleration handling of the economy lier White House economic analyst with RGE Monitor. completed May 31. Sensing dissatisfaction with the nor the jobs goal are new. has declined along with the models, the nation’s unem- Obama spoke Monday weakness on a signature progress but said his admin- Both represent a White jobs data. ployment rate should be on about “modest progress’’ in issue of Obama’s presiden- istration would ramp up House repackaging of For the first time, the the decline. The forecasts the economy, citing fewer cy, congressional Repub- stimulus spending in the promises and projects to administration admitted the used to drum up support for jobs lost last month than licans are renewing their coming months. The White blunt criticism that the economic forecasts it used the plan projected today’s expected. He said he hopes criticisms that the stimulus House acknowledged it has effects haven’t been worth to sell the stimulus were unemployment would be to build on that in the plan has not shown results, spent only $44 billion, or the historic price tag. overly optimistic. about 8 percent. Instead, it months ahead with stimu- only mounting debt. World hangs on Obama’s

AP photo In this photo released by Brazil's Air Force, Brazil's Navy sailors recover debris from the missing Air France jet at the Atlantic Ocean, Monday. every bite This May 9, 2008, file photo shows then-Democratic 24 bodies found; presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., as he Much attention given to food he loves eats his lunch at Luis's Taqueria in Woodburn, Ore.

By Jocelynz Noveck some Air France The Associated Press At the bustling Pi pizza restaurant in St. Louis, the pilots won’t fly staff has come up with a new mantra: “It’s just pizza!’’ Just pizza, and yet still, RECIFE, Brazil (AP) — union is urging pilots to they marvel, customers are Search crews have recov- refuse to fly Airbus A330 happy to wait well upward of ered 24 bodies of passen- and A340 planes unless the two hours at peak time for a gers on the Air France flight monitors — known as Pitot table. That is, ever since that crashed in the Atlantic tubes — are replaced. news came out that Barack Ocean eight days ago with An internal memo sent to Obama loved this pizza so 228 people on board, Air France pilots Monday much during a campaign Brazil’s military said and obtained by The stop, the owners were invit- Monday. They also recov- Associated Press urges ed to recreate it in the White ered a large tail section them to refuse to fly unless House ovens. from the jetliner, helping at least two of the three “We tell them it’ll be two narrow the hunt for “black Pitot sensors on each planes to four hours, and they say, boxes’’ that could reveal have been replaced. The OK!’’ says owner Chris the disaster’s cause. instruments have drawn Sommers, who traveled on Air Force Col. Henry attention because of other his own dime to prepare the Munhoz says eight more incidents in which the presidential meal in April. bodies were found monitors have iced over at “This has been our own pri- Monday, near where 16 high altitudes. vate stimulus package.’’ AP photos others were recovered since The leader of another Pizza from St. Louis, pan- President Barack Obama is served a cheeseburger as he and Vice President Joe Biden, not pictured, eat Saturday — roughly 400 pilots’ union, however,said cakes from Pittsburgh. A lunch at Ray's Hell Burger in Arlington, Va. miles northeast of the Monday that Pitot troubles juicy burger or a chili half- Fernando de Noronha probably didn’t cause the smoke in D.C., soul food in islands off Brazil’s northern Flight 447 disaster. Chicago. Our new president polls have shown the first Kohan was out that whole place broke out into coast, and about 45 miles Searchers must move eats something and the lady is even more popular evening, but when she spontaneous applause,’’says from where the jet was last quickly to find answers in world wants to eat it, too. than her husband, and for all returned, the Twitter mes- Eva Fleischer, who was din- heard from on May 31. the cockpit voice and data We’ve always cared about the focus on her fashions sages were flying: “Are they ing with her husband and Some high-tech help is recorders, because acoust- the words that emerge from and her biceps, she’s made at Blue Hill?’’ “Does anyone friends. “Barack said, ‘Hi on the way — two U.S. ic pingers on the boxes a president’s lips, but has food a prime area of interest know for sure?’’ The next guys,’ and Michelle even Navy devices capable of begin to fade 30 days after there ever been such atten- — especially with her new day, she says, her blog got touched my friend on her picking up the flight crashes. tion to the food that enters White House kitchen gar- millions of hits. shoulder!’’ recorders’ emergency bea- While large pieces of them? den. With all the chatter, and Not surprisingly, in this cons far below on the ocean plane debris — along with “Well, White House “She’s brought new and with restaurants often hap- Obama Foodorama world, floor. What caused the 16 bodies — has helped cookbooks have always been much needed attention to pily revealing Obama menu the plates had hardly been Airbus A330-200 to narrow the search, it popular — but no, there’s critical food issues,’’ says picks, it’s stunning that a cleared before the choice of plunge into the middle of remains a daunting task in never been this flood of Kohan. “She’s also really central mystery remains: restaurant itself became a the ocean on May 31 with waters up to 1.5 miles deep interest before,’’ says Eddie raised awareness by describ- What did the Obamas eat? subject of foodie debate. 228 people on board might and an ocean floor marked Gehman Kohan, editor of ing her family’s own journey The restaurant won’t spill “Isn’t the very pre- not be known until those by rugged mountains. the “Obama Foodorama’’ through bad food habits and the (organic) beans, and as dictability of this choice ... black boxes are found. “Finding the debris blog (subject matter self- into a healthier lifestyle.’’ for fellow diners, “Everyone ever so slightly disappoint- But some Air France helps because you can explanatory.) She sees a Indeed, foodies have no gave them space and was ing?’’ wrote New York pilots aren’t waiting for a eliminate a large part of the fusion of two potent forces: doubt that it was Michelle too cool to bother them,’’ Times restaurant critic definitive answer. With ocean,’’said U.S. Air Force An escalating interest in who chose Blue Hill, a pricey says Marion Nestle, a pro- Frank Bruni. It would have investigators looking at the Col. Willie Berges, chief of food and food policy, and but understated New York fessor of nutrition and food been fun, he added, to see possibility that external the U.S. military liaison enormous curiosity in any- restaurant that champions studies at New York the Obamas “reach for speed monitors iced over office in Brazil and com- thing Obama. locally grown produce, for University who ate at a something rich, messy, and gave dangerously false mander of the American And all this interest may the couple’s much-dis- nearby table. decadent, gluttonous.’’ He readings to cockpit com- military forces supporting have even more to do with cussed “Date Night’’ at the Cool up to a point, that is. suggested fatty lamb ribs, or puters in a thunderstorm, a the search operation. Michelle than Barack. Some end of May. “When they got up, the offal. Police: Officers rescued boy during Pennsylvania gun battle SWIFTWATER,Pa. (AP) — and an exchange of ing short of an rushed the driver’s side, and thigh and was rushed to a ing at attention and saluting Police officers in northeast- gunfire, state police American tragedy.’’ Autenrieth took out a hand- hospital near Allentown, as a convoy of police cruisers ern Pennsylvania rescued a commissioner Col. The chase Sunday gun and fired three shots where he died of his wounds. and a police helicopter went 9-year-old boy who had Frank Pawlowski said. night began outside from close range, police said. Lombardo was treated for a past, escorting a hearse car- been kidnapped by his father Autenrieth and a state Easton, about 50 Though both troopers were gunshot wound and was rying Miller’s body to a as a fatal gun battle erupted trooper were killed. miles north of hit, they returned fire, strik- released. Miller was married funeral home in Pittston. between the man and state “I can’t begin to Philadelphia, and ing Autenrieth eight times. with three children. Pawlowski called Miller “a troopers, authorities said describe the hurt and ended just east of As the troopers and Lombardo has been with the hero.’’ Monday. sorrow being experi- Miller Tobyhanna in the Autenrieth traded fire, two state police for five years.Both “An individual embroiled After arguing with his enced by the Pocono Mountains other officers plucked the boy troopers are from Pittston. in a domestic dispute for estranged wife during a cus- Pennsylvania state police,’’ when troopers purposely from the front passenger seat of Outside the Swiftwater some reason chose to escalate tody exchange, Daniel Pawlowski told a somber bumped Autenrieth’s car, the car.The boy escaped injury. barracks Monday, about two the violence, and it ended Autenrieth kidnapped his son news conference at the causing it to spin into a guard Autenrieth, 31, died at the dozen troopers, state police with a hero losing his life, a at gunpoint, then led police Swiftwater barracks, the rail along state Route 611. scene. Miller, a Marine veter- personnel and police officers wife losing her husband and on a 40-mile high-speed trooper’s home base. “What As Troopers Joshua Miller, an who joined the force in from other departments three children losing a loving chase that ended with a crash happened yesterday is noth- 34, and Robert Lombardo, 35, 2002, was shot in the neck lined busy Route 611, stand- father,’’Pawlowski said. Main 6 Tuesday, June 9, 2009 NATION/WORLD Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho AROUND THE WORLD A South A FGHANISTAN tions of activist Ken Saro- Sotomayor made the Korean man Wiwa and other civilians by meetings with senators watches a TV Marines fan out Nigeria’s former military despite her injury. She broadcasting regime. entered the Capitol for a news about across dangerous Shell, which continues to meeting with Sen. Charles two American Afghan south operate in Nigeria, said it E. Grassley, R-Iowa, on journalists agreed to settle the lawsuit in crutches, wearing a white CAMP LEATHERNECK, hopes of aiding the “process cast covered at the foot detained in — Teams of builders of reconciliation.’’ But with a black soft bootie. North Korea worked through dust Europe’s largest oil company Asked how she was feeling, at the Seoul storms Monday to expand a acknowledged no wrongdo- Sotomayor said,“I feel fine, Railway base for a brigade of U.S. ing in the 1995 hanging thank you.’’ Station, in Marines now fanning out deaths of six people, includ- The injury changed the South Korea, across southern Afghan- ing poet Saro-Wiwa. tone slightly on an other- Monday. istan to change the course “This gesture also wise high-intensity round of a war claiming American acknowledges that, even of meetings that are part lives faster than ever though Shell had no part in job interview for before. the violence that took Sotomayor, part preview of AP photo Some 10,000 Marines place, the plaintiffs and a pressure-filled set of con- have poured into Afghan- others have suffered,’’ firmation hearings. istan in the last six weeks, Malcolm Brinded, Shell’s Sen. Mary L. Landrieu, the military said Monday, executive director of explo- D-La., signed Sotomayor’s transforming this once ration and production, said cast during their session. Will U.S. send envoy after small base in the heart of in a statement. Her fellow Louisianan, the country’s most violent The lawsuit in U.S. Republican Sen. David province, Helmand, into a District Court in New York Vitter,had a bag of ice and a desert fortress. claimed Shell colluded with pillow on hand when the N. Korea jails reporters? The statement to the country’s former mili- judge arrived at his office, embedded journalists, tary government to silence telling her to “please be SEOUL, South Korea (AP) Obama administration is including a team from The environmental and human seated and relax.’’ — The sentencing of two “pursuing every possible Associated Press, was the rights activists in the coun- American journalists to 12 approach that we can con- first confirmation that the try’s Ogoni region. The oil- years’ hard labor in North sider in order to persuade military has fully deployed rich district sits in the M EXICO Korea on Monday sets the the North Koreans to release the first wave of 21,000 southern part of Nigeria Gunmen kill stage for possible negotia- them and send these young additional troops President and covers about 400 tions with the reclusive women home.’’ Obama ordered to square miles. Shell started three policemen nation for their release — She stressed that the Afghanistan this year to operating there in 1958. ACAPULCO — Gunmen perhaps involving an envoy reporters’ case and help stanch an increasingly launched grenades and from the United States. Washington’s efforts to violent Taliban insurgency. opened fire in near simul- New Mexico Gov. Bill punish North Korea for its The 2nd Marine W ASHINGTON taneous attacks on two Richardson, who helped win recent nuclear test are Expeditionary Brigade, Sotomayor limps police stations in Acapulco the release of Americans “entirely separate matters.’’ normally based at Camp Monday, killing three offi- from North Korea in the “We think the imprison- Lejeune, N.C., will battle to Senate visits on cers in violence that broke 1990s, said he was “ready to ment,trial and sentencing of the Taliban as well as train out less than 48 hours after do anything’’ the Obama Laura and Euna should be and fight alongside Afghan broken ankle a gunbattle in the resort left administration asked. viewed as a humanitarian security forces. Supreme Court nominee 17 dead. Another possible negotiator, matter,’’ Clinton said. “We “This is where the fight Sonia Sotomayor hobbled The bold, pre-dawn if the U.S. government hope that the North Koreans is, in Afghanistan,’’said 1st through a packed day of attacks Monday also approved, is former Vice will grant clemency and Sgt. Christopher Watson, meetings on Capitol Hill wounded one police officer President Al Gore, who deport them.’’ who like many of the troops Monday after breaking her in this Pacific resort city, founded the TV venture that But the official stressed The isolated North is was most recently deployed ankle in an early morning which has long been both reporters work for. that no decisions had been probably less interested in in Iraq. “We are here to get airport stumble, then plagued by drug violence. A senior Obama adminis- made on how to proceed and having the women sent to the job done.’’ boarding a flight from New Gunmen fatally shot two tration official said said neither Gore nor its gulag, where poorly fed York to Washington to visit officers sitting in a patrol Richardson and Gore had Richardson had been asked inmates often do back- senators who will vote on car parked outside one been in contact with the to go. The official spoke on breaking work in factories, N EW Y ORK her confirmation. police station. A few min- White House and State condition of anonymity due coal mines and rice pad- Shell settles The federal appeals court utes later, assailants Department about potential to the diplomatic sensitivity dies. judge, who has been keep- attacked a second station, next steps, including possi- of the situation. Instead, Pyongyang will human rights suit ing a busy set of appoint- about two miles away, bly sending an envoy to try Asked Monday if the likely try to use them as bar- ments with lawmakers, wounding two officers, to negotiate the release of United States will send an gaining chips in an increas- for $15.5 million tripped while rushing for according to the Guerrero Euna Lee, 36, and Laura envoy to the North, ingly tense standoff with the Royal Dutch Shell agreed her plane at New York’s state police department. Ling, 32, both of whom work Secretary of State Hillary U.S. over the North’s recent to a $15.5 million settlement LaGuardia Airport. The One of the officers later for Gore’s Current TV. Rodham Clinton said the nuclear and missile tests. Monday to end a lawsuit White House said she suf- died. alleging that the oil giant fered a small fracture to her was complicit in the execu- right ankle. — The Associated Press Palin attends House Dems may favor GOP fundraiser after controversy insurance requirement WASHINGTON (AP) — Under the emerging House WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats drafting Democratic plan, individuals Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin health care legislation are and small businesses would appeared at a Republican considering slapping an be able to purchase coverage congressional fundraiser unspecified financial from a “health exchange’’and Monday night, ending a penalty on anyone who the government would will-she-or-won’t-she refuses to purchase afford- require all plans to contain a mystery that overshadowed able health insurance, offi- minimum benefit, these offi- the event and frustrated the cials said . cials added. No applicant GOP. These officials also said could be rejected for pre- Palin — the party’s 2008 top lawmakers may call for existing conditions, nor could vice presidential nominee a new tax on certain health they be charged a higher pre- who was initially slated to insurance benefits as one mium, they said. House headline the annual of numerous options to Democrats also are consider- Senate-House dinner — left help pay for expanding ing a wide-ranging change for organizers hanging as late coverage to the uninsured. Medicaid that would provide a as Monday afternoon after No details were immedi- uniform benefit across all 50 she was told she wouldn’t ately available, and no final states and increase payments have a speaking role at the decisions are expected to providers,according to sev- event. until next week at the ear- eral officials. It was the latest twist in liest. an unusual public flap The officials spoke on between the potential 2012 condition of anonymity, presidential candidate and saying they did not want to the Republican congres- pre-empt a presentation sional leaders who run the set for today for members of party’s fundraising com- the House Democratic rank mittees. and file. In March, organizers The officials said the replaced Palin as the emerging legislation will keynote speaker with for- include a government-run mer House Speaker Newt insurance option as well as Snuggly Lap Cat Gingrich after she wavered plans offered by private over accepting the invita- companies. The govern- “Trixie” is a 1-year-old tion. ment option draws near- calico spayed female She hadn’t been expected unanimous opposition kitty who would be an to attend until last week, from Republicans and pro- exceptional choice for when her advisers vokes concerns among most any family. Come approached organizers say- many Democrats, as well, see what you think. ing she would be near although President TWIN FALLS ANIMAL SHELTER Washington and would like Obama has spoken out in 420 Victory Avenue to come. favor of it. 736-2299 Republican officials involved in the discussions, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter, said Palin was invited to sit at a head table but was told she would not be given a chance to speak for fear that she might overshadow Gingrich. Palin balked at that arrangement but did not make clear whether she would refuse to attend, the officials said. Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, chair- man of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, made a per- sonal appeal over the weekend for her to attend and invited her and her husband, Todd Palin, to sit at his table. SECTION EDITOR ERIC LARSEN: (208) 735-3220 [email protected] TUESDAY,JUNE 9, 2009 MAIN 7 NorthNorth SideSide Covering the communities of Bellevue, Bliss, Carey, Dietrich, COMMUNITY Fairfield, Gooding, Hagerman, Hailey, Ketchum, Picabo, Richfield, Shoshone, Sun Valley, Triumph,Wendell. Lincoln Co. recreation STILL SERVING center opens today By John Plestina which is its own taxing dis- Times News correspondent trict and operates separately from the county govern- SHOSHONE — The smell ment. of fresh varnish on hard- The recreation center wood flooring remained moved from its small store- Thursday as Lincoln County front space on South Rail Recreation District employ- Street where it was located ees moved cardio machines for about two years. and other equipment into Before the LCRD estab- the recreation center’s new lished the recreation center digs in Shoshone’s historic in 2007, the district only Masonic Building. offered youth activities in When the center opens Shoshone, Dietrich and its doors today, odors pro- Richfield. duced by exercising bodies Youth activities in the might replace the smell of three communities remain. varnish. Offerings at the recreation MARY HANSON/For the Times-News Treadmills, exercise bikes center include circuit train- Pat Hamilton, director of the Gooding Public Library and Shoshone Public Library, works in the children’s section of the Gooding library and elliptical machines for ing for all fitness levels and recently. cardio fitness line one side of cardio fitness classes. the large open space. While “As long as we can fill a there are no weight class, we’ll give it a try,” machines, there are free Shetler said. weights for those wishing to Participation in Lincoln Gooding library adjusts through tone up. County Recreation District “We just got approved for activities is not limited to the purchase of new (addi- residents. Shetler said some tional cardio) equipment,” participants in youth activi- said Activities Coordinator ties live in Blaine and Jerome nearly 100 years of existence Jamie Shetler. counties. A board that meets By Mary Hanson “We’ve been growing continues on possible the public inside and out- monthly governs the LCRD, See CENTER, Main 8 Times-News correspondent lately at about 5 to 10 per- grants and participation in side the building. An indoor cent a year in Gooding,”she programs to add items, such personal laptop use area GOODING — For nearly a said.“Some of that has to do as additional computers for allows hookup to electricity century,the Gooding Public with the economy. In bad public use. Hamilton said to save batteries while using Library has existed in one times, libraries tend to be there’s a high probability WiFi. Gooding school building or another, offer- used more, and we are see- the library will receive a fifth In addition, the library ing a variety of evolving ing that here.” computer, donated by the shares a system with services to visitors. The Gooding library, at Bill and Melinda Gates libraries in Bliss, Kimberly, For Pat Hamilton, direc- 306 Fifth Ave. W., hasn’t Foundation, before the end Jerome, Shoshone and administrators tor of the Gooding library been immune to the eco- of the year. Wendell that recognizes and the Shoshone Public nomic downturn, however, Hamilton said the facility library cards from each city. Library, the library’s as Hamilton said she’s can only accommodate Currently, Hamilton said, longevity is a testament to a preparing a budget that will seven computers, including summer programs, which move to high school variety of factors, none of be reduced by 7 to 10 per- the current gaming com- will run into the fall, are which are more important cent in the coming fiscal puter in its children’s sec- starting up. By Mary Hanson conduct business and meet- than a high level of commu- year. The library has seven tion. Information: 208-934- Times-News correspondent ings at Gooding High School nity support. Hamilton has part-time employees, and Aside from its various 4089 or gooding.lili.org. located at 1050 Seventh Ave. been a librarian for 30 years, Hamilton said she hopes to books, books on tape and The Gooding School W. Administrators will be and director of the Gooding trim the budget without movies to check out, the Mary Hanson may be District is consolidating. As located in various rooms,but and Shoshone libraries for cutting library personnel. library makes wireless reached at mhanson- part of the effort, adminis- will be accessible through the past 11. In the meantime, work Internet access available to [email protected]. trative staff and mainte- the school’s front office. nance workers recently Williams said the office packed up their Idaho Street will be open from 8 a.m. to office and moved into 4 p.m. weekdays until July 1, Gooding High School. when the office will open at COMMUNITY NEWS “We want to lease the 7:30 a.m.and close at 4 p.m., Idaho Street office for a year with an additional closure Summer lunches C LASS OF 1959 REUNITED or so and then take a look at during the noon hour. what is happening with the Williams said the office will available in Richfield state school budget switch to a four-day work- Richfield School District is and other factors,” week when the 2009-10 offering free lunch to children Superintendent Heather school year starts. age 1-18 from 11:30 a.m. to Williams said. The move is among a 12:30 p.m. through July 31 at the The district’s administra- number of cost-reducing Richfield School cafeteria. tive office, formerly located decisions made by the dis- Adults can eat lunch for $3. at 507 Idaho St., will now trict. Food distribution today in Twin Falls County Crossroads United Methodist Church will host the Idaho Food Bank distribution serving the Kimberly, Hansen and Murtaugh areas from noon to 2 p.m. today at the church’s recreation hall, 131 Syringa Ave., Kimberly. Distribution is on a first- come, first-served basis. Please Courtesy photo bring your own boxes or bags. Information or to volunteer: The Hagerman Class of 1959 celebrated its 50-year class reunion during Fossil Days recently with a Robyn Moss, 423-4311. potluck barbecue at Jolley Acres, a float entry (which won a first place), a luncheon, a dinner with Hagerman alumni at the Legion Hall and a school bus tour. Pictured, class advisor, Bill Snapp and Lincoln Historical wife, Joyce; Don and Darcy Adolf; Judy (Tate) Bevis; Doyle and June Conklin; Aleena—Joy Davis; Sid MARY HANSON/For the Times-News Society meets tonight Erwin; Stephen and Nona Glauner; Ginger (Norwood) Hanson; Blaine and Sandy Hulme; Bruce and Frank Hentrup, left, Maintenance Supervisor Dan Hedlund and Lee LeAnn Jones; Joan (Jolley) and Bunker; Joan (Owsley) O’Brien; Doyle and Janice Penfold; Marvin The Lincoln County Historical and LaRee Stokes; Karen (Wright) and Bob Vanausdeln; Jody (Fruit) and John Wert; Diane (Hutton) Estep, out of frame, recently removed furniture from the Gooding Society meeting will be held at School District’s former administrative office for relocation at Gooding Boyd; Mike Gardner; June (Reeb) and Reed Black. Also attending, class of 1958, Kaye (Jensen) and COMMUNITY High School. See , Main 8 Vince Nubel, Carol (Adolf) Johnson, Max and Nona Kuhn and Garth Larsen. Can the drug Levaquin really cause ruptured tendons? DEAR DR. GOTT: I this drug by their physi- bacterial sinusitis, chronic that an attorney is Food and Drug recently heard a statement cians but haven’t heard of bronchitis, some urinary- attempting to help people Administration (FDA) on television made by an ASK DR. any associated problems. tract infections and more. who have experienced included warning informa- attorney with regard to GOTT DEAR READER: Because the safety and adverse effects from the tion on the packaging of Levaquin causing tendon Levaquin is a synthetic, efficacy in young children, drug. I quite doubt he is Levaquin, Cipro, Avelox, rupture, and asking anyone Dr. Peter broad-spectrum antibiotic adolescents under 18, and acting on behalf of the Noroxin and Floxin and who suffered with the Gott used to treat or prevent pregnant and nursing pharmaceutical companies updated the information in problem to call a toll-free infections that are proven women has not been involved with the manu- 2008. Now, according to telephone number. What or strongly suspected to be established, the drug is not facture of fluoroquinolone, CNN, the FDA has ordered on earth is this all about? caused by bacteria. The recommended for those the class of drugs that the manufacturers of these Has an enterprising law scheme? Or is there validi- drug is prescribed to people people. Levaquin and others drugs to add a black-box office simply devised ty to the issue? I’ve had 18 years of age and older for Now, on to your ques- inhabit. another get-rich-quick family members prescribed infections such as acute tion. It would be my guess From 2001 to 2004, the See DR. GOTT, Main 8 Main 8 Tuesday, June 9, 2009 COMMUNITY Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho Gooding Co. Girls State participants announced Young Trent Bigler Pickens Walton Wolf Gooding’s Auxiliary Post Timberly Trent. Gooding The nonpartisan program 30 announced this year’s High School participants are provides training in good year receive one week of own city, county and state From each Girls State pro- Girls State participants. Allison Bigler, Caitlin citizenship. study working together as governments, and then run gram, two participants are Bliss High School partici- Pickens, Mary Walton and High school girls who self-governing citizens. them based on the laws of selected to attend Girls pants are Amy Young and Janeil Wolf. have completed their junior They learn to set up their their own state. Nation in Washington, DC. EATON DRILLING Center & PUMP SERVICE Continued from Main 7 Thursdays. It was full right Shetler said the district Open gym times will be Members may use the away so we started a second hopes to occupy the county- Tuesdays and Thursdays Serving The Magic Valley Since 1907 facility for open gym for $2 section on Mondays and owned Masonic Building for from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., per visit or by purchasing Wednesdays,”Shetler said. several years. “Our ultimate and Mondays through Don’t get stuck punch cards for several vis- Swimming instruction is goal is to have our own Thursdays from 6 to 8 p.m. its. The first visit for offered to youths at $25 for building,” she said, explain- Friday Night Youth without water prospective members is free. eight weeks. ing that with growth in the Fitness for sixth- through 485 South Idaho – Wendell “We do try to keep our Two-week swimming les- Shoshone area, the district 12th-grade students will be 536-2223 prices down,”Shetler said. son schedules begin June 15 will eventually grow out of from 6 to 8 p.m. Many of the youth activi- and 29, July 13 and 27. the space. ties are held at the Lincoln Water aerobics are held “We are pleased that we John Plestina may be County Pool, also located in four nights each week at the are working with the coun- reached at scribejp@ Shoshone. pool, which is open to the ty,” she said of the lease yahoo.com. “We started a water aero- public daily through the agreement with Lincoln bics class on Tuesdays and summer. County for the building. FAST BAIL BOND NORTH SIDE 536-2953 Community Jack E. Green Continued from Main 7 music will be performed by Conference Rooms in 6:30 tonight at 2nd Time Strings Attached. Light Ketchum. Cost is $15. Around/Whistle Stop in snacks will be provided. A To register or for informa- Brockman Family Shoshone. Items to be dis- no-host bar will serve wine tion: Larsen Peterson, 727- Chiropractic cussed include space at the and boutique beers. 8410. Dr. Marjorie A. Brockman Shoshone Arts in the Park Information: Scotty, 837- July 11-12, the Lincoln 4522. R.N., B.S.N., D.C. Sweet earns “A Positive Approach To Wellness” County Fair and a review of 445 Idaho St., Gooding • 934-5000 the Historic Walking Tour Indoor yard sale geology doctorate held May 30. Dustin E. Sweet, former- The public is invited to held in Hagerman ly of Fairfield and Mackay, attend. Information: co- St. Catherine’s Catholic graduated in May from the chairperson, Lisa Creswell, Church will hold its annual University of Oklahoma 732-7270 or the Lincoln indoor yard sale from 5 to with a Doctor of County Historical Society, 7 p.m.Thursday,from 9 a.m. Philosophy in Geology 886-7787. to 5 p.m.Friday and from 9 to degree. He is also a gradu- 11 a.m. Saturday, at 446 N. ate of Boise State Musical fundraiser State St., Hagerman. University with bachelor’s SURVEYING held in Hagerman Information: Trisha and masters degrees in Boundary, Topographic McMorris, 837-4670. geology. Elevation Certifi cates Hagerman IDEA Inc., a Sweet is the son of Shane Residential, Commercial 501c(3) nonprofit organiza- Babysitting class Sweet, formerly of Fairfield Grade Calculations tion, is sponsoring a and currently of Kodiak, Construction Staking fundraiser called June’s held in Ketchum Alaska, and Trudy Yowell of 3-D Models for Machine Control Tunes from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. St. Luke’s Wood River Pocatello. He is the grand- Friday at the Rockn H Resort Medical Center is sponsor- son of Bill and Bonnie George Yerion, PLS at the north end of ing the teen course, Super Sweet of Fairfield. 329 Washington St., Gooding, ID Hagerman next to the Haven Sitter: Intro to Babysitting, Salon and Spa. for ages 11 and older from Check out what’s new 934-4811 Admission is a $10 dona- 12:30 to 4 p.m. Saturday at tion. Bluegrass and folk St. Luke’s Wood River Baldy online at magicvalley.com

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Burke, and worked until Cole, age 68, passed son, Tom (Lana) Barratt passed away community as a vol- 75, of Yakima, retiring in 1989 at away Sunday, June 7, Cole of Heyburn; earlier this year at her unteer teaching Wash., passed qui- the Hanford Site in 2009, in the com- brothers, Vernal home in Spokane, math and English to etly into the pres- the Tri-Cities area, forts of his home (Stella) Cole of Wash., at the age of school children. In ence of Jesus on Wash. from a courageous Moses Lake, Wash., 89. addition, she tutored Thursday, May 28, Jim married the battle with cancer. and Bob Cole of She was preceded adults who did not 2009, after a brief true love of his live, Tom was born July Bremerton, Wash.; in death by her hus- learn English as their illness. Dorothy Schilper- 21, 1940, to Arley and his four beauti- band, John H. first language. She He was born in Payette, oort, in 1973. He became and Pearl Kent Cole. Tom ful grandchildren, Austin, Barratt. She is survived by moved to Spokane, Wash., in Idaho, on Jan. 25, 1934, to stepdad to her seven sons attended Rupert schools and Taylor, Elizabeth and her son, John C. Barratt; 1994 to be closer to her Berwyn and Dorothy and one daughter and was graduated with the class of Samantha. He is preceded in daughter-in-law, Denise daughter, Helen. (Dryden) Burke, who have Grandpa Jim to 19 grandchil- 1958. He joined the U.S. death by his parents, two Barratt; daughter, Helen A memorial service will be both passed away. He was dren and nine great-grand- Navy in 1960 and was hon- sisters and three brothers. Morgan; granddaughters, held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, laid to rest at Sunnyside, children. Jim is survived by orably discharged in 1964. Military graveside rites Amanda and Kimberly June 12, at Hansen Mortuary, Wash., on Saturday, June 6. six stepsons, Don (LaDonna) He married Linda Hathaway will be held 1 p.m. Tuesday, Morgan; and daughter, Mary 710 Sixth St. in Rupert, fol- Jim was raised in a news- Schilperoort, Troy (Betty) on June 25, 1966, and they June 9, at the Rupert ceme- Barratt. lowed by an interment at paper family and worked, as Schilperoort and Wes made their home in Rupert, tery. A memorial service will Gladys was a longtime res- Rupert cemetery. Arrange- a youth, on his father’s Schilperoort, all of Idaho. He worked several be held 11 a.m. Saturday, ident of Rupert.She was born ments are under the direction newspapers for the North Sunnyside, Wash., Dale years for Ramsey’s Heating June 13, at the Hansen in Bombay, India, and lived of Hansen Mortuary in Side News in Jerome; the Schilperoort of Sawyer, and Electric and the Burley Mortuary Rupert Chapel, on five continents through- Rupert. Condolences may be Ritzville Journal Times in Wash., Brad (Merrie) Inn. He was a member of 710 Sixth St. Services are out her life. She was an active left for the family at Washington and the Wood Schilperoort of Richland, The Church of Jesus Christ under the direction of member of St. Nicholas http://www.hansen-mortu- River Journal in Hailey. Wash., and Daryl (Debbie) of Latter-day Saints. Hansen Mortuary Rupert Catholic Church. For many ary.com. Jim graduated from Hailey Schilperoort of Yakima, He is survived by his wife, Chapel. High School in 1952 and, Wash.; a stepdaughter, after one year at the Angie (Manuel) Guzman of Brian Adam Taylor University of Idaho, joined Mabton; three brothers, Bill ‘Betty’ Davis the Army and served as a (Vye) Burke of Cornelius, BURLEY — Brian Adam medic with a combat engi- Ore., Max (Darlene) Burke, Clarice Elizabeth summer and fall, Taylor, age 12, of Burley, died neering battalion in the Meridian, Idaho, and Larry “Betty” Davis, age Betty spent her time Thursday, June 4, 2009, at Army of Occupation in (Sandy Moristica) of Boise, 94, of Twin Falls, canning and freezing the Primary Children’s Germany. Upon his dis- Idaho. He was preceded in passed away peace- food for the winter Medical Center in Salt Lake charge, he attended and death by his stepson, Robert fully Saturday, June ahead. The shelves City, Utah. graduated from Kinman Schilperoort. 6, 2009, at a local and freezer were He was born Nov. 21, care center in Twin filled in time to be 1996, in Greeley, Colo., the Falls. ready for the time of son of Charles W. and Jodie Betty was born year when fresh Madewell Taylor. He began William T.‘Bill’ Lammers Jan. 26, 1915, in Twin Falls. fruits and vegetables were his education at Heyburn She graduated from Twin not available. Elementary and had just BUHL — William Rite and El Korah Falls High School in 1934 Surviving Betty are her completed the sixth grade at T. “Bill” Lammers, Temple of Boise. Bill and, on Sept. 10, 1940, she three children, Steven West Minico Middle School 84, of Buhl, passed and Lois, along with married Glen C. Davis in the (Charlotte “Charley”) Davis in Paul. away Saturday, June several other Twin Falls area. of Boise, Rod (Cindy) Davis Survivors include his par- A graveside service will be 6, 2009, at the Shriners, were the Betty and Glen moved to of Twin Falls and Louise ents, Charles W. and Jodie held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Complex Care first to load their California in late 1940,where (Larry) Miller of Twin Falls; M. Taylor of Burley; two sis- June 11, at the Hazelton Hospital of Idaho in pickups with food to Glen worked at Lockheed. five granddaughters, Nicole ters, Samantha R. Taylor of Cemetery in Hazelton. Meridian. take to the Shriner’s After two years in California, T., Tina, Ingrid, Nicole, Laquey, Mo., and Kirstin E. Friends may call from 6 until Bill was born Oct. Hospital in Salt Lake they returned to Twin Falls, Laural and Niki C.; 11 great- Taylor of Burley; his grand- 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 10, 12, 1924, in Clearwater, City, Utah. They made the where Glen farmed with his grandchildren; and one mothers,Louise Madewell of at the Rasmussen Funeral Calif., to Leo and Myrtle trip with the caravan for father. Betty was an active great-great-granddaughter. Burley and Ruth Taylor of Home, 1350 E. 16th St. in Sneary-Lammers. In the fall more than 25 years. part of the farming opera- Her husband, Glen C. Davis; Burlington, Colo.; and sev- Burley. of 1940, their family moved Bill was preceded in death tion, oftentimes doing field- her parents, Floyd and Ila eral aunts, uncles, cousins Those wishing to assist from Hynes, Calif., to Buhl. by his parents; son, Steven work alongside Glen. Her Bandy; and her brother, Paul and second cousins. He was the Taylor family may direct They bought 160 acres and Lammers; and a sister, love of animals was evident Bandy; preceded her in preceded in death by his donations to the Brian re-established their dairy. Thelma Tippett. He is sur- in the help she offered, as death. grandfathers and great- Taylor Memorial Fund in Bill later acquired another 80 vived by his wife, Lois; son, they raised cattle and horses. An evening celebration of grandparents. care of any US Bank. acres.He ran the family dairy Larry (Linda) of Buhl; five Later in life, she raised, life will be held from 5 to 7 and farm until he retired in grandchildren, Travis showed and sold champion p.m. Wednesday, June 10, at 1986. One year after retire- (Kami), Tim (Brenda) of Australian Shepherd dogs. the Parke’s Magic Valley Richard Arthur ‘Dick’ ment, he went to work driv- Willow Park, Texas, Tina Her dogs could be found Funeral Home, 2551 ing truck for a custom chop- (Jon) Baker of Buhl, Kevin of from Florida to Alaska. Kimberly Road in Twin Falls. Woodhead ping business. He continued Florence, Ariz., and Joe Betty was active in her A graveside service will be at to drive and retired again at (Tanya) of Nampa; brother- children’s lives as they grew 2 p.m. Thursday, June 11, at Richard Arthur “Dick” Upon retirement, he volun- the age of 82. in-law, Charles Tippett of to maturity. She was a mem- the Sunset Memorial Park Woodhead, 86, of Twin Falls, teered at the Twin Falls Bill married Lois Adams Buhl; 14 great-grandchil- ber of the Order of Eastern Cemetery, with Pastor passed away Saturday June 6, Visitors Center for several on Nov. 14, 1945, in Buhl. dren; many cousins, nieces Star and was guardian of the Jim Sommer officiating. 2009, at Bridgeview Estates. years. They would have celebrated and nephews. local Bethel Temple of Job’s Interment will be at Sunset Dick was born Jan. 2, 1923, Dick is survived by his wife, 64 years of marriage this A memorial service will be Daughters. She saw to it that Memorial Park in Twin Falls. in Wendell, to Albert and Jackie Woodhead of Twin November. Bill and his wife, at 2 p.m. Friday, June 12, at the children had a good edu- In lieu of flowers, the fam- Clara (Larsen) Woodhead. He Falls; daughter, Sue (Frank) Lois, spent two winter the Buhl First Christian cation and music lessons, ily requests that memorials attended schools in the Prager of Jacksonville, Fla.; months each year in Yuma, Church, with LaRay and she taught them the in Betty’s name be sent to Magic Valley, graduating son R. Scott (Valerie) Ariz., for many years. They Easterday officiating. responsibilities of life. She the Shriner’s Children’s from Jerome High School in Woodhead of Lawrence, spent one week each year for Masonic funeral rites will be was a charter member of the Hospital, Fairfax Road at 1941. After high school, he Kan.; and four grandchildren, more than 25 years at the Old performed by Buhl Masonic Squilla Social Club and Virginia Street, Salt Lake joined the U.S. Marine Corps, Erik Prager, Ryan Prager, Time Fiddlers festival in Lodge No. 53. Funeral Salmon Social Club. Each City, UT 84101. serving during World War II Andrew Woodhead and Weiser. He enjoyed fishing, arrangements are under the and earning two Purple Jeremy Woodhead. Dick is hunting, traveling and direction of Farmer Funeral Hearts. On May 8, 1947, in also survived by one brother, spending time with family Chapel in Buhl. EATH NOTICES Jerome, he married Jackie R.K. (Sharon) Woodhead of and friends. The family suggests in lieu D Hamlett. Dick worked locally Boise. Dick is preceded in He was a member of the of flowers, memorials may A memorial service for at M.K. and Case in the Farm death by his parents. Buhl Masonic Lodge No. 53 be made to the Shriner’s Ascension Angela will be held at 4 p.m. Equipment industry. In the Arrangements are under AF and AM for more than 50 Hospital of Salt Lake City or Quilantan Friday, June 12, at Parke’s early 1980s, Dick retired as the direction of White years. He was an Over-50- the Castleford Quick Magic Valley Funeral Home, vice president of Badger Mortuary “Chapel by the Year member of the Scottish Response. NAMPA — Ascension 2551 Kimberly Road in Twin Northland. Dick enjoyed fly Park.” Memorial contribu- “Chonita” Quilantan, 95, of Falls. fishing, traveling in his motor tions may be made in Dick’s Nampa, died Saturday, June home and loved spending memory to the American 6, 2009,in a Nampa hospital. time with family and friends. Cancer Society. Rosary devotions will be Melvin A. Warr Gabon’s president dies held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, MALTA — Melvin Albert June 10, at the Nampa “Skeet” Warr, age 62, of SERVICES Funeral Home, Yraguen Malta, died Sunday, June 7, after 42 years in power Chapel. A funeral Mass will 2009, at his home. Wilma Talley Thomas of 10 to 10:45 a.m. Wednesday be celebrated at 1 p.m. The funeral will be held at Nampa and formerly of at the church. LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) news conference at the Thursday, June 11, at St. 11 a.m. Saturday, June 13, at Hazelton, graveside service — Omar Bongo, the world’s Quiron Clinic in Barcelona to Paul’s Catholic Church in the Malta LDS Church; visi- at 10 a.m. today at the Donna Boat of Twin Falls, longest-serving president say the president was “alive Nampa. tation from 6 to 8 p.m. Canyon Hill Cemetery in memorial service at 2 p.m. whose 42-year rule of Gabon and well.’’ Friday, June 12, at Caldwell (Nampa Funeral Thursday at White Mortuary was a throwback to Plans for a state Rasmussen Funeral Home, Home, Yraguen Chapel in in Twin Falls. an era when Africa funeral were under Chance L. Craig 1350 E.16th St.in Burley,and Nampa). was ruled by “Big way and will soon be JEROME — Chance L. from 10 until 10:45 a.m. Warren Michael McLey of Men,’’ died Monday. announced, Comm- Craig, 22, of Jerome, died Saturday at the church. Merlin B. Tanner of Twin Falls,graveside memo- He was 73. unications Minister Friday,June 6, 2009 in Boise. Grouse Creek, Utah, funeral rial service at 11 a.m. Friday The government Laure Gondjout told Arrangements will be at noon today at the Grouse at Sunset Memorial Park in responded to The Associated announced by Farnsworth Madeline Zbinden Creek LDS Chapel; visita- Twin Falls (White Mortuary Bongo’s death at a Press by telephone Mortuary of Jerome. JEROME — Madeline tion from 10:30 to 11:40 a.m. in Twin Falls). hospital in Spain by Bongo late Monday. She Zbinden, 88, of Nampa and today at the church (Rudd closing Gabon’s stressed the coun- formerly of Jerome, died Funeral Home in Garland, Mary Louise Wurst of international airport and the try’s constitution “will be Angela A. Lara Sunday, June 7, 2009, at her Utah). Mount Angel, Ore., memo- nation’s land and sea bor- followed.’’ Angela Ann Lara, 71, of home. rial Mass at 11 a.m. Friday, at ders. Security forces took up The constitution calls for Twin Falls, died Monday, Arrangements will be Harley Arthur Walker of the St. Charles Catholic positions in front of govern- the head of the Senate to June 8, 2009, at Oak Creek announced by Hove- Wendell, celebration of life Church, 311 S. First Ave. in ment buildings and electrical assume power and for presi- Rehabilitation Center in Robertson Funeral Chapel in at noon today at Farnsworth Hailey; graveside service fol- installations in Libreville, the dential elections within 90 Kimberly. Jerome. Mortuary Chapel, 1343 S. lows at the Hailey Cemetery capital. days. There has been wide- Lincoln in Jerome; visitation (Wood River Funeral Chapel People rushed home after spread speculation that one For obituary rates and information, call 735-3266 begins at 11 a.m. at the mor- in Hailey). the news was announced, of Bongo’s sons would try to tuary. causing traffic jams. Some seize power upon his father’s Monday through Saturday. Deadline is 3 p.m. for next- Michael Joe Engles of residents could be seen hur- death, as happened in nearby day publication. The e-mail address for obituaries is Gerald L. “Jerry” Kerbs of Jerome and formerly of rying out with empty bags, Togo. [email protected]. Death notices are a free Rupert, funeral at 11 a.m. Hagerman, celebration of apparently to stock up on Bongo, who was believed service and can be placed until 4 p.m. every day. To Wednesday at the Burley life and barbecue from 1 to 5 food in advance of possible to be one of the world’s First Presbyterian Church, p.m. Saturday, at the home store closures. wealthiest leaders, became view or submit obituaries online, or to place a mes- 2100 Burton Ave., visitation of Jim and Tina Holland, 220 Since the head of state had the longest-ruling head of sage in an individual online guestbook, go to from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Agri Lane in Gooding (Hove- checked into the Spanish government — a category www.magicvalley.com and click on “Obituaries.” Rasmussen Funeral Home, Robertson Funeral Chapel in hospital last month, that does not include the 1350 E.16th St.in Burley,and Jerome). Gabonese officials had monarchs of Britain and aggressively denied that he Thailand — when Cuba’s How well do Two Generations proudly serving the Magic Valley was ill, insisting he had gone Fidel Castro handed power you to Spain to observe “a period to his brother last year. want to hear? Ed • Funeral Services of mourning’’ following the Bongo had kept a tight grip death of his wife. They ini- on power in the oil-rich for- PROFESSIONAL • Cremation tially denied he was in the mer French colony since he HHEARINGEARING AID • Monuments • Pre-Funded Funeral Plans & Trusts hospital at all, then later said became president in 1967, Jason he had been admitted to the and his ruling party has clinic,but only for a checkup. dominated the country’s Call today for a free hearing evaluation! FREE Pre-Planning Funeral Booklet Just hours before parliament for decades.  E. th Street  Falls Avenue Third & Fillmore Jerome, Idaho 83338 • (208) 324-4555 announcing Bongo’s death, Opposition parties were only Inside Farmer’s Insurance Bldg. Across from CSI Gabonese Prime Minister allowed in 1990, amid a wave Jean Eyeghe Ndong held a of pro-democracy protests. 678-7600 Burley 734-2900 Twin Falls Hove-Robertson Funeral Chapel MAIN 10 TUESDAY,JUNE 9, 2009 OPINION EDITOR STEVE CRUMP: (208) 735-3223 [email protected] QUOTABLE “I know there are many other similar events planned around the country as long as abortion remains legal.” — Scott Roeder from the Sedgwick County jail, where he's being held for OPINION shooting of a high-profile abortion doctor one week ago EDITORIAL Sadly,President Obama Idaho recovery awaits housing, can’t take the GM out of GM n Jan. 21, 1988, a General Motors Oexecutive named commercial Elmer Johnson wrote a brave and prophetic memo. Its main point was con- tained in this sentence: “We rebound have vastly underestimated how deeply ingrained are the organizational and cul- o what did last week’s unexpected jump tural rigidities that hamper in local and state unemployment figures our ability to execute.” say about the state of our economy? Mostly that we’re not going to get very much farther down the road to recovery untilS more Idahoans start swinging hammers again. DAVID Locally, contractors and landscapers didn’t do BROOKS their customary rehiring in May, sending the central Magic Valley’s jobless rate up eighth-tenths of a percentage point, to 5.7 percent. The same was the case statewide, with the small- On Jan. 26, 2009, Rob est increase in construction payrolls since 1990, Kleinbaum, a former GM which means the fast-frozen residential real estate employee and consultant, market is thawing but it’s a long ways from normal. wrote his own memo. And although business construction has picked Kleinbaum’s argument was up in places such as Twin Falls and Meridian, eerily similar: “It is apparent As a result, GM has courages future investors. for their own mediocrity. there’s still a large overhang of commercial real that unless GM’s culture is steadily lost U.S. market GM is now a pariah on Wall Fourth, the Obama plan estate statewide. fundamentally changed, share, from 54 to 19 percent. Street. Say farewell to a dilutes the company’s focus. What was most surprising about the May unem- especially in North America, Consumer Reports now rec- potentially powerful source Instead of thinking obses- its true heart, GM will likely ommends 70 percent of of external commercial sively about profitability and ployment statistics was the consistency of increases be back at the public trough Ford’s vehicles, but only 19 pressure. quality, GM will also have to throughout Idaho, including relatively recession- again and again.” percent of GM’s. Second, the Obama plan meet the administration’s proof markets such as the Idaho Falls area (reces- These two memos, writ- The problems have not entrenches the ancien environmental goals. There sion-proof because of the large and stable presence ten by men devoted to the gone unrecognized and regime. The old CEO is is no evidence GM is good at of the Idaho National Laboratory). company, get to the heart of heroic measures have been gone, but he’s been replaced building the sort of small The manufacturing, wholesale trade and financial GM’s problems. undertaken, but technocrat- by a veteran insider and cars the administration sectors are still scuffling, and from Bonners Ferry to Bureaucratic restructuring ic reforms from within have similar executive coterie. demands. There is no evi- Preston Idahoans aren’t borrowing, lending or won’t fix the company. not changed the culture. Meanwhile, the UAW has dence that there is a large building enough to drive the economy upward. Clever financing schemes Technocratic reforms from been given a bigger leader- American market for these Statewide, there were only 56,000 manufacturing won’t fix the company. GM’s Washington won’t either. ship role. This is the union cars. But GM now has to core problem is its corporate For the elemental facts that fought for job banks, serve two masters, the mar- jobs in May – remarkable considering that two and workplace culture — the about the Obama restruc- where employees get paid ket and the administration’s years ago a single company, Micron Technology, unquantifiable but essential turing plan are these: for doing nothing. This is policy goals. had more than 10,000 employees. attitudes, mind-sets and Bureaucratically, the plan is the organization that cham- The end result is that GM Micron especially is weighing down Idaho’s relationship patterns that smart. Financially, it is pioned retirement with full will not become more like recovery because it’s still shedding workers and will are passed down, year after tough-minded. benefits at around age 50. successful car companies. It continue to do so until August, when its Idaho pay- year. But when it comes to the This is not an organization will become less like them. roll will be just 5,200. Over the last five decades, corporate culture that is at that represents fundamental The federal merger will not And so is the fact that Idaho joblessness is so this company has progres- the core of GM’s woes, the cultural change. accelerate the company’s heavily concentrated in the Treasure Valley — 9.6 sively lost touch with car Obama approach is strange- Third, the Obama viability. It will impede it. percent — which is the center of retailing, financial buyers, especially the edu- ly oblivious. The Obama approach reduces the fear We’ve seen this before, service, residential real estate and manufacturing. cated car buyers who flock plan won’t revolutionize that impels change. The U.S. albeit in different context: to European and Japanese GM’s corporate culture. It government will own most An overconfident govern- In May, 45 percent of the 58,000 unemployed brands. Over five decades, could make things worse. of GM. It would be political- ment throws itself into a Idahoans lived in just five counties: Ada, Canyon, this company has tolerated First, the Obama plan will ly suicidal for the dysfunctional culture it Gem, Boise and Owyhee. labor practices that seem reduce the influence of Democrats, or whoever is in doesn’t really understand. Federal stimulus aid hasn’t helped much yet since insane to outsiders. Over commercial outsiders. The power, to pull the plug on The result is quagmire. The Idaho was so slow off the dime in using it. Gov. C.L. these decades, it has tolerat- best place for fresh thinking the company — now or ever. costs escalate. There is no “Butch” Otter wanted to put most of the $1.2 billion ed bureaucratic structures could come from outside Therefore, the current man- exit strategy. in the bank but was told by the feds that he could- that repel top talent. It has private investors. But the agers can rest assured that n’t. He didn’t agree to take stimulus money until evaded the relentless quality Obama plan rides they never need to fear liqui- David Brooks is a colum- March 7.So by May 1, Idaho was one of just six focus that has helped com- roughshod over the current dation again. There will nist for The New York states that had yet to put transportation stimulus panies like Toyota prosper. private investors and so dis- always be federal subsidies Times. funds to work building roads and creating jobs. But road-building aside, the $64,000 question for south-central Idaho is whether agriculture can hold its own as the dairy industry sheds jobs. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Still, as the central Magic Valley’s three-month unemployment decline between February and April Simpson all wet about ing, swimming and well- and wind can generate for monuments when they showed, we’re on the way back. By the scenic route. water drinking ban in two us, and the lifesaving haven’t a clue what the war nuclear energy Vaucluse rivers. How would machines we rely upon. was about.”The war we It’s disconcerting to read he feel if we found ourselves JIM BANHOLZER know about. SOUTH-CENTRAL IDAHO JOBLESSNESS Rep. Mike Simpson touting forced to forbid recreational Ketchum The people that got pen- the most dangerous element boating, fishing and simple nies on the dollar for the life County May 2009 April 2009 May 2008 under the sun (Idaho splish-splashing in our We should honor those they built in the United Blaine 6.8 6.3 3.3 Statesman, May 31) as the Snake? States is a darker secret. I Camas 8.2 7.0 3.3 best green option in the At the conclusion of Rep. interned during WWII have a friend that fought for Cassia 4.7 4.3 3.6 energy debate. Mr. Simpson Simpson’s argument he asks, I was alarmed by the tone the United States in World Gooding 4.6 4.0 3.1 says, “France learned long “Who wants their grand- of Edith Robertson’s letter War II with the 442nd Jerome 5.2 4.9 3.4 ago that nuclear energy is mother’s kidney dialysis posted June 2. Infantry Regiment, an all- Lincoln 8.1 7.7 3.2 safe, abundant and cheap.” machine to rely on wind I believe it is time that we Asian outfit. He fought with Minidoka 5.6 5.0 4.1 While it is true that France energy on a calm day or solar honor those Japanese people men that had families that Twin Falls 5.8 4.9 3.4 uses more than 80 percent energy when the sun is not that were interned during were subject to interment. nuclear power for electricity, shining?” This is preposter- World War II. Ms. These people were interned there is a big brouhaha going ous fear mongering. Robertson states, “Granted, because of the color of their on over there about some Naturally, concerned rela- most of the interned had skin. As for torture, the enormous problems this has tives would want reliable nothing to do with the war, thought of being hated by brought. For instance, where backup generators available but the leaders of their those that were your neigh- Brad Hurd . . . . publisher Steve Crump . ...Opinion editor do you think the elite French for such important con- native land callously and bors and friends and the The members of the editorial board and writers of are trying to lay their insidi- cerns. And currently some deliberately started the war humiliation of being con- editorials are Brad Hurd, James G. Wright, ously deadly toxins to rest inspired scientists are devel- by sneakily bombing Pearl fined in your home country Steve Crump, Bill Bitzenburg and Ruth S. Pierce. for millennia? Why it’s being oping innovative products Harbor, etc.” would be torture enough. shoveled into poor people’s that run off both solar and Ms. Robertson, the people I would suggest Ms. backyards, of course. Much wind power and only need that were interned were U.S. Robertson try living in a like the Three Mile Island charged every four days. citizens. Some were sec- one-room, clapboard house Tell us what you think skeleton core transported to Instead of greenwashing ond- and third-generation in the dead of winter for just ON PAPER: The Times-News welcomes letters from read- radiate here in meager Grandma with putrid pluto- citizens born on this very one week and come out and ers on subjects of public interest. Please limit letters to Idaho’s National Lab. nium promises, perhaps she soil. You say “you don’t tell me that was not torture. 300 words. Include your signature, mailing address and While he claims nuclear would rather see us funding approve of the interment To my fellow Japanese- phone number. Writers who sign letters with false names energy is safe, perhaps Mr. her grandchildren’s colleges camps either, but those American friends, I apolo- will be permanently barred from publication. Letters may Simpson does not realize with more research and confined were not tortured, gize. Not all of us have be brought to our Twin Falls office; mailed to P.O. Box 548, that a uranium leak last development departments starved, beaten, etc.”You Ms.Robertson’s perspective. Twin Falls, ID 83303; faxed to (208) 734-5538; or e- summer in one of France’s to augment what safe, abun- say it “irritates you when RON DABNEY mailed to letters@magicvalley. com. nuclear plants led to a fish- dant and inexpensive sun someone wants to pass out Twin Falls

T HE LIGHTER SIDE OF POLITICS Doonesbury By Garry Trudeau Mallard Fillmore By Bruce Tinsley Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho OPINION Tuesday, June 9, 2009 Main 11 Why we can’t trust the insurance industry appreciate your of a public plan that famous memo, urged should have done 15 years private insurers fail to meet efforts, and look Americans can buy into as Republican members of ago. certain performance crite- “Iforward to work- an alternative to private Congress to oppose any sig- How could the industry ria. The idea, of course, is to ing with you so that the PAUL insurance. nificant health care reform. spend 15 years failing to choose those criteria to Congress can complete KRUGMAN Now nobody is proposing But even he acknowledged make even the most obvious ensure that the trigger is health care reform by that Americans be forced to that some things needed reforms? The answer is sim- never pulled. October.”So declared get their insurance from the fixing, calling for, among ple: Americans seeking And here’s the thing. President Obama in a letter government. The “public other things, “a simplified, health coverage had Without an effective public last week to Sens. Max already have health coverage option,”if it materializes, uniform insurance form.” nowhere else to go. And the option, the Obama health Baucus and Edward from private insurers are will be just that — an option Fast forward to the pres- purpose of the public option care reform will be simply a Kennedy. The big health allowed to keep it. Americans can choose. And ent. A few days ago, major is to make sure that the national version of the care push is officially on. But how can we have fun- the reason for providing this players in the health indus- industry doesn’t waste health care reform in But the devil is in the damental reform of what option was clearly laid out in try laid out what they intend another 15 years — by giving Massachusetts: a system details. Health reform will Obama calls a “broken sys- Obama’s letter: It will give to do to slow the growth in Americans an alternative if that is a lot better than fail unless we get serious tem” if the current players Americans “a better range health care costs. Topping private insurers fall down on nothing but has done little cost control — and we won’t stay in place? The answer is of choices, make the health the list of AHIP’s proposals the job. to address the fundamental get that kind of control supposed to lie in a combi- care market more competi- was “administrative simpli- Be warned, however. The problem of a fragmented unless we fundamentally nation of regulation and tive, and keep the insurance fication.”Providers, the insurance industry will do system, and as a result has change the way the insur- competition. companies honest.“ lobby conceded, face everything it can to avoid done little to control rising ance industry, in particular, It’s a sign of the way the Those last five words are “administrative challenges” being held accountable. health care costs. behaves. So let me offer political winds are blowing crucial because history because of the fact that each At first, the insurance Right now the health Congress two pieces of that insurers aren’t oppos- shows that the insurance insurer has its own distinct lobby’s foot soldiers in insurers are promising to advice: ing new regulations. Indeed, companies will do nothing telephone numbers, fax Congress tried to shout deliver major cost savings. 1. Don’t trust the insur- the president of America’s to reform themselves unless numbers, codes, claim down the public option with But history shows that such ance industry. Health Insurance Plans, the forced to do so. forms and administrative the old slogans: Private promises can’t be trusted. 2. Don’t trust the insur- industry lobby known as Consider the seemingly procedures. “Standardizing enterprise good, govern- As Obama said in his letter, ance industry. AHIP, has explicitly accept- trivial matter of making it administrative transac- ment bad. we need a serious, real pub- The Democratic strategy ed the need for “much more easier for doctors to deal tions,”AHIP asserted, “will At this point, however, lic option to keep the insur- for health reform is based on aggressive regulation of with multiple insurance be a watershed event.” they’re trying to kill the ance companies honest. a political judgment: the insurance.” companies. Think about it. The insur- public option in more subtle belief that the public will be What’s still not settled, Back in 1993, the political ance industry’s idea of a ways. The most recent ruse Paul Krugman is a colum- more willing to accept however, is whether regula- strategist (and former New cutting-edge, cost-saving is the proposal for a “trig- nist for The New York reform, less easily Harry- tion will be supplemented York Times columnist) reform is to do what ger” — the public option Times. Write to him at and-Louised, if those who by competition, in the form William Kristol, in a now- William Kristol thought it will only become available if [email protected]. Media still enthralled Is there such a thing as with Pres. Obama

ASHINGTON — Latino America anymore? The Obama Winfatuation is a ROBERT resident Obama’s Congressional Hispanic by all the Mexicans in the great unreported story of nomination of Sonia Caucus. Despite the differ- Los Angeles area alone.” our time. Has any recent SAMUELSON PSotomayor for ences between conserva- If most Latinos see president basked in so much Supreme Court justice has GREGORY tive, rural Mexican themselves first as favorable media coverage? been widely hailed as a tri- RODRIGUEZ American-dominated dis- Mexican American or Well, maybe John umph for Latinos. But it tricts in Texas and urban Cuban American or Kennedy for a moment; but focused on his policy agen- could just as likely spell the Puerto Rican barrios in Dominican American, does no president since. On the da.” end of the very idea that New York, caucus mem- the singling out of a Puerto whole, this is not healthy for The infatuation matters there is such a thing as more deeply lived and felt bers sought to forge a com- Rican really indicate that America. because Obama’s ambitions Latino America at all. than the latter. mon national Latino agen- their group has “come of Our political system are so grand. He wants to News accounts suggest A 2002 Pew Hispanic da. age” politically in the U.S.? works best when a president expand health care subsi- that Latinos at large are Center survey found that, Even then, it didn’t seem I know just as many faces checks on his power. dies, tightly control energy thrilled with her nomina- when asked what terms like a great idea to every- Mexican Americans who But the main checks on use and overhaul immigra- tion, and there’s no doubt they would use first to one. Some lawmakers were moved by the nomi- Obama are modest. They tion. He envisions the great- that there are many who describe themselves, found the term misleading nation of a Puerto Rican come from congressional est growth of government are. But if you dig deeper “Hispanics were much but useful. Others saw it as woman to the Supreme Democrats, who largely since Lyndon Johnson. The into the rather loosely knit more likely to identify a way for their groups to Court as those who were share his goals if not always Congressional Budget Office nature of American Latino themselves by country of compete with the national not. I suspect that many his means. The leaderless estimates federal spending “identity,”you’re likely to origin than as a category of African voters may be happy and confused Republicans in 2019 at nearly 25 percent find a more nuanced view ‘Latino/Hispanic.’” Americans for federal enough about Sotomayor’s don’t provide effective of the economy (gross on what this nomination Likewise, “when asked money. achievement, but at the opposition. And the press — domestic product). may mean to the roughly whether Latinos from dif- Frank del Olmo, the late same time, they will realize on domestic, if not foreign, That’s well up from the 21 50 million people in the ferent countries have sepa- Los Angeles Times colum- that the elevation of a policy — has so far largely percent in 2008, and far United States of Latin rate and distinct cultures nist and associate editor, “Latina” goes only so far abdicated its role as skepti- above the post-World War II American descent. or share one Hispanic or put it more squarely than and not far enough. I sus- cal observer. average; it would also occur “Latino” or “Hispanic” Latino culture, respon- most when he called the pect that they may even Obama has inspired a col- before many baby boomers are generic terms that are dents overwhelmingly (85 adoption of the catchall understand that lective fawning. What start- retire. used to lump a variety of percent) say Latinos from term “shortsighted” and Sotomayor’s nomination ed in the campaign (the Are his proposals practi- national origin groups into different countries had dif- “self-defeating.”Del Olmo could come at Mexican chief victim was Hillary cal, even if desirable? Maybe one category. They’re used ferent cultures, and only 14 was instrumental in estab- Americans’ expense. Clinton, not John McCain) they’re neither? often, especially in the percent say Latinos share lishing which term the Because the media and the has continued, as a study by The idea of a “critical” media. But their popularity one Hispanic/Latino cul- newspaper would adopt — political elites make no the Pew Research Center’s Obama story is a tactical notwithstanding, generic ture.” “Latino” — but he also distinctions among Project for Excellence in conflict with congressional Latino-ness doesn’t trump It was only in the early argued that because Hispanic groups, Mexican Journalism shows. It con- Democrats or criticism from national origin for most 1970s that Mexican Mexican Americans made Americans may find them- cludes: “President Barack an important constituency. people who, to some American activists on the up 65 percent of all Latinos selves waiting a very long Obama has enjoyed sub- Larger issues are minimized, degree or another, fit the West Coast and Puerto (compared with 10 percent time for one of their own to stantially more positive despite ample grounds for category. In other words, a Ricans in the East sought Puerto Rican and 4 percent be nominated to the media coverage than either skepticism. person of Peruvian ances- to join forces to create a Cuban), the generic term Supreme Court. Bill Clinton or George W. Obama’s rhetoric brims try is likely to see himself national Latino identity for was more advantageous to They may still decide Bush during their first with inconsistencies. In the as a Peruvian American political purposes. In 1975, non-Mexicans than it was that Frank del Olmo was months in the White campaign, he claimed he first and as a Latino sec- politicians founded the to Mexican Americans. right — becoming generic House.” would de-emphasize parti- ond. His links to the cul- National Association of “The term Hispanic Latino or Hispanic was The study examined 1,261 sanship — and also enact a ture, stories and food of his Latino Elected Officials allowed other Latinos to self-defeating. Maybe it’s stores by The Washington highly-partisan agenda; or her family’s country of (NALEO). A year later, four use a large and growing time to dump the catchall Post, The New York Times, both couldn’t be true. He origin tend to be stronger Democratic members of Mexican American popu- terms. ABC, CBS and NBC, got a pass. Now, he claims he than those that tie him to the House of lation to increase their Newsweek magazine and will control health care Latinos of different Representatives from influence,”he wrote. “Add Gregory Rodriguez is a the “NewsHour” on PBS. spending even though he national origins. Think of Texas, California and New up all the Cubans and columnist for the Los Favorable stories (42 per- proposes more government the distinction between York joined with the resi- Puerto Ricans on the East Angeles Times. Write to cent) were double the unfa- spending. He promotes “fis- being French or being dent commissioner-elect Coast, for instance, and him at grodriguez@ vorable (20 percent) , while cal responsibility” when European. The former is of Puerto Rico to form a they are still outnumbered latimescolumnists.com. the rest were “neutral” or projections show huge and “mixed.”Obama’s treatment continuous budget deficits. contrasts sharply with cov- Journalists seem to take his erage in the first two months pronouncements at face Coming This Wednesday! of the presidencies of Bush value even when many are (22 percent of stories favor- two-faced. th able) and Clinton (27 per- The press has become 25 Year cent). 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(AP) — While more than 1,000 BOISE (AP) — A search but halted the search over homes across the West burn and rescue crew on the weekend because of each year in forest and brush Monday found the body of bad weather. fires, only a fraction of fed- a Boise pilot who crashed On Monday, an Idaho eral efforts to reduce fire in a single-engine plane in Air National Guard heli- danger in the region has central Idaho’s rugged, copter dropped the search been concentrated in the snowy backcountry. crew near the crash site 10 communities at greatest The six-person search miles north of the town of risk, a group of scientists crew positively identified Atlanta in the Sawtooth found. the body as pilot Adam Wilderness. It took the The scientists analyzed a Shandro, 36, said Jim searchers about 90 min- database containing the Nolan, director of Elmore utes to hike to the wreck- locations of all 44,613 fuel- County Search and Rescue. age, Nolan said. reduction projects under- AP photo Nolan said the team would Friends and family said taken in Western states by U.S. Forest Service firefighters board a helicopter to help fight a brush fire sparked by lightning earlier this remove Shandro’s remains Shandro is married, the various federal agencies month. A study has found that only a fraction of federal efforts to reduce fire danger in the region has been from the crash site. father of two young under the National Fire Plan concentrated in the communities at greatest risk, It appeared that the daughters and the stepson from 2004 through 2008. plane slammed into the of Ward D. Parkinson, the They found that only 3 per- year fighting wildfires. using building materials that The study found that fed- side of a mountain. founder of Boise-based cent of those projects were Wildfires burned 5.3 million don’t burn, such as metal eral agencies working under “There’s not much left computer chip maker within what is known as the acres in the U.S. in 2008. roofs, she said. the National Fire Plan have a of the aircraft. There was Micron Technology Inc. wildland-urban interface. “We’re going to have to “With crime, we lock our tough job because they con- apparently a fire involved The plane is registered to Wildland-urban interface adapt to these large fires as a doors and we get a security trol only 17 percent of the and there’s not much Parkinson. Shandro did is a term for areas where way of life,’’ said Tania system,’’ she said. “With land in the West’s wildland- wreckage at the site,’’ not file a flight plan and the suburban and rural homes Schoennagel,a fire ecologist earthquakes, quake-proof urban interface. Private land Nolan told KTVB-TV in cause of the crash remains meet forests and rangelands. at the University of construction is required in covers 71 percent. Boise. under investigation. The National Fire Plan is a Colorado and lead author of earthquake zones. We are “Our results suggest the The Cessna 182 disap- The search crew includ- program that is intended to the study, appearing in not allowed to build in 100- need for a significant shift in peared last Wednesday on ed three members of reduce the risk of wildfire to Tuesday’s edition of the year flood plains. fire policy emphasis from a flight from the Boise air- Elmore County Search and communities. Proceedings of the National “But with wildfire, it’s federal to private lands, if port and was spotted from Rescue and three members The scientists found that Academy of Sciences. different. We don’t lock our protection of communities the air Friday. Authorities of Idaho Mountain Search 11 percent of those fuel- “Fire suppression is doing homes down to fire.’’ and private property in the began looking for Shandro, and Rescue. reduction projects were an outstanding job,but there From 2002 through 2006, wildland-urban interface within an area that includes is only so much they can do,’’ 10,000 homes nationwide remains a primary goal,’’the the wildland-urban inter- she said.“So we are probably were destroyed by wildfire, authors wrote. face plus a 1.5-mile buffer going to continue to have the study noted. Meanwhile, studies indi- strip around it. more home losses unless we Joe Walsh, a spokesman cate that longer and hotter Boise man pleads not That is far short of the 50 have communities more for the U.S. Forest Service, summers connected to glob- percent goal set by the adapted to fire.’’ said the agency had just al warming are behind the Healthy Forests Restoration That means helping received the report and was increasing number and guilty in shooting death Act of 2003, which was sup- homeowners fireproof their still reviewing it: “Once that intensity of wildfires, which posed to help control the $1 homes by clearing trees and review is finished, we’ll have hit nearly 10 million acres BOISE (AP) — A Boise November. billion regularly spent each brush around them and a comment.’’ nationwide in 2006. man accused of shooting Hobbs possesses a valid another man in a pool hall concealed weapons permit parking lot has pleaded not and told police he was act- guilty to second-degree ing to protect himself. murder. Cepalo, 29, died in the Grizzly bites 60-year-old man on Glacier trail Jeremy J. Hobbs, 27, says parking lot from five gun- he instead acted in self shot wounds, two in his hip GLACIER NATIONAL Associated Press that he’ll likely undergo a second said the bears appeared to be defense when he fatally and three in his back. PARK, Mont. (AP) — A 60- Thomas Nerison had emer- operation Wednesday. running from something shot Ahmed Cepalo out- But Ada County year-old Kalispell man, bit- gency surgery at Kalispell Nerison told park rangers that startled them. side of Backstreet Billiards Prosecutors say Hobbs’ ten twice on the leg by a griz- Regional Medical Center he was bitten about 9:45 Nerison was able to walk in March. actions were not justified, zly bear in Glacier National after a grizzly bit him on the a.m. Sunday when two griz- to Going-to-the-Sun Road, Hobbs entered his plea and witnesses say Cepalo Park, was released from a calf and thigh of his right leg. zlies charged up from behind got a ride from a visitor back Monday in 4th District was trying to break up an hospital Monday night. Doreen Nerison said her while he was jogging on Lake to his own car and drove Court. altercation between Hobbs His wife told The husband’s doctor told him McDonald Valley Trail. He himself to the hospital. 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Home Jim Muhlestein talks about the stonework at the home he shares with his wife, Karen, on Wednesday afternoon in Oakley. Muhlestein and a friend collected the rocks from the discard pile at a local quarry, then pieced the stones together. Sweet

By Melissa Davlin Times-News writer An occasional series on southern Idaho’s AKLEY — distinctive houses Jim and O Karen TAKE THE OAKLEY TOUR Muhlestein’s Oakley home turns heads. Jim and Karen Muhlestein’s home will be featured on the Oakley Historical Home Tour, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 20. So many visitors have The tour includes seven homes and features turn-of-the-centu- toured their home that they ry Victorian-style architecture with German influences, plus keep a guest book. Almost other older buildings that have been converted into houses. every entry comments on Tickets for the self-guided tour may be purchased at Howells the home’s unique beauty. Opera House, 118 N. Blaine Ave. Cost is $7 for the tour and $8 Those are compliments for a Dutch oven meal in City Park on Oakley’s Main Street, the couple can take pride in. which starts at noon. Although the structure is Information: Marge Woodhouse, 862-3495. nearly a century old, they The history: Magnificent two- and three-story homes were con- had a hand in designing structed as Mormon settlers tried to live well in a frontier envi- every part of their living ronment a century ago, and the tour provides a hearty dose of gingerbread trim and fish-scale siding. Many of the town’s old space. Karen Muhlestein listens to her husband, Jim, talk about their Oakley home Wednesday afternoon. The building housed an homes still stand, and they helped earn Oakley a place on the elementary school from Although the structure is nearly a century old, Karen enjoys a modern kitchen with a gas range, electric National Register of Historic Places in 1980. 1912 until 1992. After the stove and space-saving cabinets. — Melissa Davlin and Virginia Hutchins school moved elsewhere, the structure passed through a few hands and served as an inn, bar and restaurant. In the late ’90s, an owner removed some load-bearing walls, causing Hanging in the home is the building to be con- a picture of how the demned. Muhlestein Manor used In 1999, the Muhlesteins to look — during its bought the house in an auc- tion. The next year, they days as Oakley started renovations — a Elementary School. two-year process that required assistance from family members and friends. “It had been kind of trashed,” Karen said. Originally, the school had the couple removed the top interior until only three to form the interior. The three floors — a sub- two stories brick by brick outside brick walls hardwood floors and solid ground-level floor and two and raised the lower floor to remained, then used sal- stairs are from the original upper stories. With the help ground level. vaged building materials See HOUSE, H&G 2 A window hangs as decoration inside the Muhlestein of a few strong teenagers, They then gutted the from the original structure Manor.

Photos by DREW GODLESKI/for the Times-News The Muhlestein Manor in Oakley used to be the Oakley Elementary School, built in 1912. Home & Garden 2 Tuesday, June 9, 2009 HOME & GARDEN Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho

An insulat- ing window shade with Simple steps can up a sealed sides blocks all three modes of heat loss home’s appeal to buyers and improves your comfort By Melissa Rayworth when sitting For The Associated Press near a win- dow. It’s a question all home- owners face when they decide to sell: How can you Photo courtesy make your home as appeal- of James Dulley ing to potential buyers as possible? In today’s market, that question has become even more crucial. Understand heat “It really depends how much your home is worth,’’ says New York-based inte- transfer to pinpoint rior designer Janine Carendi. “Is it in move-in condition, and will buyers expect it to be?’’ energy improvements Not everyone should invest in fancy upgrades DEAR JIM: I see so and fresh coats of paint, she many ads for products SENSIBLE says. But all homeowners and services to make my can benefit from reorganiz- home more efficient that HOME ing and beautification. Photos by SARAH DORIO/Associated Press I get confused. Can you Carendi and fellow Brian Patrick Flynn, who designed this room, suggests making your home stand out among others in the explain a bit about how a James designers Mallory Math- same community by adding architecture with inexpensive picture rail installed as paneling. house loses and gains Dulley ison and Brian Patrick energy so I can better Flynn offer some tips on evaluate marketing making your home market- remove anything you’re claims? — Ron M. the entire house hot dur- ready on a budget: sure you don’t want to part DEAR RON: Before ing summer. with. Got some vintage making any energy Now that you under- Outside help light fixtures or beloved improvement decisions, stand the various ways furniture? it is wise to get a sound your house gains and “Always listen to the pro- “Take that out of the understanding of how a loses heat, you can better fessional you’re hiring to equation, if you can’t part house loses (winter) and evaluate the needs of your sell your home,’’ Carendi with it,’’ she says, “so gains (summer) heat. The own home. For example, says. “The agent has so there’s no arguing over it first step in this under- if there is particularly much experience, and he or in negotiations.’’ standing is learning the cold wall in your house she can see the potential of basics of heat transfer. and it faces the north- the home and how they Remove yourself from Heat energy flows in all west, there likely are both want to market it.’’ directions equally and is conductive and convec- Some owners hire a stag- the equation not affected by gravity. To tive heat loss modes. ing company to redecorate “It’s kind of a rule to take the contrary, hot air flows Making sure the wall is their home specifically to A bedroom staged by Brian Patrick Flynn. Flynn suggests hiring local out two-thirds of your per- upward because it is less well insulated is the first appeal to buyers. A cool stylists to stage your home if you want to create the fantasy of the sonal things,’’ Mathison dense than cooler air. If step to reduce both twist on that idea: Flynn life a prospective buyer would have while living in your space. says. “Make it a generally you put a heating element modes. To further reduce suggests hiring a photo inviting space, rather than in the center of a metal the convective heat loss, stylist (a regional magazine and add a mirror if the area water stain. The problem something right just for block, the bottom will get plant evergreen trees or can probably recommend doesn’t get much natural might have already been your family.’’ as hot as the top and build a privacy fence to one) to give your place a light. If the front door leads fixed, but the person sees it Think about the way it sides. block the force of the fresh look. directly into your living and says, ‘Oh my good- feels when you check into a There are three modes wind. Since heat also “Home stagers are all the room without a foyer or ness.’” good hotel room, these of heat transfer which flows downward, add rage right now,’’Flynn says, vestibule, Flynn suggests Other details: Bunches of designers say. The space is impact your house. insulation to the band “but magazine photo styl- using furniture to “create fresh mint or rosemary can clean, comfortable and Conduction heat joist immediately above ists are the masters at turn- the sense that you’re walk- freshen air naturally, says stylish, but also something transfer is heat flow the foundation to reduce ing spaces into cover shots ing into the area where you Mathison, and a vase of of a blank canvas. A home through a material. An conductive heat loss packed with ‘wow’ factor. decompress.’’ Add a bench flowers is always welcome. that’s for sale should have example of this type of there. Also, use foam They not only make the near the door and a console For a quick facelift: Lightly that sensibility. heat transfer is how the caulk to seal along the top rooms look their best but where someone could drop sand the frames around your To help buyers envision handle of a cast iron skil- of the foundation. they also know the proper their keys and mail on arriv- windows, then add a coat or themselves living there, let gets hot when it is on a Don’t forget the typical styling to suggest a room’s ing home. two of white paint, Carendi repaint boldly colored stove top. This is how heat loss areas of win- use.’’ says. walls a more neutral color. heat flows through an dows, doors, fireplaces, Clean and fresh Flynn suggests a pale gray insulated wall. etc. Windows and doors First impressions Clear the way — it’s more interesting The temperature dif- lose heat by conduction, “I see fingerprints on than plain white, but still ference on each side of convection and air infil- A good first impression white doors all the time,’’ Banishing clutter is cru- neutral. the wall determines how tration through leaks. won’t guarantee a sale, but a Carendi says of homes that cial: Uncluttered rooms feel Remove any furniture or fast heat conducts Make your fireplace (glass bad one can scuttle it, says are for sale. larger, and buyers will have art that is really distinctive through it. For a given doors) and chimney Mathison: “If the entry way Clean as thoroughly as an easier time envisioning (“Stick with landscapes,’’ wall insulation R-value, if (damper sealers) as air- is blase, that can set a you can, perhaps hiring a their own belongings in the Flynn advises) and replace it is 68 degrees indoors tight as possible when not precedent for the rest of the cleaning service for one or space. unique window treatments and 28 degrees outdoors in use. house.’’ two visits. Pay attention to Spend a weekend clearing with simple, solid-color (40-degree temperature DEAR JIM: I am Outside, she says, clean doors, baseboards, light off countertops and purging draperies. difference, about twice as remodeling my bathroom thoroughly and “pay close switch plates, ceiling fans the home of anything you Editing your personal much heat will be lost and including a whirlpool attention to the front door. and windows. Clean all don’t want or need. Box up design sensibility out of the through the wall than bathtub. You want it freshly painted appliances, especially older offseason clothes and put space can be uncomfort- when it is 48 degrees out- I would like to install a or stained.’’ Keep the lawn ones, so they sparkle. them in storage — your able, says Carendi, but it’s doors (20-degree tem- large window by it, but trimmed, if you have one, Then take a good look closets will look bigger, and vital: “Don’t think about it perature difference). the contractor said I and add a few potted plants around and consider minor part of the packing will be as your home anymore. It is Convection heat trans- should not put a window near the door for a look repairs or repainting. done when it’s time to not your home. It is now a fer occurs in fluids and by it. Are there any win- that’s “pulled together but “Anything that shows the move. Put extraneous fur- piece of property you have, gases which are mobile. dows I can use? — Cathy not overdone.’’ age of the home needs to be niture in temporary storage an asset you’re trying to sell When it is windy out- S. Inside, consider touchup tackled,’’Carendi says. “You or lend it to a friend. at the highest price possi- doors, blowing cold air DEAR CATHY: I don’t painting in the entryway, don’t want people noticing a Also, says Mathison, ble.’’ increases the heat loss know why your contrac- from the walls. This cre- tor would tell you that. ates the winter chill fac- There are windows tor you hear about on installed near bathtubs in weather forecasts. many homes. I suppose House Similar to conduction, your contractor was con- Continued from H&G 1 when the temperature cerned about moisture difference is doubled, the issues and condensation rafters, and the schoolhouse heat transfer is also basi- on the window. bricks combine with insula- cally doubled. I would select a fiber- tion and drywall to make Radiation heat transfer glass or vinyl window thick, energy-efficient walls Jim Muhlestein does not need a transfer with the highest efficien- that block sound and keep talks about his material or contact cy glass available. Even the temperature constant. home between the hot and cold with a high-efficiency Stone from the original surfaces. This is how the window, it would be wise structure makes up the base Wednesday sun heats the Earth to run the bathroom vent of the front porch. afternoon in through space. Radiant fan or open the window The Muhlesteins’ person- Oakley. heat transfer is generally whenever you are bathing al style fits well with the more of an issue during or showering. home. Antique touches like the summer, but it cannot old quilts and a wood stove be ignored during winter. Send inquiries to James mix with modern appliances It increases exponentially Dulley, 6906 Royalgreen — including a gas range, jet- with the temperature dif- Drive, Cincinnati, OH ted tub and huge shower DREW GODLESKI/ ference. This is why a 45244 or visit www.dul- For the Times-News stall — to give the house a very hot roof can make ley.com. classy, eclectic atmosphere. time they started tearing it the windows. pleased at how it turned out The house has 8,000 apart until they got it done,” “I knew they were going and what an asset it is to our CLIP THIS COUPON square feet, with 5,000 of Robinson said. to remodel it and fix it into a community.” that in the main living area. 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By Scott Aker AP photos Special to The Washington Post Even portions of many edible plants are toxic. Rhubarb charm Q. Could you recom- stalks are the stuff of great pies and sauces, but the mend a brand or two of leaves, if eaten raw and in quantity, are poisonous. They fungicide to treat rust dis- can cause nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramping and — in ease on hollyhocks? Some plants are poisonous extreme cases — renal damage. A. There are too many brand names to list here, but I can give you some By Dean Fosdick said. “Cover up. Wear long- details on active ingredi- For The Associated Press sleeved shirts, long pants, ents. My choice would be closed shoes and socks and any fungicide containing Lily-of-the-valley, clema- gloves. You should be wearing myclobutanil, because the tis and chrysanthemums are gloves anyway,to protect from interval between sprays is attractive plants that can cuts and scrapes that could longer than for most make your heart soar.Problem lead to infection.’’ fungicides. There are is, they’re also capable of Choking is another threat, fungicides with other shutting it down. particularly for children. active ingredients, namely All are commonly cultivat- “My daughter, when small, copper, chlorthalonil, ed plants that are toxic if swallowed a leaf from a jade thiophanate-methyl, tri- ingested by people or pets. plant and began to choke. We adimefon and mancozeb. Just as many plants have the had to clear her throat. It was- They are all effective ability to heal, so thousands of n’t a soft leaf and it wasn’t a against rust diseases of ornamental plants have com- pleasant experience,’’said Sue ornamentals. If you want plex chemical compositions Kell,education director for the an organic option, you that make them capable of Blue Ridge Poison Center in could try a pesticide con- poisoning, said Michael Charlottesville, Va. taining neem oil. Balick, vice president and The hazards change along It is important to clean director of the Institute of with the seasons. up and remove all traces of Economic Botany at The New Even some of the continent’s most beautiful ornamental plants have a sinister side. The Mountain laurel “We know when August last year’s diseased foliage. York Botanical Garden. (Kalmia latifolia), characterized by its leathery evergreen leaves and pink and white flowers, grows wild into has rolled around because You may also decide to “The concept of poison and a fruity shrub or small tree in woody areas, meadows and bogs. The leaves and nectar are poisonous, capa- that’s when the pokeberry replace your hollyhocks the concept of medicine are calls start coming in,’’ Kell with another tall herba- closely aligned,’’ he said. ble of causing headaches, blood pressure and heart rhythm problems, comas and convulsions. said. “They’re attractive and ceous plant with fewer “You’re usually talking about kids are fond of putting them chemical dependencies. dosage.’’ TIPS ON LIVING SAFELY AROUND POISONOUS PLANTS in their mouths.’’ Candidates include Digitalis is a prominent Mushrooms can be a prob- kniphofias, lilies, joe pye example, said Balick, co- There is no foolproof way to (Timber Press, 2009). to humans may be lethal to ani- lem because so many are poi- weed, acanthus and fox- author of the “Handbook of avoid poisonous plants. Clear away berries, seeds or mals, and vice versa. Azalea, sonous, and many look alike. gloves. Poisonous and Injurious Perhaps the best course is to any other suspect plant materi- rhododendron, lilies and schef- “We’ve even had profes- Plants’’ (The New York learn which varieties can harm al to prevent it from being flera are commonly grown sionals — professors at uni- Scott Aker is a horticul- Botanical Garden Press and people and pets, then decide if eaten by children, livestock or houseplants that can be haz- versities — who have misiden- turist at the U.S. National Springer, 2007). “A certain you want them on your proper- pets. ardous to pets.“Lilies are espe- tified mushrooms and have Arboretum. dosage of the digitalis leaf ty. Some plants are toxic when cially toxic to cats, and can gotten sick,’’said Kell. could enable the pumping of If you elect to display a few of rubbed against the skin, includ- cause life-threatening kidney And then there are the holi- the heart, where a larger the toxic beauties, here’s how ing poison ivy, poison oak, failure even in small amounts,’’ days, when many suspect dosage could kill a person,’’he to reduce risks: sumac, nettles and euphorbia. the American Society for the plants and trimmings are said. Accurate and timely identifica- Reactions can vary from minor Prevention of Cruelty to brought into the house. Beauty There were 60,514 cases of tion will speed diagnosis if you discomfort, inflammation and Animals (ASPCA) says. “We get a lot of calls about unhealthy plant exposure call a poison control center. swelling to hospital stays. Even non-toxic plants can be Christmas decorations,’’ Kell reported in 2007 to the Know the names of plants com- Many bulbs, seeds and plant dangerous if swallowed. Leaves said. “Holly berries. Mistletoe in your nation’s poison control cen- monly found in and around parts (such as from lilies, cas- can lodge in throats and block berries.Anything within reach or ters, according to the federal your home. E-mail a photo of tor beans or mushrooms) are airways. that might drop onto the floor.’’ bowl Health Resources and the suspect plant. Have some extremely toxic. Store them out Post in a prominent place the One plant alleged to be Services Administration. illustrated reference books on of reach of children and well national toll-free information toxic, the poinsettia, may not “This includes all routes of hand to help with recognition. away from anything edible. numbers for poison-related be — at least not to a signifi- All the shades exposure, including swallow- Two helpful ones are Even experienced gardeners emergencies. For help about cant degree. “It takes a huge of salad greens. ing plants, and skin reactions “Handbook of Poisonous and can mistake poisonous bulbs exposure to humans, call 1- quantity of (poinsettia) leaves from such plants as poison ivy Injurious Plants,’’by Lewis for harmless onions and bite 800-222-1222. For incidents to be poisonous to a human,’’ and poison oak,’’ said David Nelson, Richard Shih and into them. involving pets, contact the Kell said. 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BURLEY/RUPERT FORECAST TWIN FALLS FIVE-DAY FORECAST Yesterday’s Weather Today: Partly cloudy. Highs near 70. Today Tonight Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday City Hi Lo Prcp Boise 74 52 0.02" Tonight: Partly cloudy and cool. Lows 40s. Challis 66 41 0.18" Coeur d’ Alene 59 46 0.25" Idaho Falls 64 39 0.13" Tomorrow: Isolated afternoon and evening thunderstorms. Jerome 71 46 0.00" Lewiston 70 52 0.07" Highs 70 to 75. Lowell 73 47 0.15" Malad City not available Malta 66 48 0.08" ALMANAC - BURLEY Intervals of clouds Partly cloudy AnSU/TH afternoon Widely scattered IsolatedSU/TH afternoon StormSU/TH activity scant Pocatello 67 37 0.01" and sunshine storm or two afternoon storms thunderstorms Rexburg 63 41 Trace Temperature Precipitation Salmon 61 43 n/a Stanley 58 31 0.00" Sun Valley 62 40 0.10" Yesterday’s High 68 Yesterday’s 0.03" High 75 Low 50 72 / 48 68 / 49 73 / 49 75 / 48 Yesterday’s Low 46 Month to Date 1.74" Normal High / Low 73 / 47 Avg. Month to Date 0.27" ALMANAC - TWIN FALLS Record High 91 in 1956 Water Year to Date 9.42" Record Low 33 in 1979 Avg. Water Year to Date 8.35" Barometric Sunrise and Pollen Temperature Precipitation Humidity Pressure Sunset Count IDAHO’S FORECAST Yesterday’s High 72 Yesterday’s 0.02" Yesterday High 86% 5 p.m. Yesterday 29.82 in. Today Sunrise: 6:00 AM Sunset: 9:14 PM TF pollen count yesterday: Yesterday’s Low 48 Month to Date 1.23" Yesterday Low 36% Wednesday Sunrise: 6:00 AM Sunset: 9:15 PM 19 (Mod.) Grass, Juniper SUN VALLEY, SURROUNDING MTS. Normal High / Low 73 / 47 Avg. Month to Date 0.30" Today’s Forecast High 66% Thursday Sunrise: 6:00 AM Sunset: 9:16 PM Isolated afternoon thunderstorms are possible through Record High 94 in 1985 Water Year to Date 8.58" Today’s Forecast Low 26% Friday Sunrise: 6:00 AM Sunset: 9:16 PM Mold: 20000(High) Wednesday. Coverage and chances of storms Record Low 33 in 1979 Avg. Water Year to Date 9.22" A water year runs from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30 Saturday Sunrise: 6:00 AM Sunset: 9:17 PM Cladosporium, Smuts increase slightly Thursday. Temperature & Precipitation valid through 5 pm yesterday Courtesy of Asthma and Allergy of Idaho U. V. INDEX Dr.’s Kadlec and Henry Coeur d’ Moon Phases Moonrise Low Moderate High Alene Today Highs 62 to 66 Tonight’s Lows 26 to 37 and Moonset Forecasts and maps prepared by: Mostly sunny today. Partly cloudy Today 70 / 47 BOISE Moonrise: 11:11 PM Moonset: 7:21 AM 8 Wednesday with isolated afternoon Wednesday Moonrise: 11:43 PM Moonset: 8:22 AM Last New First Full The higher the index the Cheyenne, Wyoming thunderstorms. A few more storms June 15 June 22 June 29 July 7 Thursday Moonrise: none Moonset: 9:24 AM more sun protection needed www.dayweather.com may develop on Thursday. REGIONAL FORECAST NATIONAL FORECAST WORLD FORECAST Lewiston Today Tomorrow Wednesday Today Tomorrow Today Tomorrow Today Tomorrow Today Tomorrow 80 / 54 Today Highs/Lows 77 to 82/50 to 55 City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Hi Lo W City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Boise 79 52 pc 77 47 th 73 52 th Atlanta 90 70 th 92 71 th Orlando 91 71 th 93 74 th Acapulco 89 75 pc 89 75 pc Moscow 73 51 pc 80 62 pc Grangeville NORTHERN UTAH Bonners Ferry 66 44 sh 78 47 sh 81 49 sh Atlantic City 76 63 th 76 63 th Philadelphia 83 65 th 83 63 th Athens 89 71 su 89 70 su Nairobi 66 53 sh 65 47 sh A chance of thunderstorms Burley 70 44 th 69 45 th 68 45 th Baltimore 82 67 th 81 66 th Phoenix 88 70 sh 92 70 pc Auckland 57 48 sh 64 55 pc Oslo 61 46 sh 59 43 sh 67 / 48 today, especially over the Challis 73 42 th 70 45 th 72 43 th Billings 64 44 th 67 45 th Portland, ME 57 48 r 52 47 sh Bangkok 89 77 th 81 76 th Paris 65 52 sh 64 56 sh Coeur d’ Alene 70 47 th 75 48 sh 79 50 pc Birmingham 92 69 pc 92 71 pc Raleigh 91 69 th 90 68 th Beijing 89 67 pc 90 61 pc Prague 70 50 sh 72 53 pc mountains. Isolated Elko, NV 70 45 th 66 37 th 62 39 th Boston 58 52 r 57 49 r Rapid City 60 43 th 62 45 th Berlin 70 56 sh 72 53 sh Rio de Jane 74 60 pc 78 62 pc thunderstorms Wednesday. Eugene, OR 70 52 sh 71 51 sh 75 51 pc Charleston, SC 84 74 th 87 75 th Reno 76 52 mc 73 51 th Buenos Aires 59 44 pc 61 45 pc Rome 75 64 sh 78 65 pc McCall Scattered storms return Gooding 72 48 pc 70 45 th 65 46 th Charleston, WV 84 64 th 83 65 th Sacramento 77 52 pc 77 56 pc Cairo 98 63 pc 99 63 pc Santiago 68 49 pc 69 50 pc Grace 65 40 th 61 41 th 62 42 th Chicago 71 56 pc 67 53 th St. Louis 81 65 pc 81 64 th Dhahran 108 86 pc 109 87 pc Seoul 64 61 r 72 54 th SalmonThursday. 65 / 39 Hagerman 79 52 pc 75 48 th 71 50 th Cleveland 75 53 th 71 57 th St.Paul 66 53 pc 67 53 sh Geneva 62 45 sh 66 52 sh Sydney 57 45 pc 52 43 sh 73 / 45 Hailey 68 41 th 63 42 th 63 46 th Denver 74 49 th 66 50 th Salt Lake City 95 76 pc 94 76 pc Hong Kong 82 80 th 82 81 sh Tel Aviv 78 76 pc 78 74 pc Idaho Falls 68 41 th 66 42 th 67 43 th Des Moines 72 58 pc 70 55 th San Diego 67 60 th 66 60 pc Jerusalem 97 66 pc 97 66 pc Tokyo 72 61 sh 77 64 pc Kalispell, MT 65 44 sh 74 45 sh 79 49 pc Detroit 74 54 pc 71 50 th San Francisco 59 51 pc 61 51 pc Johannesburg 51 45 pc 51 47 r Vienna 82 57 pc 76 53 sh SU/TH Jerome 74 49 pc 71 47 th 67 49 sh El Paso 94 69 pc 94 69 pc Seattle 75 53 pc 72 52 pc Kuwait City 109 89 pc 111 85 pc Warsaw 79 58 sh 77 55 th Lewiston 80 54 pc 86 55 pc 87 58 pc Fairbanks 74 54 pc 73 53 pc Tucson 90 64 th 90 63 pc London 55 43 r 55 41 sh Winnipeg 53 42 pc 60 40 sh Caldwell Malad City 68 46 th 66 46 th 67 43 th Fargo 62 44 sh 65 44 pc Washington, DC 85 67 th 82 67 th Mexico City 83 50 sh 80 48 sh Zurich 57 42 r 64 47 pc 79 / 53 Idaho Falls Malta 67 44 th 66 44 sh 66 44 th Honolulu 87 73 pc 88 74 sh McCall 65 39 pc 66 35 th 64 44 th Houston 94 73 pc 94 74 pc Boise Sun Valley 68 / 41 Missoula, MT 69 44 sh 74 45 sh 79 49 sh Indianapolis 80 61 pc 79 64 th TODAY’S NATIONAL MAP 79 / 52 64 / 41 Pocatello 70 41 th 67 41 th 68 46 th Jacksonville 91 70 th 93 72 th 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 Portland, OR 72 56 pc 72 54 pc 76 55 pc Kansas City 76 62 th 77 60 th Pocatello Rupert 70 45 th 69 45 th 69 46 th Las Vegas 77 61 th 85 69 pc Rupert 70 / 41 Rexburg 66 39 th 64 39 th 64 41 th Little Rock 91 73 th 91 70 th Mountain Home 70 / 45 77 / 53 Richland, WA 75 51 th 80 53 pc 80 55 pc Los Angeles 68 58 th 68 59 pc Rogerson 62 42 th 59 40 sh 59 41 sh Memphis 91 74 th 92 74 th H Burley Salmon 73 45 pc 73 43 th 75 46 th Miami 88 76 th 88 77 th L Twin Falls Salt Lake City, UT 69 56 th 70 56 th 68 55 th Milwaukee 64 48 pc 63 49 sh 70 / 44 Fronts 75 / 50 Spokane, WA 86 66 pc 84 66 th 81 63 th Nashville 90 68 th 91 71 th Stanley 67 29 th 62 31 th 61 34 th New Orleans 91 76 pc 92 76 pc Yesterday’s State Extremes - High: 74 at Boise Low: 29 at Dixie Sun Valley 64 41 th 59 42 th 58 43 sh New York 75 63 th 76 61 pc Cold Yellowstone, MT 52 29 th 52 31 th 55 29 th Oklahoma City 89 73 th 89 64 th weather key: su-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, mc-mostly cloudy, c-cloudy, Omaha 72 57 th 69 56 th th-thunderstorms, sh-showers,r-rain, sn-snow, fl-flurries, w-wind, m-missing Warm CANADIAN FORECAST Today Tomorrow Today Tomorrow Stationary City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Calgary 55 35 pc 66 44 pc Saskatoon 61 47 sh 69 46 pc L GREGG MIDDLEKAUFF’S QUOTE OF THE DAY Cranbrook 60 26 ls 26 ls 67 Toronto 65 49 sh 60 50 pc Valid to 6 p.m. today Edmonton 64 37 pc 74 50 pc Vancouver 71 51 pc 72 49 pc Occluded “Think positively and masterfully, with confi dence & faith, and Kelowna 67 39 sh 68 43 pc Victoria 74 57 pc 73 54 pc Yesterday’s National Extremes: Lethbridge 59 39 sh 71 45 pc Winnipeg 53 42 pc 60 40 sh High: 101 at Wink, Texas life becomes more secure, more fraught Regina 55 37 sh 66 47 pc with action, richer in achievement & Low: 23 at Cascade, Mont. experience.” Eddie Rickenbacker, 1890-1973, Decorated More Magic Valley weather at www.magicvalley.com/weather Aviator and Businessman Get up-to-date highway information at the Idaho Transportation Department’s Web site at 511.idaho.gov or call 888-432-7623.

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third-ranked New York state for the first time. 600

Dairy processors in Twin Falls and Jerome were 400 expanding product lines to reach new markets such as 200 organic cheeses and highly concentrated protein pow-

2000 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 ders. 0 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2001 The dairy industry fueled the For five months,he hasn’t made pay- regional economy by infusing cash ments on the roughly $800,000 he Number of people employed into businesses such as auto dealer- borrows annually to buy feed for his ships, retailers and farm operations herd of 1,000 cattle. He said his bank is by milk producers in that were feeling the burden of a grow- forcing him to sell his herd to pay his ing recession. New processing facili- debt. south-central Idaho ties such as Idaho Milk Products were He predicted many of his neighbors 5000 hiring workers who were recently laid will have no choice but to follow him off by manufacturers such as Jayco and off the farm. Seastroms — keeping a rising unem- “It’s going to be ugly. This is historic 4000 ployment rate in check. stuff going on,”he said.“The dairymen But in the fall of 2008 the bottom fell are nervous, and they are scared.” 3000 out from under milk prices as a global Despite a long and arduous growth recession quelled foreign and domestic period that started almost two decades demand for milk products at a time earlier, dairymen are suddenly facing 2000 when supplies were at a record high. milk prices not seen since the 1970s. Times-News file photo The effects have been devastating Industry leaders are seeking federal 1000 The interior of the Idaho Milk Products facility in Jerome is shown for the regional economy and dairy- action to help an ailing industry, while before the company started production last year. The facility con- men in southern Idaho. opponents say the market should be Eddy Lekkerkerk, a 42-year-old left alone to work out the problem. 2000 0 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 verts raw milk into four different products: cream, lactose and two dairy farmer outside Filer, said he fears The answer is not an easy one, say 1991 1992 1993 1997 forms of protein concentrate known as MPC-70 and MPC-80. It is that he may not be in business much one of the few plants in the country that can produce MPC-80. longer. See DAIRY, Agribusiness 3 SANDY SALAS/Times-News

Analysts: Increasing demand vital to market recovery MORE DAIRY Export markets slaughter is running 16 per- been going back down. COVERAGE INSIDE cent above the same period Dave Kurzawski, an ana- “It’s not remain difficult as last year, slaughter numbers lyst with Downes-O’Neill in wBusinesses catering to dairies waiting haven’t been as high as the Chicago, said the cheese domestically foreign producers dismal milk prices may sug- production numbers for for price increase. >> Agribusiness 3 gest. That means milk sup- April are the highest he’s where the wHay prices shaping up to be lower ply continues to outweigh ever seen and not that far (demand) ramp up production demand, yet domestic behind all-time highs set in than 2008. >> Agribusiness 4 By Cindy Snyder cheese demand has been March. But domestic con- problem is, wFSA County Committee nominations Times-News correspondent increasing at the same time sumers are also eating a lot to begin. >> Agribusiness 4 cheese inventories are of cheese. Commercial dis- it’s exports.” Dairy traders keep think- growing. appearance of American — Jeff Williams, wConsumers wonder why prices not ing the bottom is near, but But in the face of all that cheese was up 9 percent last CEO of Glanbia in dropping at market. >> Agribusiness 4 they haven’t found it yet. bearish news, the cheese month. Twin Falls Although this week’s cow market has started to move slaughter report indicates higher — or at least it hasn’t See DEMAND, Agribusiness 2 CLASSIFIEDS, AGRIBUSINESS 5-12

Dates and • June 30 - Deadline to report all crop acreage. • Aug. 3 - Deadline for County Office Committee Elections. • Aug. 1 - Deadline to request farm combinations and farm divisions to be effective for the • Sept. 9 - Final day to submit MILK Income Loss Contract Extension applications. deadlines current fiscal year for farms subject to DCP. Dow Jones Industrial ▲ 1.36 | Nasdaq composite ▼ 7.02 | S&P 500 ▼ .95 | Russell 2000 ▼ 5.57 Agribusiness 2 Tuesday, June 9, 2009 AGRIBUSINESS Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho MARKET SUMMARY TODAY ON WALL STREET

NYSE AMEX NASDAQ June 8, 2009 10,000 NEW YORK (AP) — Investors might be wor- ried about the soundness of the market's 9,000 MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) &QY,QPGU rally but they're also worried about missing Name Vol(00) Last Chg Name Vol(00) Last Chg Name Vol(00) Last Chg KPFWUVTKCNU 8,000 it. Citigrp 2747537 3.42 -.04 Hemisphrx 183281 3.05 +.32 PwShs QQQ837166 36.67 -.11 7,000 Stocks reversed steep losses in the final hour BkofAm 2408556 12.06 +.20 PSCrudeDL n137706 4.59 +.11 Microsoft 484694 22.05 -.09 +1.36 of trading Monday to end little changed. The SPDR 2027256 94.16 -.39 NthgtM g 33043 2.12 -.08 Intel 431259 15.92 ... 6,000 Dow Jones Industrial average recovered DirxFinBear1769445 4.40 -.07 GoldStr g 28740 2.00 -.06 Cisco 416686 19.87 ... 8,764.49 F M A M J DirxFinBull 1542482 10.43 +.14 NovaGld g 24656 5.05 -.11 Oracle 342828 20.87 +.16 from a 130-point slide to end up a little more Pct. change from previous: +0.02% High 8,823.97 Low 8,633.07 than 1 point. GAINERS ($2 OR MORE) GAINERS ($2 OR MORE) GAINERS ($2 OR MORE) The day offered little economic and corpo- Name Last Chg %Chg Name Last Chg %Chg Name Last Chg %Chg June 8, 2009 2,000 rate news to guide investors. Add in light SLM Cp 7.93 +1.32 +20.0 Merrimac 12.88 +2.83 +28.2 ParkBnc 9.80 +3.10 +46.3 1,800 trading volume, and traders said the mix Ballanty 2.12 +.26 +14.0 Angiotch g 2.37 +.67 +39.4 0CUFCS LDK Solar 10.83 +1.52 +16.3 1,600 was right for volatility. MacGry 10.98 +1.39 +14.5 UnivTrav n 11.13 +1.18 +11.9 Amertns pf 11.86 +3.20 +37.0 EQORQUKVG LithiaMot 9.21 +.92 +11.1 UraniumEn 2.47 +.26 +11.8 AtriCure 3.78 +.99 +35.5 1,400 Stephen Carl, head of equity trading at The MSEngy12 17.50 +1.74 +11.0 Hemisphrx 3.05 +.32 +11.7 MFRI 8.04 +1.96 +32.2 Williams Capital Group in New York, said the -7.02 1,200 1,000 light volume made the market susceptible LOSERS ($2 OR MORE) LOSERS ($2 OR MORE) LOSERS ($2 OR MORE) 1,842.40 F M A M J to quick changes in direction. With fewer Name Last Chg %Chg Name Last Chg %Chg Name Last Chg %Chg players in the market it takes little to nudge -0.38% BrMSq pf 400.00-124.50 -23.7 Geokinetics 12.92 -1.93 -13.0 CmtyShBk 2.19 -.81 -27.0 Pct. change from previous: High1,857.80 Low 1,818.59 stocks from one direction to the other. FresM pr 32.00 -5.50 -14.7 SilvrcpM gn 3.47 -.41 -10.6 Perfuman lf 2.78 -.63 -18.5 “On light volume they're just kind of looking Prime pfB 3.00 -.50 -14.3 Velocity rs 2.30 -.25 -9.8 AlliancB 2.66 -.59 -18.2 June 8, 2009 1,200 for anything,”he said, referring to traders Sealy rt 2.25 -.33 -12.8 ProspMed 2.61 -.24 -8.4 Edgewater 2.48 -.42 -14.5 1,100 Banro g 2.20 -.20 -8.3 Verisign 19.90 -3.29 -14.2 seeking signals about which way to trade. Mirant wtB 2.06 -.28 -12.0 5VCPFCTF 1,000 900 Volume picked up somewhat in the final DIARY DIARY 2QQT¶U DIARY 800 hour and investors moved into stocks of Advanced 1,121 Advanced 233 Advanced 1,055 700 financial companies and retailers. Declined 326 -0.95 Declined 1,912 Declined 1,663 600 Falling commodities prices had spooked Unchanged 110 Unchanged 58 Unchanged 157 939.14 F M A M J Total issues 3,143 Total issues 617 Total issues 2,875 investors earlier Monday, but prices for key New Highs 10 New Highs 12 New Highs 42 Pct. change from previous: -0.1% High 946.33 Low 926.44 industrial materials closed off their lows for New Lows 1 New Lows 3 New Lows 5 the day, providing some relief to the stock Volume 4,415,929,749 Volume 157,972,966 Volume 1,954,763,219 SOURCE: SunGard AP market.

INDEXES 12,638.08 6,469.95 Dow Jones Industrials 8,764.49 +1.36 +.02 -.14 -28.63 Demand 5,492.95 2,134.21 Dow Jones Transportation 3,338.85 -11.13 -.33 -5.61 -37.27 528.07 288.66 Dow Jones Utilities 342.49 -2.11 -.61 -7.62 -33.97 Continued from Agribusiness 1 9,408.76 4,181.75 NYSE Composite 6,068.56 -14.08 -.23 +5.41 -33.67 “When stocks are at their that marks the bottom of the mar- 2,379.19 1,130.47 Amex Index 1,611.25 +1.53 +.10 +15.29 -31.26 While the need to cut supply by ket,” he said. “But it takes a while 2,549.94 1,265.52 Nasdaq Composite 1,842.40 -7.02 -.38 +16.83 -25.09 1,404.05 666.79 S&P 500 939.14 -.95 -.10 +3.97 -31.03 culling cows has received a lot of largest, that marks the bot- for that to work through the mar- 14,339.97 6,772.29 Wilshire 5000 9,632.96 -22.28 -.23 +6.01 -30.78 press attention, Kurzawski and ket.” 764.38 342.59 Russell 2000 524.79 -5.57 -1.05 +5.07 -28.62 others believe increasing demand is tom of the market. But it And with the cheese cold storage just as important. takes a while for that to inventory growing from 551 million STOCKS OF LOCAL INTEREST Jeff Williams, CEO of Glanbia in pounds to 586 million pounds AlliantEgy 1.50 11 24.06 -.16 -17.5 Kaman .56 14 17.95 -.05 -1.0 Twin Falls, said milk production work through the market.” through April, we may not have AlliantTch ... 20 88.69 -.11 +3.4 Keycorp .04m ... 5.46 +.03 -35.9 only needs to be cut about 5 percent reached peak stocks yet. AmCasino .42 ... 19.51 -.89 +125.8 LeeEnt ...... 90 -.05 +119.5 — Dave Kurzawski, an analyst with Aon Corp .60 8 36.61 +.28 -19.9 MicronT ...... 5.30 ... +100.8 and demand increased to bring Downes-O’Neill in Chicago The August 2009 contract fell 25 BallardPw ...... 1.84 -.03 +62.8 OfficeMax ...... 8.10 -.33 +6.0 supply and demand back into bal- cents earlier in the week to a new BkofAm .04 16 12.06 +.20 -14.3 RockTen .40 13 40.56 -.14 +18.7 ance. economy, demand will pick up and low of $12.35 per hundredweight, ConAgra .76 9 19.76 -.08 +19.8 Sensient .76 12 23.86 -.28 -.1 Costco .72f 19 47.53 -.11 -9.5 SkyWest .16 6 10.35 -.38 -44.4 “It’s not domestically where the prices will improve. but lost another 24 cents late in the Diebold 1.04 23 26.73 -.53 -4.8 Teradyn ...... 7.01 -.13 +66.1 (demand) problem is, it’s exports,” When consumer confidence will week. May Class III futures closed DukeEngy .92 14 14.09 -.04 -6.1 Tuppwre .88 11 26.27 -.42 +15.7 he said. return is anyone’s guess. at $9.82, down nearly a dollar from DukeRlty .68m 19 9.64 -.27 -12.0 US Bancrp .20m 15 18.35 +.35 -26.6 Fastenal .70f 20 34.63 +.44 -.6 Valhi .40 ... 10.27 -.03 -4.0 Producers and manufacturers Kurzawski said he expects the the April Class III price. Heinz 1.68f 13 36.61 -.09 -2.6 WalMart 1.09f 15 50.81 -.26 -9.4 took advantage of an opportunity market will chop sideways and then Excess milk continues to pour HewlettP .32 12 37.41 +.14 +3.1 WashFed .20 51 13.31 +.13 -11.0 to export cheese last year because begin to move higher. Milk futures into cheese plants.According to the HomeDp .90 17 24.56 +.39 +6.7 WellsFargo .20m 36 25.39 +.67 -13.9 Idacorp 1.20 12 24.33 -.15 -17.4 ZionBcp .16 ... 14.32 -.15 -41.6 of supply problems in Oceania. But prices in the $13 to $15 range for the USDA’s Dairy Products report with the drought easing, New balance of the year don’t seem released on June 4, total cheese Zealand milk production has unreasonable to him. He doesn’t production in April was 845.4 mil- HOW TO READ THE REPORT increased 7.5 percent over last year expect to see sustained price lion pounds, up 3.2 percent from a Name: Stocks are listed alphabetically by the company’s full name (not its abbrevia and New Zealand is taking back strength until cheese eclipses the year ago. That’s an increase of tion). Company names made up of initials appear at the beginning of each letters’ list. many of the markets the U.S. was $1.40 mark. nearly 1 million pounds per day. Div: Current annual dividend rate paid on stock, based on latest quarterly or semiannu al declaration, unless otherwise footnoted. able to supply last year. Barrels closed a $1.10 per pound Production was down 3.9 percent Last: Price stock was trading at when exchange closed for the day. Once consumers — both domes- on June 4, 40-pound blocks closed in April to 144.1 million pounds, Chg: Loss or gain for the day. No change indicated by ... mark. tic and foreign — begin to feel more at $1.15 per pound. while powder production was 163.7 Fund Name: Name of mutual fund and family. confident about their jobs and the “When stocks are at their largest, million pounds, down 4.3 percent. Sell: Net asset value, or price at which fund could be sold. Chg: Daily net change in the NAV.

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Most active stocks above must be worth $1 and gainers/losers $2. e Mutual Fund Footnotes: e – Excapital gains distribution. f – Previous day’s quote. n S Noload fund. p – Fund assets used to pay distribution costs. r – Redemption fee or con A.P.R. tingent deferred sales load may apply. s – Stock dividend or split. t – Both p and r. x – Ex 1. Little Wood: N/A 2. Lake Walcott: 98% 6.9% O.A.C. cash dividend. Source: The Associated Press. Sales figures are unofficial. 3. Ririe: 4. American 5. Milner 100% Falls: 96% 100% NO D OWN payment with monthly COMMODITIES REPORT 100-180 hp 4WD payments, O.A.C. 25); barley 6.67 (steady); COMMODITY PRICES LOSING FUTURES BURLEY — White wheat 4.80 (down 7); 11.5 percent C winter 5.37 (down 20); 14 percent spring 6.55 (down 23); barley 6.00 (down 25); RENTAL RETURNS Mon Commodity High Low Close Change Dairy OGDEN — White wheat 5.09 (steady); 11.5 percent win- MF 6465-4wd, cab, 100hp ...... $80,900 Jun Live cattle 80.03 79.18 79.43 - .73 ter 5.60 (down 23); 14 percent spring 6.78 (down 25); Aug Live cattle 81.30 80.55 80.63 - .53 barley 6.64 (steady); MF 6475-4wd, cab, 110hp ...... $90,900 Aug Feeder cattle 96.80 95.10 95.85 - .78 Block Close Change PORTLAND — White wheat 6.15 (down 10); 11 percent MF 6480-4wd, suspend cab, 430hrs, 120hp ...... $87,900 Sep Feeder cattle 97.05 95.60 96.20 - .73 winter 6.48-6.63 (down 22); 14 percent spring 8.03 Average price $1.150 +.003 Oct Feeder cattle 97.40 96.10 96.78 - .80 (down 26); barley n/a; MF 6497-4wd, suspend cab, 740hrs, 165hp ...... $88,900 Jun Lean hogs 57.65 57.15 57.58 + .40 NAMPA — White wheat cwt 8.48 (down 19); bushel 5.09 Barrel Jul Lean hogs 60.60 59.40 59.50 - .58 (down 11); MF 7465-4wd, suspend cab, 100hp...... $95,900 Jul Pork belly 63.70 61.80 61.90 - .80 Aug Pork belly 64.00 62.05 62.05 - 1.18 Average price $1.101 +.008 MF 7475-4wd, Dyna-VT trans, 95hrs, 110hp...... $87,900 Jul Wheat 616.00 596.00 598.00 - 25.00 C HEESE Butter MF 7485-4wd, suspend cab, Dyna-VT, 157hrs, 125hp ...... $100,900 Sep Wheat 641.50 624.00 626.00 - 25.00 MF 7490-4wd, Dyna-VT, 419hrs, 140hp...... $89,900 Jul KC Wheat 669.25 649.00 652.75 - 22.25 Cheddar cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Average Price $1.262 -.004 Sep KC Wheat 680.00 660.00 663.50 - 22.50 Exchange MF 7490-4wd, suspend cab, Dyna-VT, 477hrs, 140hp ...... $112,900 Jul MPS Wheat 744.00 717.25 718.25 - 25.25 Barrels: $1.1000, nc; Blocks: $1.1475, nc Sep MPS Wheat 740.00 719.75 720.00 - 26.25 Whey protein concentrate MF 7495-4wd, suspend cab, Dyna-VT, 527hrs, 155hp ...... $ 99,500 Jul Corn 441.00 433.50 435.00 - 9.00 MF 7495-4wd, suspend cab, Dyna-VT, 326hrs, 155hp ...... $119,900 Sep Corn 450.50 443.00 444.75 - 9.25 P OTATOES Average price $.56 — Jul Soybeans 1239.00 1218.00 1232.50 + 7.00 MF 8450-4wd, suspend cab, Dyna-VT, 352hrs, 180hp ...... $131,900 Aug Soybeans 1176.00 1159.00 1166.50 - 5.00 CHICAGO (AP) — USDA — Major potato markets FOB Class III milk MF 8460-4wd, suspend cab, Dyna-VT, 317hrs, 200hp ...... $142,900 Jun BFP Milk 9.96 9.92 9.92 + .03 shipping points Friday. Average price $9.95 — MF 8470-4wd, suspend cab, Dyna-VT, 311hrs, 220hp ...... $149,900 Jul BFP Milk 10.71 10.59 10.65 — Russet Burbanks Idaho 50-lb cartons 70 count; 100 Aug BFP Milk 11.67 11.55 11.60 + .03 count. Sep BFP Milk 12.92 12.75 12.79 - .06 Baled 5-10 lb film bags (non Size A). Class IV milk MF 1552 w/1530 loadeloader Oct BFP Milk 13.63 13.37 13.44 - .16 Russet Norkotahs Idaho 50-lb cartons 70 count; 100 Jul Sugar 15.50 15.17 15.37 - .17 count. Average price $10.14 — Massey Ferguson Compacts Oct Sugar 16.70 16.27 16.51 - .17 Baled 5-10 film bags (non Size A). Jun B-Pound 1.6071 1.5802 1.6039 + .0064 Russets Norkotahs Wisconsin 50-lb cartons 70 count A.P. R. Financing Sep B-Pound 1.6067 1.5795 1.6036 + .0066 11.50-12.00; 100 count 8.50-9.00. Jun J-Yen 1.0183 1.0116 1.0163 - .0004 Baled 5-10 lb film bags (non Size A) 6.00-6.50. 72 months! Sep J-Yen 1.0191 1.0130 1.0173 - .0005 0% Russet Norkotahs Washington 50-lb cartons 70 count Feed Jun Euro-currency 1.4002 1.3804 1.3888 - .0073 11.00-12.00; 100 count 8.00-9.00. 41 PTO HP O.A.C. Sep Euro-currency 1.3986 1.3792 1.3875 - .0073 Baled 5-10 lb film bags (non Size A) 4.00-4.50. Corn (Per 100 pounds) Jun Canada dollar .8965 .8855 .8937 - .0005 Wisconsin Norkotahs 50-lb cartons 70 count; 100 count. Sep Canada dollar .8971 .8861 .8944 - .0004 Baled 5-10 lb film bags (non Size A). Dairy Feed Supply NQ NQ Jun U.S. dollar 81.53 80.58 80.94 + .21 Round Reds 50-lb sacks Size A Wisconsin. Jun Comex gold 960.1 944.4 950.9 - 10.8 Round Reds Minnesota N. Dakota 50-lb cartons size A Land O’Lakes NQ NQ Aug Comex gold 961.1 943.8 952.2 - 10.5 9.00; 50 lb sacks size A 8.00. Jul Comex silver 15.46 14.74 14.91 - .48 Baled 5-10 lb film bags size A 8.75. Rangen NQ NQ Sep Comex silver 15.46 14.79 14.95 - .47 Round Whites 50-lb sacks size A Wisconsin. Jun Treasury bond 115.26 114.15 114.27 + .05 Barley (Per 100 pounds) Sep Treasury bond 114.12 113.00 113.13 + .06 Jul Coffee 133.85 128.50 130.05 - 3.80 L IVESTOCK Rangen NQ NQ USED EQUIPMENT Sep Coffee 135.80 130.55 132.10 - 3.75 Ogden NQ NQ TRACTORS BIG BALERS Jul Cocoa 1786 1751 1764 — Intermountain Livestock Sep Cocoa 1786 1754 1765 - .2 LIVESTOCK AUCTION — Producers Livestock Market in Pocatello $6.66 +1.08 (L) Case 480FLL-4wd, ldr ...... $18,900 (J) CIH 8580-4x4...... $17,500 Jul Cotton 55.86 54.26 55.67 + .56 Vale Oregon on Wednesday Utility and commercial cows (N) Cat TH330 telehandler...... $39,900 (N) Hes 4750-3x3, 42k bls ...... $25,900 Oct Cotton 58.45 56.98 58.32 + .71 42.00-48.00; young heiferettes: 51.00-57.00; heavy Burley $6.00 — Jul Crude oil 68.95 66.78 68.36 - .08 feeder steers 85.00-97.50; light feeder steers 92.00- (S) FNH TN65S-4wd, ldr ...... 18,900 (H) Hes 4900-4x4, 70k bls ...... $12,000 Jul Unleaded gas 1.9629 1.9211 1.9421 - .0125 Twin Falls $6.85 -.15 106.00; stocker steers 95.00-111.00; heavy holstein (T) Fiat F140L wheel ldr ...... $35,900 (N) Hes 4910-4x4, 35k bls ...... $29,900 Jul Heating oil 1.7892 1.7400 1.7746 + .0047 feeder steers 56.00-66.00; light holstein feeder steers Jul Natural gas 3.882 3.679 3.736 - .132 56.00-66.00; heavy feeder heifers 79.00-88.50; light Hay (Mid/Ton) (T) Int 1086-2wd, cab ...... $8,900 (H) MF 2170-3x4, low bls ...... $89,900 Quotations from Sinclair & Co. feeder heifers 87.00-101.00; stocker heifers 93.00- 733-6013 or (800) 635-0821 103.50; slaughter bulls 51.00-62.25; Remarks: $2-5 Alfalfa(Supreme) Low $135 High $135 (L) JD 4320-2wd, cab, ldr ...... $8,500 (T) MF 2190-4x4, 21k bls...... $88,900 cheaper on the light grass calves and yearlings. $2 lower Alfalfa(Good) Low $100 High $100 (T) Kub M9540-4wd, cab...... $33,900 SMALL BALERS B EANS on butcher cows. Alfalfa(Fair) Low $90 High $100 (H) MF 1085-2wd, cab...... $8,500 (N) Hes 4655-16x18 2 tie ...... $9,900 Valley Beans M ETALS/MONEY (T) MF 8160-4wd, 3k hrs ...... $ 41,900 (T) Hes 4690-3 tie...... $19,500 Prices are net to growers, 100 pounds, U.S. No. 1 (J) Terex 760-ldr, backhoe ...... $45,900 (T) NH 426-16x18 ...... $4,900 beans, less Idaho bean tax and storage charges. Prices Key exchange rates (J) Ver 256-4wd, ldr ...... $18,900 (N) NH 1283-16x18 sp ...... $3,500 subject to change without notice. Producers desiring NEW YORK (AP) — Key currency exchange rates Small grain more recent price information should contact dealers. Monday, compared with late Friday in New York: MISC SP WINDROWERS Pintos, no quote, new crop; great northerns, no quote; pinks, no quote, new crop; small reds, no quote, new Dollar vs: Exch. Rate Pvs Day Soft white wheat (T) Aln 8803-5F rake ...... $ 14,900 (J) CIH 8840-16’, 1800hrs ...... $20,900 crop. Prices are given by Rangens in Buhl. Prices current Yen 98.40 98.36 (H) Allied 24row cultivator ...... $14,500 June 3. Euro $1.3891 $1.3963 Rangen Ask N/A (H) CIH 8870-16’, 4200hrs...... $28,000 Other Idaho bean prices are collected weekly by Bean Pound $1.6045 $1.5978 Ogden NQ NQ (J) CIH 620-14’ drill...... $3,600 (B) Hes 8400-16’...... $19,500 Market News, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Pintos, not Swiss franc 1.0917 1.0862 (N) Fre 5000 ton stacker ...... $28,500 established; great northerns, not established; small Canadian dollar 1.1183 1.1185 Pocatello $4.80 +.30 (W) Hes 8450-14’ w/dw ...... $31,000 whites, not established; pinks, not established; small Mexican peso 13.4605 13.2918 (N) Hus IZ4217 mower ...... $4,800 (T) Hes 8450-16’...... $21,900 reds, not established. Quotes current June 3. Burley $4.75 +.63 Gold (J) IHC 6200-30’ drill...... $10,900 (T) Hes 8450-16’...... $55,900 By The Associated Press Twin Falls $4.60 +.10 (H) JD 331-25’ disk ...... $ 12,500 (H) Hes 8550S-15’, 2500hrs ...... $47,900 G RAINS Selected world gold prices, Monday. London morning fixing: $946.50 off $15.50. (T) JD 355-18’ offset disk...... $8,900 (N) JD 4895 w/895 hdr...... $42,900 Valley Grains London afternoon fixing: $943.75 off $18.25. (T) NH BW38, bale wagon ...... $112,900 (L) McDon 9350...... $37,900 Prices for wheat per bushel; mixed grain, oats, corn and NY Handy & Harman: $943.75 off $18.25. Livestock beans per hundred weight. Prices subject to change with- NY Handy & Harman fabricated: $1019.25 off $19.71. (N) NH 1075 bale wagon ...... $22,900 (J) NH 1112 as is...... $2,500 out notice. NY Engelhard: $946.00 off $18.29 (H) Sit MK16 rake ...... $ 7,500 (N) NH 2450-16’, 3300hrs ...... $18,900 Soft white wheat, ask; barley, ask; oats, ask; corn, ask Lambs and hogs (15 percent moisture). Prices are given daily by Rangens Silver Lambs Low $87 High $99 in Buhl. Prices current June 3. NEW YORK (AP) — Handy & Harman silver Monday For more used equipment see www.agri-service.com Barley, $7.75 (48-lb. minimum) spot delivery in Twin Falls $14.900 off $0.500. Ewes Low $25 High $33 and Gooding; corn, no quote (Twin Falls only). Prices H&H fabricated $17.880 off $0.600. TWIN FALLS, ID BURLEY, ID BUHL, ID LOGAN, UT quoted by Land O’Lakes Inc. in Twin Falls. Prices current The morning bullion price for silver in London $14.840 Fat hogs Low $38 High $49 June 3. off $0.81. 208-734-7772 208-678-2258 208-543-8883 435-563-1020 Engelhard $14.970 off $0.370. Feeder hogs Low $42 High $44 Weaners Low $35 High $45 800-388-3599 800-251-3599 800-290-3599 866-896-3599 Intermountain Grain Nonferrous metals

NYSSA, OR WEISER, ID TERRETON, ID ST. ANTHONY, ID 6 POCATELLO (AP) — Idaho Farm Bureau Intermountain NEW YORK (AP) — Spot nonferrous metal prices Monda Price quotes as of Monday afternoon; subject to change Grain and Livestock Report on Monday. Aluminum -$0.7375 per lb., N.Y. Merc spot Mon. 541-372-3191 208-549-1523 208-663-4545 208-624-4300 #1 Copper -$2.3465 Cathode full plate, U.S. destinations. at any time. To be included in this table, call Joshua 6/

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800-972-3191 800-930-3599 877-805-3805 888-766-3599 1 winter 5.22 (down 23); 14 percent spring 6.63 (down Copper $2.2470 N.Y. Merc spot Mon. Lead — $1581.00 metric ton, London Metal Exch. Palmer at 208-735-3231. Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho AGRIBUSINESS Tuesday, June 9, 2009 Agribusiness 3 MARKET TRENDS pared to last week’s narrow test. Triticale hay not Dairy trends recently tested so no trend applicable. Fluid milk sales into retail accounts are steady as Buyer demand light to moderate on all classes of many sellers continue to run promotional pricing hay. Buyers do not have large amounts of capital on various size containers of bottled milk. These to currently be tying up on hay and many farmers orders, however, are generally not enough to offset are not anxious about selling at current levels. HOLDING ON the seasonal decrease in orders from institutional Several buyers are still in the looking mode and Businesses catering accounts. haven’t purchased yet. Prices for selected Western states and the change Rain has been received throughout several sec- to dairies waiting for from last year are as follows: Arizona $150, -$35; tors of the state this week. California $126, -$97; Colorado $160, +$10; Idaho Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture price increase too $128, -$37; Nevada $150, -$31; New Mexico $183, -$2; Oregon $157,-$22; Utah $145, -$10; and By Blair Koch Washington $150, -$15. Wheat trends Times-News correspondent Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture Local wheat prices were mixed this week: SWW ranged from 18 cents lower to 20 cents higher; When dairy customers HRW ranged from 8 cents lower to 3 cents higher; come into the Buhl L.L. Barley trends and DNS from 22 to 50 cents lower. Langdon store they are Local barley prices were slightly higher, ranging U.S. wheat export sales were below trade expecta- spending but they are defi- from no change lower to 25 cents higher this tions last week at 88.4 TMT (new crop sales nitely not throwing money week. totaled 177 TMT), down 15% from the previous around. The U.S. Department of Agriculture did not report week and 27% from the prior 4-week average. “I’d say it’s cautious any barley export sales last week. Export shipments last week totaled 287.6 TMT, spending, definitely cau- Barley export shipments last week totaled .3 TMT which was down 38% from the week before and tious,” said owner Holly for Mexico. 21% from the prior 4-week average. Langdon. Source: Idaho Barley Commission Cumulative wheat export shipments for the new The business carries a Marketing Year 2009-10 are 10.2% of the USDA variety of parts and supplies estimate for the year, compared to a five-year agriculture customers Hay trends average of 16.6%. depend on, as well as pro- All classes of Alfalfa traded steady to weak com- Source: Idaho Barley Commission vide welding and fabrica- tion services. When milk prices are BLAIR KOCH/For the Times-News healthy,customers are more L.L. Langdon Lead Man Bud Martin welds a mailbox stand at the Buhl apt to replace parts and shop on Friday. The store, which does business for area dairies, is Dairy engage Langdon’s services experiencing a downturn in business tied to lower milk prices and for special projects. The challenges faced by producers. Continued from Agribusiness 1 “What we need to do is bring supply in line current economic environ- state and regional econo- ment is leading to a pull a service technician to fix a in this business for sure. mists, because the dairy with demand,. To do that we need the back in general spending, milk pump or other prob- They’re just holding back industry has become a key- government to install new programs, and we creating a ripple effect lems dairymen may repair on purchases but our serv- stone to southern Idaho’s touching many businesses things themselves. ice department is actually economy — particularly in need to expand the (Cooperatives Working in the Magic Valley. “Service calls have really busy,” said General Magic Valley. “I’ve never seen it this slowed down quite a bit and Manager Bob Wildman. “The employment num- Together) dairy herd buy down.” bleak,” said DeLaval Direct that is our bread and butter. Cows have to eat and bers alone are staggering,” — Bob Naerebout, executive director of the General Manager Jim If they can repair it them- hays’ first cutting is cur- said Jan Roeser, regional Idaho Dairymen’s Association Wathen. “With the high selves to get by, well that’s rently underway, which economist with Idaho costs these guys are facing what they’re going to do. comes with plenty of Department of Labor. of congressional leaders, kind to have a government- coupled with low milk We are getting called only expected tractor break- “Although those jobs are not reenacted the Dairy Export set price determined in part prices…this is unprece- when the problem is cata- downs. the highest paying, they still Incentive Program, which by the cost of production, dented.” strophic,”Wathen said. “We’re holding on…it’s support a lot of workers in our pays dairy exporters — allow- said Scott Brown, dairy ana- Wathen said his 13 With a milk price all related to dairies. area who spend their money ing them to sell products at lyst at The University of employees’ work load has rebound expected by year’s Whether it be a producer or here.” lower prices. Missouri’s Food and remained fairly strong, as end, Wathen said the com- custom work the crop goes According to the depart- However, skeptics say the Agricultural Policy Research the company had sold two pany is preparing to get to the dairy anyway,” ment of labor, the dairy program is too late because Institute. large, special projects last busy. Wildman said. industry employed on aver- foreign markets are not buy- Vilsack opposes the bill, year — before milk prices “Once prices go up the Market peaks and valleys age more than 5,000 people ing. saying a policy that raises unexpectedly tumbled. phone will be ringing off the are nothing new to the in south-central Idaho in Exports accounted for farm-level prices will pass However, the 24-hour hook. Dairymen will be industry but this decline 2008 — making it the largest about 2 percent of U.S. milk increases on to the consumer. dairy service and supply ready to get all the jobs done wasn’t even on the horizon employer in the region.Those sales this year, down from Dairymen have taken mat- company has seen revenue that they couldn’t do,” he last year, which led to pur- jobs included positions in 6 percent a year ago, as mar- ters into their own hands, drop recently as dairymen said. chasing too much inventory milk production, as well as kets in overseas were battered announcing through the give their all in reining in The story is much the for sale this year. more skilled labor in dairy by a global recession and cooperative the largest dairy- costs. same at the Twin Falls and “We have to order a year processing facilities such as strengthening dollar. herd buy out — essentially, Dairies run all-day, Jerome Tractor and in advance and last year we Glanbia, Jerome Cheese and “What we need to do is reimbursing dairymen to every-day and Wathen said Implement branches. Like didn’t know this recession Gossner. bring supply in line with reduce milk production by breakdowns and repair DeLaval, business is down would be so bad. Our whole A Boise State University demand,” Naerebout said. sending their cows to slaugh- needs don’t decline just but no employees have been goods inventory is over- study estimated that more “To do that we need the gov- ter. because milk prices drop. let go. stocked at this point,” than 22,700 jobs in Idaho are ernment to install new pro- According to a report from However, instead of calling “We’ve seen a slowdown Wildman said. attributed to the state’s dairy grams,and we need to expand the cooperative, almost 80 industry. the (Cooperatives Working percent of the cows that were The industry’s financial Together) dairy herd buy removed from herds were contribution to Idaho’s econ- down.” from markets in the west and omy is also staggering. U.S. Senators Mike Crapo southwest, meaning that 81 In 2008, cash receipts from and Jim Risch, and percent of the milk removed milk production alone totaled Representatives Mike will come from those two $2.2 billion, according to the Simpson and Walt Minnick, regions. U.S. Department of have all written U.S.Secretary “All dairy farmers are Agriculture. of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, stressed economically right The dairy industry gener- encouraging him to change now,”the cooperative’s board ated more than $1 billion in the way the USDA sets said in a written statement. personal income in south- wholesale milk prices. “However, the number of central Idaho — money that However, Vilsack said he is cows bid in this round by pro- was injected into communi- not eager to remake the USDA ducers in the West and ties in the form of purchases milk pricing program. Southwest is an indication of products and services. And Instead, he wants to see if a that their financial stress is the tax revenues in 2008, range of recent actions might particularly acute given totaled $67.5 million, accord- buoy wholesale prices. USDA where their milk prices and ing to the Idaho State Tax recently donated 500,000 input costs are.” Commission. pounds of excess powdered But Naerebout said the buy But industry leaders say milk to needy countries to down will be a short-term those figures will be the high- reduce U.S. supplies, and a solution that could lead to water mark unless something new program will pay farmers long-term problems over is done to support milk prices. to slaughter more than milk shortages. Bob Naerebout, executive 100,000 dairy cows. “If I was a national proces- director of the Idaho But producers are lobbying sor, I would be very con- Dairymen’s Association, said for a bill that would change cerned about the availability the latest reports show first- the USDA pricing system for of milk in the years ahead,” he quarter sales in 2009 are milk so that wholesale prices said. down $225 million compared reflect what producers pay for to the previous year. feed, fuel and other supplies. Joshua Palmer may be The U.S. Department of If that happens,milk would reached at 208-735-3231 or at Agriculture, with the support be the only commodity of its [email protected] Protein Continued from Agribusiness 1 Glanbia had been seeing “We anticipate putting a lot working with believes the significant growth in the of effort and resources into product may also help dia- organic cheese market until developing export markets in betics who can lose limbs the world wide economic the future,” after wounds that don’t heal tailspin hit. Since the eco- Williams said. Connecting lead to infection. nomic downturn,he has seen milk producers to the end “By using this product, some pullback in that area. user is key to making the they can save a high percent- However, Glanbia antici- export market take off. age of limbs that would oth- pates the organic cheese cat- Those new cheese markets erwise have to be amputat- egory will continue to grow aren’t going away, Williams ed,” said Jeff Williams, CEO once the economy improves. said. “We’ve just got to get of Glanbia. Cheese exports also through these tough eco- He sees a lot of growth slowed with the economy. nomic conditions.” potential in value added products that can be made from whey including func- PRECISION NUTRITION tional food items such as Changing the way you feed cows. sports drinks and power bars. However, cheese produc- tion remains the dominant force in the dairy market in south-central Idaho. Advances in the cheese case are more likely result from tweaking a product to Kevin Jones Mike Vander Pol Cameron Nightingale better meet a customer’s Owner/Nutritionist Nutritionist Nutritionist needs than developing a 208-308-8612 208-316-4864 970-488-0183 whole new product that [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] meets a new need. “We’re running our cheese plants 24/7,” Williams said, Ghost Hollow Consulting “There’s not a lot of scope for innovation.” 4131 North 2200 East Filer, ID 83328 Agribusiness 4 Tuesday, June 9, 2009 AGRIBUSINESS Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho FSA County Committee Hay prices shaping up to be lower than ’08 can fill silage pits with corn three months, said Alan silage in the fall, but getting Leavitt, editor of CME’s nominations to begin Other feed stocks could prove enough hay in the stack to Daily Dairy Report. get through the winter is July soybean futures broke Times-News staff difficult for milk-feed ratio critical. $12 a bushel on the same day SIGN UP According to the Idaho for the first time since last SHOSHONE — Janie To become a nominee, eligible By Cindy Snyder He said high quality hay is Agriculture Statistics September. Nearby soybean Hudson, county executive individuals must sign form Times-News correspondent the only way to earn a profit Service, Idaho’s hay stocks contracts are up about $3.70 director for USDA’s Farm FSA-669A. The form and at a time when production in May totaled 450,000 tons, per bushel over the last three Service Agency in Lincoln other valuable information The first cutting of hay is costs are high and prices are up 50 percent compared to months. and Blaine counties, about FSA county committee on schedule and that should expected to be $50 lower per the previous year — hay pro- June and July milk feed announced that farmer and elections are available online come as good news for ton compared to the previ- duction during 2008 was up ratios will be “pitiful,” rancher candidate nomina- at: dairymen who are looking ous year — prices are 5 percent from the prior year. Leavitt said. tions will begin June 15 for http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA for a break after record high expected to be between- But Hale thinks that num- The milk-feed ratio, an local Farm Service Agency /webapp?area=newsroom&s 2008 feed contracts. $140 to $150 a ton. ber is somewhat misleading indication of the price of county committees. ubject=landing&topic=cce. However, other feed stocks Although hay prices will because most of last year’s milk compared to the cost of The nomination period might continue to pinch the likely soften going into the hay is under contract. feed, is used to gauge indus- will continue through Aug. organizations representing pocketbooks of dairymen growing season, Hale thinks “We’re seeing old hay try profitability. Whenever 3 — elections will take place minority and women may and beef producers. hay could strengthen by $20 shipped now but it’s all the milk-feed ratio is above this fall. also nominate candidates. Growers say that as long a ton later in the year if sup- under contract,” he said. 3, it is considered a signal to “I encourage all produc- Nomination forms for as temperatures stay cool, ply turns out to be more “Especially with the late the industry to expand. ers to participate in the the 2009 election must be the alfalfa is not breaking lower than people antici- spring, guys have had to feed When the ratio neared 2 a county committee election postmarked or received in bud. But if temperatures pate. more hay.” year ago,some dairy analysts process by nominating the local USDA Service warm the plants may bloom Much of the first cutting is In other feed markets, started to become worried candidates by the Aug. 3 Center by close of business before growers can get the green chopped in the Magic some analysts believe the about the financial health of deadline,” said Hudson. on Aug. 3. hay cut and that’s when Valley to provide needed worst is yet to come in terms the industry. “We are counting on as FSA county committee quality disappears. feed for dairy cows. of corn and soybean prices. The ratio was 1.5 last much participation as pos- members make decisions “It’s a timing game right Butch Morris, who grows July corn futures jumped month. “That’s almost as sible, because county com- on disaster and conserva- now,”said Don Hale,a grow- hay in Gooding County, said into the $4.40s on June 1 for low as it’s ever been,” said mittees are an important tion programs, emergency er in Blackfoot. “You’ve got economics are pushing the the first time since early Wilson Gray, University of link between the farm com- programs, commodity price to shoot for the highest dairy he raises hay for to opt January. Corn prices are up Idaho extension livestock munity and the U.S. support loan programs and quality hay you can raise.” for baling instead. Dairies about 80 cents over the last specialist. Department of Agriculture. other important agricul- We have seen a trend in tural issues. Members serve recent years of increased three-year terms. Nation- nominations of minority wide, there are more than and women producers and 7,800 farmers and ranchers we hope that will contin- serving on FSA county ue.” committees. Committees To be eligible to serve on consist of three to five an county committee, a members who are elected person must participate or by eligible local producers. cooperate in a program FSA will mail ballots to administered by FSA, be producers beginning Nov. eligible to vote in a county 6. The voted ballots are due committee election and back to the local county reside in the local adminis- office either via mail or in trative area in which the person by Dec. 7,2009. person is a candidate. Newly elected committee Producers may also members and alternates nominate themselves, and will take office Jan. 1, 2010. Consumers wondering why prices are not dropping at market just 19 percent from its peak “Somebody’s getting a cut of this, but it’s not Processors say of $3.83 in July. Farmers, on the other hand, got $1.04 a the dairy farmer. It’s sad, but they’re going to they are making gallon in April — 35 percent less than they were paid last see a lot of dairy farms go out of business.” up for past losses fall. This winter, wholesale — Darrell Kraus, a dairyman in Barnhart, Mo. prices were down as much By Chirstopher Leonard as 45 percent. busts felt from pastures to dairy farmer,” he said. “It’s Associated Press writer Price disparities are a fact the grocery store. sad, but they’re going to see of life both for farmers and With each turn, propos- a lot of dairy farms go out of BARNHART, Mo. — Nine anyone who shops at a als are floated to end the business.” months after dairy prices supermarket, but the pricing seesaw, which at At a grocery store began tumbling on the nature of milk — how it’s one extreme squeezes the in Fayetteville, Ark., farm, consumers aren’t stored, priced and sold profits of farmers and the Katherine Thacker noticed seeing the full benefits of around the world — makes other squeezes dairy how milk prices were slow- the crash at the checkout the gap all the more dra- processors. Any fix that ly falling — but not as dras- counter. matic. In fact, the price that boosts the price of milk tically as last year’s price AP photo The average price for a farmers get has been wildly runs the risk of bumping up hikes. She was surprised to Darrell Kraus prepares equipment before milking on his dairy farm in gallon of milk at grocery volatile for years, creating a how much consumers pay, learn that the lower whole- Barnhart, Mo., on March 16. stores last month is down succession of booms and too. sale milk prices were being Today, frustrations are absorbed by dairy proces- spilling over as the price sors. crash creates widely diver- “That’s kind of criminal, ADVERTISE YOUR gent fortunes within the isn’t it?” she said. milk industry, boosting Milk processors and profits for the middlemen supermarkets see it differ- EQUINE BUSINESS like dairy processors while ently. pushing farmers to the edge Last fall and summer, of bankruptcy. they swallowed losses OR SUBMIT Y OUR HORSE EVENTS T O US: Darrell Kraus, a dairyman because of high wholesale in Barnhart, spends almost milk prices and govern- SKIP as much today on hay and ment-mandated ceilings on TIMES-NEWS HORSE MONTHLY other supplies for his herd what they can charge. P. O . B OX 548 of 160 cows as he did a year They’re now recouping LOVES ago, but he’s getting paid some of what they lost and TWIN FALLS, ID 83303-0548 less for a gallon of milk than anticipating a rise in prices TO GO his father in the 1970s. He this winter, said Mike OR EMAIL blames middlemen who Nosewicz, vice president of LACES buy the milk from the dairy operations at P [email protected] dairies, process it and sell it Cincinnati-based Kroger to grocery stores at higher Co., which operates its own prices. dairy processing division CONTACT DEBI JOHNSON AT (208) 735-3208 “Somebody’s getting a and sells milk through cut of this, but it’s not the 2,400 supermarkets. HORSE MONTHLY PUBLISHES LAST T UESDAY OF EACH MONTH & ONLINE @ MAGICVALLEY.COM Check out what’s new online at DEADLINE: W EDNESDAYS PRIOR TO PUBLICATION www.magicvalley.com

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CONTRERAS MAKES BIG RETURN; WHITE SOX SPLIT WITH TIGERS S Sports 2 MLB, Sports 2 / NHL, Sports 2 / Scoreboard, Sports 3 / Comics, Sports 4 Sports TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 2009 SPORTS EDITOR MIKE CHRISTENSEN: (208) 735-3239 [email protected] Sneed pitches Cowboys to victory Playing for By John Derr kept the count low and let hitters,”added Sneed. Dad: Coats Times-News writer the guys make the plays,” “I kept the ball down, kept the count He wouldn’t give said Sneed. Madison any more chances. Cy Sneed was in control. The Cowboys won what low and let the guys make the plays.” While Cy Sneed was racking finds solace The Twin Falls Cowboy head coach Tim Stadelmeir — Twin Falls Cowboys pitcher Cy Sneed up the Ks, the Cowboy line- pitcher scattered three hits called a “gruesome game,” up finally broke the game on volleyball and struck out seven on the defeating Madison in the breezing through batters. pitch, which Rhett Sutton open in the fifth. way to a 6-1 victory over nightcap 14-11. Twin Falls scored in the blasted over the left-center Three straight fielding Madison in American Their record now stands first with Remington Pullin fence. errors scored one and put court Legion Baseball Class AA at 3-0 on the season. smacking the RBI double to “That was my worst pitch two in scoring position. Zeb Area C action Monday It was a pitchers’ duel plate Zeb Sneed. of the day. I sent it right Sneed and Pullin stroked enior nights. afternoon. early with Sneed and The Bobcats would tie it down the middle, and you Graduation. “I kept the ball down, Madison’s Casper Cade in the second off a single can’t do that against good See COWBOYS, Sports 2 S Turning 18. Going off to college. Everything Erica Coats wanted to share with her father, Ed, happened with- out him. Monday, June 8, marked two years to the day when a drunk driver smashed into Ed Coats’ LESSONS LESSONS vehicle on the Hansen Bridge, killing him and rob- bing a family of a husband and father.

LEARNED TAUGHT BRADLEY GUIRE Former T.F. star Petersen After that, Erica, a mem- returns for CSI camp ber of many Twin Falls High School girls athletic teams, By Bradley Guire UNLV.Petersen finished 0-1 didn’t want to play volley- Times-News writer with a 4.53 ERA in 17 innings ball. She didn’t want to with nine strikeouts during leave home for college. She She was a conspicuous her freshman season. She didn’t want to do anything figure at Eagle Field started against the that made her feel good. Monday. University of Illinois- “I didn’t want to go play While most wore white Chicago and the loss was volleyball because it was camp shirts or Golden Eagle recorded against New York’s making me happy,”she said, yellow or black, Amber Seton Hall University.UNLV “and I didn’t feel like I Petersen sported the bright finished 31-21 (7-8 in the needed to be happy when, red of the Rebels adorned Mountain West Conference) like, my dad wasn’t here.” with the initials UNLV in and qualified for the Los Still, Erica recently black above the face of the Angeles Regional of the accepted a volleyball schol- University of Nevada-Las NCAA National Tourn- arship from Eastern Vegas Rebel. The former ament, where they were Wyoming College in Twin Falls High School eliminated in two games. Torrington, Wyo., a small Bruin had come to help out “I didn’t pitch much, but town that she described as Nick Baumert, her one-time when I did it was good for feeling “homey.” coach, with the College of me to see it’s very much a That’s not to say it didn’t Southern Idaho’s youth higher level,” Petersen said. take some prodding from softball camp in Twin Falls. “Every pitch is crucial that her sister, Kari, for Erica to As one of only a few active you’re focused. One mistake return to the game. She NCAA Division I athletes can lead to the ballgame. I decided to stick with volley- from the Magic Valley, she learned more focus and the ball, seeing no reason to was a solid fit with the rest of importance of pitch by bring everyone else down the staff, which included pitch. There are a lot of great just because she was down. CSI softball assistant Debbie players out there.” Head volleyball coach B.J. Dodds, former UCLA Bruin This week she may pass Price recalled one of the first and volunteer pitching those lessons on to the tournaments of the 2007 coach Courtney Dale, stu- Magic Valley’s next NCAA- season, her junior year, and dent assistant Desi bound pitcher as she con- how Erica left to attend a Thomson and many of this tinues to help at the camp memorial. She could have spring’s Golden Eagles. while getting back to the taken the day off or the “I love working with weight room, as the Rebels whole weekend, but she young athletes,” Petersen have already started condi- returned for her teammates, said. “It’s cool to be able to tioning for next season. supporting them on the help build a hometown pro- “She’s going into educa- court as they supported her gram and interest with the tion, so it’s a natural fit for off the court anytime she girls in our area.” her,” Baumert said. needed a hug or a sympa- Petersen worked with “Obviously, she’s someone thetic ear. pitchers Monday — the first you want involved with your “She was like, ‘My heart is day of camp for girls age 11 to program, even though she’s with you guys, and I want to 16, some of whom travelled not playing (for CSI), just to be here,’”Price said. “It was from Fruitland, Elko, Nev., have that level of athlete and a hard day for her.” and Wells, Nev. It’s a subject level of person here.” Erica played for the Bruin Petersen knows a bit about. softball team and rejoined Her senior-season perform- Bradley Guire may be ASHLEY SMITH/Times-News the basketball team for her ance of a 24-2 record with a reached at bguire@magic- Twin Falls High School graduate Amber Petersen, who currently pitches with the University of Nevada- senior year. All that time she 0.17 ERA and 307 strikeouts valley.com or 208-735- Las Vegas softball team, coaches Meghan Rich, 12, of Elko, Nev., Monday at a camp at the College of had meaningful dialogues got her a walk-on spot at 3229. Southern Idaho’s Eagle Field in Twin Falls. with her sister, who sent out some feelers to college pro- grams. Kari’s most signifi- cant contribution was Vanishing act? Lakers try to make Magic vanish reminding Erica that their See COATS, Sports 2 By Antonio Gonzalez A botched layup by Magic see what I’m saying? This is the conference finals. Associated Press writer rookie Courtney Lee is per- the finals. We’re going to be Los Angeles believes haps the biggest reason why ready to go.” those days are over. ORLANDO, Fla. — Kobe these finals are not tied and For all the bravado, the “We’re playing tougher,” Bryant has changed his look. why Bryant isn’t smiling Lakers can be careless, a forward Pau Gasol said.“We Gone is the teeth-baring, even with his team up 2-0. team with holes and an understand what it takes to nose-flaring, eyes-on-the- That level of seriousness inability to finish off an go get the championship.” prize scowl that the Los might be cause for Orlando Game 3 opponent as a champion This is a franchise closing Angeles Lakers star showed to grimace. must. They let Houston in on its 15th title. It is facing again and again in Game 1 of The Magic nearly Lakers at Magic extend a series despite the Magic team still searching the NBA finals. The intensi- returned from Los Angeles 7 p.m., ABC absence of Yao Ming. for its first finals victory. ty diminished after Game 2, with the best-of-seven Game 3. Denver outmuscled and Bryants insists this is no his expression morphing series tied. Instead, they’re “We’re about to kick it outhustled a Lakers team time to get comfortable. into one of relief and sheer down 2-0, and now Bryant up,” he said. “You’d better that seemed to lose its luck. has a promise for tonight’s believe it. We’re close. You enthusiasm until Game 6 of See FINALS, Sports 2

Times-News file photo Twin Falls High School volleyball AP photo player Erica Coats goes to the net Orlando Magic forward Rashard Lewis (9) reacts after teammate Courtney Lee missed a shot at the buzzer during the second half of Game 2 of the NBA finals, Sunday, in Los in a match against Minico at Baun Angeles. The Lakers won 101-96 to take a 2-0 series lead as it shifts to Orlando for tonight’s Game 3. Gymnasium on Sept. 17, 2008. Sports 2 Tuesday, June 9, 2009 SPORTS Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho Daly fails to get through U.S. Open qualifying Contreras makes big return CHICAGO — Jose GERMANTOWN, Tenn. Germantown (73). At least it Contreras allowed one hit in (AP) — John Daly makes his helped him make the transi- eight strong innings in his return to the PGA Tour this tion from playing in Europe. return to the majors week. “Being over there for five Monday night, getting his His return to the U.S. weeks, the greens are so first win in nearly a year as Open will have to wait at much slower there and I the Chicago White Sox beat least another year. wasn’t used to the speed,” the Detroit Tigers 6-1 to In his first time compet- he said later. “I haven’t earn a split in their day- ing in America since the putted on Bermuda greens night doubleheader. PGA Tour lifted his six- in a long time. Boy, talk Alexei Ramirez, Scott month suspension, Daly about not even sniffing a Podsednik and Jim Thome managed only four birdies putt.” homered for the White Sox over 36 holes of a U.S. Open He’ll have to change his in the second game after qualifier Monday. He shot clothes when he gets back Detroit won the opener 5-4 1-over 143 and didn’t come on the PGA Tour, though. as Brandon Inge hit a go- close to getting one of 13 One of the charms of U.S. ahead RBI single in the spots available in Open qualifying is that all ninth. Tennessee. players are allowed to wear Contreras (1-5), officially “My feet are tired,” Daly shorts. Daly stood out on recalled from Triple-A said after politely declining this steamy day, wearing between games, ruptured an interview with a knee-length shorts with a his Achilles tendon last Memphis TV station. blue-and-white checkered August. He made a quick Daly was awarded a spon- pattern. But he looked slim- recovery but struggled sor’s exemption for the St. mer than he has in years when he returned this sea- Jude Classic, which starts after a stomach surgery in son and on May 10 was sent Thursday, and he took one February that limits his to Charlotte, where he made positive out of two appetite. Daly said he five starts. mediocre rounds at weighed 218 pounds when The 37-year-old AP photo Ridgeway (70) and he checked on Sunday. Contreras allowed a two- Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Jose Contreras delivers Monday during the first inning of the second out double to Clete Thomas game of a doubleheader in Chicago. Contreras pitched a one-hitter through seven innings. in the first and had two stretches of 11 straight bat- longballs as Andy struck out six in 5 1-3 West gave up two hits, ters retired in earning his Sonnanstine allowed a innings. The right-hander one walk and struck out six Coats first win since June 27,2008. career-high four. Tampa made his fourth start of the in eight innings. Continued from Sports 1 dream that no one wanted He walked one and struck Bay’s Gabe Kapler hit his season after missing 2008 Johnson (5-5), pitching on father would not want them her to give up. out three. first home run of the season. with a torn labrum. short rest, four days after he to grieve forever. “I’m going to do it for my Chicago’s three homers Damon broke a 3-3 tie in Scott Downs got the final earned career victory No. “He wants me to be dad,”she said. “It’s totally came off Detroit’s Jeremy the sixth with a drive to out in the eighth and 300 at Washington, allowed happy,”Erica said. “He for him and my mom, Bonderman (0-1), who was right off Sonnanstine (4-6), pitched a scoreless ninth to three runs, seven hits, three wants me to go play volley- because my mom’s given me making his first major and Jeter chased him with a earn his eighth save in nine walks and struck out five in ball, so that’s what I’m going everything, all the strength.” league appearance since leadoff drive in the eighth. chances. five innings. to do.” For someone who has lost June 1, 2008 and was acti- Nine of Damon’s 12 home Feldman (5-1) lost for the It still wasn’t an easy so much, Erica thinks of vated from the disabled list runs this season and six of first time in nine starts this ROCKIES 5, CARDINALS 2 decision to make — “I don’t everyone but herself. It is a between games. Jeter’s eight have come at season. ST. LOUIS — Jason want to leave my mom,”she revelation of a character Bonderman had surgery home. Marquis took the NL lead said, “I’m the last one at forged by life’s toughest tri- June 30 last year to correct a Pettitte (6-2) allowed NATIONAL LEAGUE with his eighth win and home.”— but the continu- als. condition that caused a three runs and five hits in six MARLINS 4, GIANTS 0 Troy Tulowitzki homered ing support from her family, blood clot in his pitching innings. MIAMI — Sean West did for the first time in nearly a friends and teammates dur- Bradley Guire may be arm. not allow a hit until the sev- month, helping the ing the past two years has reached at bguire@magic- He lasted four-innings BLUE JAYS 6, RANGERS 3 enth inning in his fourth Colorado Rockies complete guided her to this point. valley.com or 208-735- plus, gave up eight hits and ARLINGTON, Texas — career start and Brett their first sweep in St. Louis College volleyball was a 3229. was charged with six runs. Adam Lind homered twice Carroll hit his first career with a 5-2 win over the and drove in four runs, and home run to help Florida Cardinals on Monday. YANKEES 5, RAYS 3 the Blue Jays snapped a Marlins beat Randy Johnson The last-place Rockies NEW YORK — Andy nine-game road losing and the San Francisco won their season-high fifth Cowboys Pettitte recovered from two streak, beating the Rangers. Giants 4-0 on Monday in a row under new manager Continued from Sports 1 wild outings, Johnny Lind, who is 18 for 40 his night. Jim Tracy. RBI singles for the 4-1 lead. Rain shakes up Damon hit a tiebreaking last 10 games, hit two-run West (1-1) allowed one Clint Barmes had a pair of “My first at bat I felt good home run in the sixth inning blasts in the second and baserunner — a leadoff walk RBI singles for his sixth and loose. After that I mus- Burley’s schedule and the Yankees defeated fourth innings off Rangers to Andres Torres in the third straight multihit game and cled up at bit and swung at a the Rays. starter Scott Feldman. It — through the first six Brad Hawpe doubled and The Burley Green Sox Class A few balls,” said Pullin. “We Mark Teixeira, Nick was Lind’s first multi- innings.Edgar Renteria then had a sacrifice fly in the team will host the Idaho Falls are doing pretty good right Swisher and Derek Jeter also homer game of his career. lined a single to left on Rockies’ first sweep of the Rangers at noon today for a now, but we can be better.” homered for the Yankees, Casey Janssen (2-2) gave West’s first pitch of the sev- year. doubleheader. The game was Designated hitter Jayson who got all their runs on up three runs, six hits and enth. — The Associated Press originally slated for Idaho Welker chipped in two-run Falls, but heavy rains forced single in the sixth for a little the game to Burley. extra cushion. Burley’s doubleheader at Madison threatened in the Upper Valley on Monday was bottom of the seventh, but a Red Wings look for Game 6 clincher rained out. strikeout and a pair of infield groundouts ended the game. PITTSBURGH (AP) — loss in Game 5 on Saturday. “You don’t think about “Giving up just a run and was scored as Zayne Slotten The Detroit Red Wings Game 6 Even if they win Game 6 Game 7,” Fedotenko said. three hits is good, but we doubled to drive in Eric Harr, skated into Pittsburgh for Red Wings at Penguins before an all-in-white home “You focus on one game, need to be more aggressive,” who reached second on a this very game last year, 6 p.m., NBC crowd, they must go back to one shift, and focus like it’s added Cy Sneed. walk and passed ball. No box outplayed the Penguins in Detroit and inhospitable Joe your last shift, and you do it Zeb Sneed homered twice scores were available. their building and, in the last one there, it will be Louis Arena, where they again on the next shift. You in the sixth inning of the Their record now stands at final indignity,paraded with more than an image to the have been outscored 10-2 play like that, you take care second game. T.J. Ellis went 3-3 on the season. the Stanley Cup on the same Penguins. It will be an while losing three games of business, you put your- 3-4; Jayson Welker hit 2-2 ice where Mario Lemieux instant replay. and, at times, their tempers. selves in a good position to and Pullin went 2-3. Michael Game 1 once played. Not since Montreal No, the Penguins don’t win that game.” Twin Falls 6, Madison 1 Williams was the winning Madison 010 000 0 – 1 3 3 Think Sidney Crosby and clinched in Boston in 1977 need to be told what many The Penguins’ problem is picture of Game 2. Twin Falls 100 032 x – 6 7 3 Evgeni Malkin and Marc- and 1978 has a team won the outside their dressing room the Red Wings are in a much Casper Cade and Chad Snell; Cy Sneed and Remington The Class A Cowboys Pullin. W: Sneed. L: Cade. Andre Fleury don’t remem- Stanley Cup in the same are thinking: This one’s better position. Two-way Extra-base hits – 2B: Twin Falls, Pullin, Jacob Coats. swept Jerome winning the HR: Madison, Rhett Sutton. ber the emptiness and frus- opponent’s building two over. star Pavel Datsyuk’s return opener 15-1 and then won an tration they felt after that seasons in a row,but the Red Penguins forward Ruslan after missing seven playoff extra-inning nightcap, 6-5 Game 2 Stanley Cup finals Game 6? Wings will gladly take Fedotenko is certain it’s not. games with a foot injury Twin Falls 6, Madison 5, 8 innings in eight. The deciding run Box score not available. After more than 100 games another clincher in Five years ago, his Tampa gave them a big lift in Game played over more than eight Pittsburgh if it means Bay Lightning were down 3- 5, and many of their players grueling months, the season avoiding an ever-dangerous 2 to the Flames going into a have been in games like this ends and the other team Game 7. road Game 6, with seem- before. celebrates before your “It’s obviously a special ingly half of Alberta filling Nicklas Lidstrom, Kris Finals friends, family and fans? night when you know you Calgary’s Red Mile enter- Draper, Tomas Holmstrom Continued from Sports 1 stepping aside. He was still “We don’t want that have a chance to win the tainment district to cele- and Kirk Maltby played on “What’s there to be happy on the Heat payroll helping image in our heads again,” Cup in one single hockey brate. Instead, Tampa Bay all four Red Wings Stanley about?” he asked. “The job’s Pat Riley from afar. Penguins forward Max game,”goalie Chris Osgood. won in overtime, and the Cup winners since 1997,and not finished.” “Dallas never won anoth- Talbot said Monday. The Penguins have heard Lightning also took Game 7 they can make it five on The Magic have had their er game,” Van Gundy said. If the Red Wings win this for two days how they lost at home as Fedotenko Tuesday.None of those pre- shots — one in particular — “You know, series can Game 6 tonight, a year and the Stanley Cup with a scored both goals during vious four finals went to a to change the series. change.” five days after winning their more-than-miserable 5-0 their 2-1 victory. Game 7. Lee missed a wide-open, The Magic would need alley-oop layup that would quite a turnaround. Their have won Game 2 at the backcourt has been dread- fourth-quarter buzzer ful. Rafer Alston and Jameer Sunday night. It was anoth- Nelson, who returned for er chapter in a long history the finals after being out Texas beats TCU 5-2 to earn CWS berth of Magic misery, one that since early February because now has them 0-6 in finals of shoulder surgery, were so AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Freshman up two runs before he was pulled for games. inconsistent that Van Gundy Taylor Jungmann allowed two hits Chance Ruffin with one out in the Call it the “alley-oops.” benched them for most of over six innings Monday night and ninth. This mistake, however, the fourth quarter to have 6- top-seeded Texas earned its first trip Tyler Lockwood took the loss for might hurt the most. foot-10 forward Hedo to the College World Series since 2005 TCU (40-18), which had forced a third Orlando has been able to Turkoglu run the point. with a 5-2 win over TCU. game of the Austin Super Regional come back from seemingly The Magic had 20 Former Filer High School pitcher with a 3-2 win Sunday. every heartbreak this season turnovers, just 22 assists and Paul Gerrish, who won Sunday’s The Longhorns earned their 33rd — injuries, four last-second no true ballhandler to make game, is a member of the Horned trip to the College World Series. losses in the playoffs and the Lakers pay for double- Frogs. Texas batters swung freely early to series deficits in two rounds. teaming Howard. With Kevin Keyes homered in the first give the freshman right-hander a big But this could be too tough a Nelson coming off the bench inning for the Longhorns (46-14-1), lead. challenge. Only three teams in place of reliable reserve who have won six national champi- Michael Torres opened the first with have won a title after losing Anthony Johnson and onships. Jungmann struck out five and a single and scored when Belt smashed the first two games in the Alston having already said walked one in picking up his eighth a long shot to deep center that hit the finals, most recently Miami he wasn’t pleased with his win of the season before being wall near the 400-foot marker. Belt over Dallas in 2006. minutes in Game 1, Van replaced by Austin Wood in the bot- scored on a fielder’s choice before “We’ve just got to go Gundy might face another tom of the seventh. Keyes blasted his seventh home run of home and take care of busi- dilemma. Texas led 3-0 after the first inning the season. Horned Frogs left fielder AP photo ness,” Magic center Dwight “We were just trying to behind an RBI triple by Brandon Belt Jason Coats knew the ball was gone as Texas second baseman Travis Tucker goes Howard said. “The Lakers see if we could get somebody and Keyes’ solo shot. soon as it left the bat and hardly airborne over TCU's Chris Ellington as he did a good job of protecting out there who would make Texas scored two more runs in the moved from his spot as he watched it watches his throw to first for a double play in their home, and now it’s our shots off of the double teams fourth. Keyes led off the inning with a clear the wall. Texas' 5-2 win in the NCAA college baseball turn to do the same thing. and off the pick-and-rolls double and scored on Cameron Rupp’s After allowing a two-out walk in the We’ve been in some tough and things like that,” Van double off Horned Frogs reliever Eric first, Jungmann retired the next nine super regionals in Austin, Texas, Monday. situations. We’ve just got to Gundy said. “I thought our Marshall. TCU batters. got the next two hitters to ground right fight our way out.” guys fought hard, but we Wood, who pitched 12 1/3 scoreless Jungmann got himself out of his back to the mound. The first he threw Magic coach Stan Van couldn’t make enough plays. innings in relief in Texas’ 25-inning 3- only jam in the sixth inning. to third for the first out of the inning. Gundy led the Heat to start And the 20 turnovers 2 win over Boston College a week ear- A single and hit batter put two run- The second started a double play that that 2005-06 season before crushed us.” lier, came in with a 5-0 lead and gave ners on with no outs. But Jungmann ended it. Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho Tuesday, June 9, 2009 Sports 3 SCOREBOARD

Grndrs cf 5 0 1 1 Pdsdnk lf 4 1 2 0 25. Tom Lehman 225 $241,500 4. Bradley Harter, Weatherford, Texas $45,830 AUTO RACING Polanc 2b 4 0 1 0 AlRmrz ss 5 1 2 0 5. J.J. Elshere, Quinn, S.D. $37,873 Ordonz rf 5 1 2 0 Dye rf 4 1 2 2 6. Cody DeMoss, Heflin, La. $31,712 NASCAR Sprint Cup Leaders MiCarr 1b 4 0 0 0 Thome dh 3 0 1 0 7. Taos Muncy, Corona, N.M. $31,363 Through June 7 GGAAMMEE PPLLAANN LPGA Money Leaders JAndrs pr-lf 0 1 0 0 Konerk 1b 2 1 1 2 Through June 7 8. Dusty Hausauer, Dickinson, N.D. $29,410 Points Thams dh 3 0 1 0 Przyns c 3 0 0 0 9. Cody Taton, Newell, S.D. $27,764 1, Tony Stewart, 2,043. 2, Jeff Gordon, 1,972. 3, Jimmie Inge 3b 4 1 2 2 Getz 2b 4 0 1 0 5 p.m. Trn Money 10. Wade Sundell, Boxholm, Iowa $27,067 Johnson, 1,940. 4, Ryan Newman, 1,840. 5, Kurt Raburn lf-1b 4 1 1 0 Fields 3b 4 0 0 0 LOCAL 1. Cristie Kerr 11 $776,753 11. Justin Arnold, Santa Margarita, Calif. $23,368 Busch, 1,819. 6, Carl Edwards, 1,762. 7, Greg Biffle, Everett ss 5 1 2 1 Wise cf 4 0 0 0 FSN — Seattle at Baltimore 12. Cody Wright, Milford, Utah $22,889 1,753. 8, Matt Kenseth, 1,745. 9, Kyle Busch, 1,731. 10, 2. In-Kyung Kim 10 $713,471 Sardinh c 2 0 0 1 AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL NBA BASKETBALL 3. Lorena Ochoa 8 $693,000 13. Isaac Diaz, Stephenville, Texas $21,544 Jeff Burton, 1,725. Totals 36 5 10 5 Totals 33 4 9 4 4. Yani Tseng 11 $655,556 14. Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D. $21,057 11, David Reutimann, 1,701. 12, Denny Hamlin, 1,679. Detroit 020 011 001 — 5 Class AA 7 p.m. 15. Shaun Stroh, Dickinson, N.D. $19,255 13, Mark Martin, 1,678. 14, Kasey Kahne, 1,619. 15, Juan 5. Suzann Pettersen 11 $590,907 Chicago 100 020 010 — 4 Twin Falls at Jerome, 4 p.m., DH ABC — Playoffs, finals, Game 3, L.A. 6. Ji Yai Shin 10 $568,418 16. Rusty Allen, Eagle Mountain, Utah $19,006 Pablo Montoya, 1,617. 16, Clint Bowyer, 1,576. 17, Brian E—Pierzynski (3), Fields (8), Al.Ramirez (5). DP—Detroit 7. Angela Stanford 9 $557,341 17. Tyrell Smith, Vaughn, Mont. $17,555 Vickers, 1,536. 18, Marcos Ambrose, 1,469. 19, Martin 2, Chicago 1. LOB—Detroit 12, Chicago 8. 2B—Inge (9), Class A Lakers at Orlando 18. Sam Spreadborough, Snyder, Texas $16,978 Truex Jr., 1,447. 20, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 1,434. 8. Paula Creamer 9 $543,395 Raburn (3). 3B—Getz (2). HR—Dye (15), Konerko (8). Idaho Falls Rangers at Burley, noon, NHL HOCKEY 9. Song-Hee Kim 10 $396,947 19. Anthony Bello, Oakley, Utah $16,652 Money SB—Polanco (2), Getz (6). S—Sardinha. SF—Sardinha, 10. Ji Young Oh 10 $393,581 20. Wes Burns, Stephenville, TX $16,015 1, Matt Kenseth, $3,859,654. 2, Tony Stewart, Konerko. DH 6 p.m. Tie-Down Roping $3,459,122. 3, Jimmie Johnson, $3,036,139. 4, Kevin 11. Brittany Lincicome 9 $381,769 IP H R ER BB SO Buhl at Wood River, 4 p.m., DH NBC — Playoffs, finals, Game 6, 12. Karrie Webb 8 $376,962 1. Ryan Watkins, Stephenville, Texas $63,387 Harvick, $3,008,919. 5, Jeff Gordon, $2,967,915. 6, Kyle Detroit 13. Lindsey Wright 10 $334,883 2. Clint Robinson, Spanish Fork, Utah $48,046 Busch, $2,897,523. 7, Carl Edwards, $2,447,224. 8, Ryan Galarraga 62-3 7 3 3 4 3 Detroit at Pittsburgh 3. Ryan Jarrett, Summerville, Ga. $40,327 Newman, $2,334,071. 9, Jeff Burton, $2,329,524. 10, 14. Na Yeon Choi 11 $322,166 Seay H,11 1-3 0 0 0 0 1 WNBA BASKETBALL 15. Katherine Hull 10 $312,995 4. Tuf Cooper, Decatur, Texas $39,749 David Reutimann, $2,286,041. Zumaya W,3-0 BS,2-3 1 1 1 1 1 1 16. Michelle Wie 8 $308,226 5. Monty Lewis, Hereford, Texas $35,358 11, Joey Logano, $2,211,279. 12, Kasey Kahne, Rodney S,11-11 1 1 0 0 0 0 TV SCHEDULE 5 p.m. 6. Scott Kormos, Teague, Texas $33,913 $2,164,962. 13, Greg Biffle, $2,126,409. 14, Mark 17. Ai Miyazato 10 $301,187 Chicago MLB BASEBALL ESPN2 — Seattle at Indiana 18. Hee Young Park 10 $284,608 7. Tyson Durfey, Colbert, Wash. $33,754 Martin, $2,075,158. 15, Clint Bowyer, $2,066,609. 16, Richard 42-3 5 3 3 5 4 19. Kristy Mcpherson 11 $284,373 8. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas $33,154 Kurt Busch, $2,066,384. 17, Juan Pablo Montoya, Carrasco 31-3 3 1 1 0 5 20. Pat Hurst 10 $274,809 9. Adam Gray, Seymour, Texas $31,762 $2,026,341. 18, Martin Truex Jr., $2,003,079. 19, Reed Linebrink L,2-3 1 2 1 0 0 0 21. Se Ri Pak 10 $254,545 10. Matt Shiozawa, Chubbuck, Idaho $31,639 Sorenson, $1,994,258. 20, Brian Vickers, $1,960,841. WP—Seay, Richard. Balk—Richard. 11. Brad Goodrich, Hermiston, Ore. $30,068 BrRyan ss 3 1 2 1 TRIPLES—Morgan, Pittsburgh, 5; Victorino, 22. Brittany Lang 11 $250,549 Umpires—Home, Bill Miller; First, Jim Joyce; Second, 23. Jee Young Lee 11 $250,370 12. Timber Moore, Aubrey, Texas $29,489 Brian Runge; Third, Derryl Cousins. Totals 35 5 11 5 Totals 33 2 6 1 Philadelphia, 5; Kemp, Los Angeles, 4; Pence, Houston, 13. Houston Ray Hutto, Del Rio, Texas $28,956 BASEBALL Colorado 001 021 010 — 5 4; JUpton, Arizona, 4; 9 tied at 3. 24. Angela Park 9 $246,321 T—3:01. A—24,408 (40,615). 25. Eun-Hee Ji 10 $215,271 14. Josh Peek, Pueblo, Colo. $28,891 St. Louis 001 000 100 — 2 HOME RUNS—AdGonzalez, San Diego, 22; Ibanez, 15. Fred Whitfield, Hockley, Texas $27,304 American League E—Schumaker (3). LOB—Colorado 9, St. Louis 5. 2B— Philadelphia, 19; Pujols, St. Louis, 18; Dunn, 16. Clint Cooper, Decatur, Texas $27,088 All Times MDT WHITE SOX 6, TIGERS 1, SECOND GAME Hawpe (17), Y.Molina (5). 3B—Br.Ryan (2). HR— Washington, 17; Howard, Philadelphia, 17; Fielder, HOCKEY 17. Jeff Chapman, Athens, Texas $24,311 EAST W L Pct GB Tulowitzki (6). SB—S.Smith (3), Br.Ryan (5). CS—Barmes Milwaukee, 15; Bruce, Cincinnati, 14; Reynolds, 18. Cade Swor, Chico, Texas $22,756 Detroit Chicago (4). SF—Hawpe. Arizona, 14; ASoriano, Chicago, 14. New York 34 23 .596 — ab r h bi ab r h bi Stanley Cup Finals 19. Justin Macha, Needville, Texas $22,120 IP H R ER BB SO STOLEN BASES—Bourn, Houston, 19; DWright, New All Times MDT 20. Jerrad Hofstetter, Portales, N.M. $21,024 Boston 33 24 .579 1 JAndrs lf 3 0 0 0 Pdsdnk lf 4 1 1 1 Colorado York, 14; Kemp, Los Angeles, 13; Pierre, Los Angeles, Toronto 33 27 .550 2½ Thams ph 1 1 1 1 AlRmrz ss 4 2 3 1 FIRST ROUND Steer Roping Marquis W,8-4 62-3 6 2 2 1 4 13; Morgan, Pittsburgh, 12; Reynolds, Arizona, 12; (Best-of-7) 1. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas $19,151 Tampa Bay 29 30 .492 6 Polanc 2b 4 0 0 0 Dye rf 4 2 3 0 R.Flores H,4 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 Taveras, Cincinnati, 12. Baltimore 24 33 .421 10 Thoms rf 4 0 1 0 Wise rf 0 0 0 0 Detroit vs. Pittsburgh 2. Landon McClaugherty, Tilden, Texas $17,900 Corpas H,4 1 0 0 0 0 1 PITCHING —Marquis, Colorado, 8-4; Cain, San Saturday, May 30: Detroit 3, Pittsburgh 1 3. Vin Fisher Jr, Andrews, Texas $17,211 CENTRAL W L Pct GB MiCarr dh 3 0 0 0 Thome dh 3 1 2 3 Street S,9-10 1 0 0 0 0 1 Francisco, 7-1; JSantana, New York, 7-3; Billingsley, Los Grndrs cf 3 0 0 0 Konerk 1b 4 0 1 1 Sunday, May 31: Detroit 3, Pittsburgh 1 4. Scott Snedecor, Uvalde, Texas $16,357 St. Louis Angeles, 7-3; Arroyo, Cincinnati, 7-4; Broxton, Los Tuesday, June 2: Pittsburgh 4, Detroit 2 5. Cody Lee, Gatesville, Texas $15,756 Detroit 31 26 .544 — Inge 3b 2 0 0 0 Bckhm 3b 3 0 0 0 B.Thompson L,0-2 41-3 5 3 3 3 2 Angeles, 6-0; Gallardo, Milwaukee, 6-2. Minnesota 28 30 .483 3½ Raburn 1b 3 0 0 0 Getz 2b 4 0 0 0 Thursday, June 4: Pittsburgh 4, Detroit 2 6. Rocky Patterson, Pratt, Kan. $13,866 D.Reyes 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 STRIKEOUTS—Lincecum, San Francisco, 95; JVazquez, Saturday, June 6: Detroit 5, Pittsburgh 0, Detroit leads 7. Leo Campbell, Amarillo, Texas $13,334 Chicago 27 31 .466 4½ Laird c 3 0 0 0 BrAndr cf 4 0 0 0 Motte 1 3 1 1 0 1 Atlanta, 93; JSantana, New York, 89; Billingsley, Los Kansas City 24 32 .429 6½ Santiag ss 3 0 0 0 RCastr c 2 0 0 0 series 3-2 8. Cash Myers, Athens, Texas $11,957 T.Miller 1 1 0 0 1 2 Angeles, 85; Peavy, San Diego, 84; Haren, Arizona, 83; Tuesday, June 9: Detroit at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m. 9. Guy Allen, Santa Anna, Texas $11,818 Cleveland 25 34 .424 7 Totals 29 1 2 1 Totals 32 6 10 6 C.Perez 1 2 1 1 0 1 JoJohnson, Florida, 72. Detroit 000 000 001 — 1 Friday, June 12: Pittsburgh at Detroit, 6 p.m., if neces- 10. Will Gasperson, Decatur, Texas $9,457 WEST W L Pct GB Hawksworth 1 0 0 0 0 0 SAVES—Bell, San Diego, 16; BWilson, San Francisco, 15; sary 11. Neal Wood, Guy, Texas $9,403 Chicago 112 020 00x — 6 HBP—by B.Thompson (Barmes). WP—Marquis, FrRodriguez, New York, 15; Hoffman, Milwaukee, 15; Texas 33 24 .579 — DP—Detroit 1. LOB—Detroit 2, Chicago 5. 2B—Thomas 12. Cody Scheck, Alva, Okla. $8,493 Los Angeles 28 27 .509 4 B.Thompson. Cordero, Cincinnati, 14; Franklin, St. Louis, 13; Lidge, 13. Bryce Davis, Abilene, Texas $7,855 (6), Dye (6). HR—Thames (1), Podsednik (1), Al.Ramirez Umpires—Home, Bill Welke; First, Tim Welke; Second, Philadelphia, 13; Capps, Pittsburgh, 13; Broxton, Los RODEO Seattle 28 29 .491 5 (5), Thome (10). 14. Marty Jones, Hobbs, N.M. $7,770 Oakland 25 30 .455 7 Jim Reynolds; Third, Angel Hernandez. Angeles, 13. 15. Chance Kelton, Mayer, Ariz. $7,325 IP H R ER BB SO T—2:36. A—36,748 (43,975). Sunday’s Games Detroit Pro Rodeo Leaders 16. Shane Suggs, Granbury, Texas $6,244 Detroit 9, L.A. Angels 6 Through June 7 17. Chet Herren, Pawhuska, Okla. $5,796 Bonderman L,0-1 4 8 6 6 3 1 BASKETBALL All-Around N.Y. Yankees 4, Tampa Bay 3 Miner 2 1 0 0 0 1 MARLINS 4, GIANTS 0 18. J.R. Olson, Greeley, Colo. $5,501 Toronto 4, Kansas City 0 N.Robertson 1 1 0 0 0 2 1. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas $83,502 19. Dan Fisher, Andrews, Texas $5,085 Texas 6, Boston 3 Lyon 1 0 0 0 0 0 San Francisco Florida NBA Finals 2. Curtis Cassidy, Donalda, Alberta, $79,661 20. Anthony Anderson, Gatesville, Texas $4,653 Cleveland 8, Chicago White Sox 4 Chicago ab r h bi ab r h bi All Times MDT 3. Clint Robinson, Spanish Fork, Utah $58,793 Bull Riding Oakland 3, Baltimore 0 Contreras W,1-5 8 1 0 0 1 3 Rownd cf 4 0 0 0 Coghln lf 4 0 1 0 FIRST ROUND 4. Ryan Jarrett, Summerville, Ga. $50,023 1. Douglas Duncan, Alvin, Texas $114,067 Seattle 4, Minnesota 2 Thornton 1 1 1 1 0 0 Renteri ss 4 0 2 0 Nunez p 0 0 0 0 (Best-of-7) 5. Cash Myers, Athens, Texas $38,289 2. J.W. Harris, May, Texas $77,824 Monday’s Games Bonderman pitched to 3 batters in the 5th. Winn rf 4 0 0 0 Helms 3b 4 0 0 0 Orlando vs. L.A. Lakers 6. Jesse Bail, Camp Crook, S.D. $29,488 3. Steve Woolsey, Payson, Utah $54,284 Detroit 5, Chicago White Sox 4, 1st game Umpires—Home, D.J. Reyburn; First, Brian Runge; BMolin c 4 0 0 0 HRmrz ss 4 0 1 1 Thursday, June 4: L.A. Lakers 100, Orlando 75 7. Steven Dent, Mullen, Neb. $26,089 4. Kanin Asay, Powell, Wyo. $49,740 N.Y. Yankees 5, Tampa Bay 3 Second, Derryl Cousins; Third, Jim Joyce. Sandovl 1b 3 0 1 0 Cantu 1b 4 0 2 0 Sunday, June 7: L.A. Lakers 101, Orlando 96, OT, L.A. 8. Landon McClaugherty, Tilden, Texas $25,566 5. Clayton Savage, Casper, Wyo. $48,262 Toronto 6, Texas 3 T—2:18. A—30,809 (40,615). Uribe 3b-2b 3 0 0 0 Uggla 2b 2 1 1 0 Lakers lead series 2-0 9. Seth Glause, Rock Springs, Wyo. $21,977 6. Jesse Bail, Camp Crook, S.D. $46,477 Chicago White Sox 6, Detroit 1, 2nd game Torres lf 2 0 0 0 C.Ross cf 3 0 0 0 Tuesday, June 9: L.A. Lakers at Orlando, 7 p.m. 10. Joe Beaver, Huntsville, Texas $21,491 7. Bobby Welsh, Gillette, Wyo. $44,966 Minnesota at Oakland, late Burriss 2b 2 0 0 0 RPauln c 3 1 1 0 Thursday, June 11: L.A. Lakers at Orlando, 7 p.m. 11. Chance Kelton, Mayer, Ariz. $20,099 8. Tate Stratton, Stanley, N.M. $44,575 Tuesday’s Games YANKEES 5, RAYS 3 Aurilia ph-3b 1 0 0 0 BCarrll rf 4 2 3 3 Sunday, June 14: L.A. Lakers at Orlando6 p.m., if nec- 12. Brad Hartt, Sebring, Fla. $17,657 9. Spud Jones, Tohatchi, N.M. $43,477 Kansas City (Bannister 4-3) at Cleveland (Cl.Lee 3-6), RJhnsn p 1 0 0 0 West p 3 0 0 0 ssary 13. Kyle Whitaker, Chambers, Neb. $16,791 10. Cody Whitney, Asher, Okla. $42,633 5:05 p.m. Tampa Bay New York Schrhlt ph 1 0 0 0 De Aza ph-lf 0 0 0 0 Tuesday, June 16: Orlando at L.A. Lakers, 7 p.m., if 14. Trell Etbauer, Goodwell, Okla. $13,503 11. B.J. Schumacher, Hillsboro, Wis. $34,021 Seattle (Vargas 2-0) at Baltimore (Bergesen 2-2), ab r h bi ab r h bi JMiller p 0 0 0 0 necessary 15. Rhett Kennedy, Chowchilla, Calif. $11,227 12. Cody Hancock, Taylor, Ariz. $33,718 5:05 p.m. BUpton cf 4 0 0 0 Jeter ss 4 1 1 1 Whitsd ph 1 0 0 0 Thursday, June 18: Orlando at L.A. Lakers, 7 p.m., if 16. Jack Vanderlans, Temecula, Calif. $10,126 13. Zack Oakes, Elk, Wash. $29,655 L.A. Angels (Jer.Weaver 5-2) at Tampa Bay (J.Shields 5- Crwfrd lf 4 0 2 0 Damon lf 4 1 1 1 MValdz p 0 0 0 0 necessary 17. J.R. Olson, Greeley, Colo. $9,308 14. Austin Ambrose, Fletcher, Okla. $26,033 4), 5:08 p.m. Longori 3b 3 0 0 0 Teixeir 1b 3 1 1 1 Totals 30 0 3 0 Totals 31 4 9 4 18. Jesse Sheffield, South Weber, Utah $9,272 15. Jason Beck, Prairieville, La. $25,281 N.Y. Yankees (A.Burnett 4-2) at Boston (Beckett 6-2), C.Pena 1b 3 0 0 0 ARdrgz 3b 3 0 0 0 San Francisco 000 000 000 — 0 Bareback Riding 16. Souli Shanklin, Rocksprings, Texas $22,405 5:10 p.m. Zobrist 2b 2 1 1 0 Cano 2b 3 1 1 0 Florida 030 001 00x — 4 GOLF 1. Clint Cannon, Waller, Texas $102,018 17. Stormy Wing, Dalhart, Texas $21,457 Toronto (Tallet 3-3) at Texas (D.Mathis 0-0), 6:05 p.m. Dillon dh 4 0 0 0 Posada c 3 0 0 0 DP—San Francisco 1. LOB—San Francisco 4, Florida 11. 2. Heath Ford, Greeley, Colo. $73,563 18. Corey Navarre, Weatherford, Okla. $21,414 Detroit (Willis 1-3) at Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 6-2), MHrnd c 4 1 1 1 HMatsu dh 2 0 0 0 3B—B.Carroll (1). HR—B.Carroll (1). SB—Torres (3), PGA Tour FedExCup Leaders 3. Bobby Mote, Culver, Ore. $45,477 19. Cory Melton, Tolar, Texas $21,378 6:11 p.m. Kapler rf 4 1 1 2 Swisher rf 3 1 2 2 Coghlan (3). SF—Ha.Ramirez. Through June 7 4. Kaycee Feild, Elk Ridge, Utah $41,181 20. Fred Boettcher, Rice Lake, Wis. $21,129 Minnesota (S.Baker 3-6) at Oakland (Bre.Anderson 3- Brignc ss 3 0 0 0 Gardnr cf 0 0 0 0 IP H R ER BB SO Rank Name Points YTD Money 5. Justin McDaniel, Porum, Okla. $40,442 Barrel Racing Joyce ph 1 0 0 0 MeCarr cf-rf 3 0 0 0 6. D.V. Fennell, Neosho, Mo. $38,271 5), 8:05 p.m. San Francisco 1. Zach Johnson 1,609 $3,305,441 1. Mary Burger, Pauls Valley, Okla. $94,317 Wednesday’s Games Totals 32 3 5 3 Totals 28 5 6 5 Ra.Johnson L,5-5 5 7 3 3 3 5 7. Will Lowe, Canyon, Texas $35,553 2. Brittany Pharr, Victoria, Texas $45,191 Tampa Bay 000 300 000 — 3 2. Geoff Ogilvy 1,511 $3,319,045 8. Kelly Timberman, Mills, Wyo. $31,970 Kansas City at Cleveland, 5:05 p.m. J.Miller 2 2 1 1 2 1 3. Steve Stricker 1,497 $3,117,036 3. Lindsay Sears, Nanton, Alberta $39,884 Seattle at Baltimore, 5:05 p.m. New York 120 001 01x — 5 M.Valdez 1 0 0 0 1 1 9. Tilden Hooper, Carthage, Texas $31,105 4. Mattie Little, Coppell, Texas $36,729 E—A.Rodriguez (3). DP—Tampa Bay 2, New York 1. 4. Tiger Woods 1,449 $3,246,813 10. Jared Smith, Snyder, Texas $26,669 L.A. Angels at Tampa Bay, 5:08 p.m. Florida 5. Sean O’Hair 1,387 $3,047,542 5. Cassie Moseley, Farwell, Texas $36,202 N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 5:10 p.m. LOB—Tampa Bay 7, New York 2. HR—Kapler (1), Jeter West W,1-1 8 2 0 0 1 6 11. Cody DeMers, Kimberly, Idaho $24,981 6. Sheena Robbins, Fresno, Calif. $35,232 (8), Damon (12), Teixeira (18), Swisher (12). 6. Phil Mickelson 1,377 $3,238,635 12. Wes Stevenson, Lubbock, Texas $24,469 Toronto at Texas, 6:05 p.m. Nunez 1 1 0 0 0 1 7. Kenny Perry 1,347 $2,776,705 7. Sherry Cervi, Marana, Ariz. $34,864 Detroit at Chicago White Sox, 6:11 p.m. IP H R ER BB SO HBP—by J.Miller (Uggla). WP—Ra.Johnson. 13. Caleb Bennett, Morgan, Utah $20,014 8. Tammy Key-Fischer, Ledbetter, Texas $34,557 Tampa Bay 8. Nick Watney 1,289 $2,587,386 14. Tim Shirley, Grant, Colo. $19,923 Minnesota at Oakland, 8:05 p.m. Umpires—Home, Fieldin Culbreth; First, Gary 9. Paul Casey 1,139 $2,560,610 9. Tiffany Fox, Fox, Okla. $33,882 Sonnanstine L,4-6 7 6 5 5 2 1 Cederstrom; Second, Jim Wolf; Third, Brian O’Nora. 15. Jared Keylon, Fort Scott, Kan. $18,727 10. Jill Moody, Letcher, S.D. $33,152 Choate 1-3 0 0 0 1 1 10. Rory Sabbatini 1,115 $2,419,619 16. Dusty LaValley, Crooked Creek, Alberta $18,541 T—2:32. A—12,068 (38,560). 11. Dustin Johnson 1,009 $2,078,103 11. Danyelle Campbell, Beaumont, Calif. $32,337 National League Isringhausen 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 17. Brian Bain, Culver, Ore. $17,693 12. Savanah Reeves, Dublin, Texas $31,723 All Times MDT New York 12. Brian Gay 968 $1,732,535 18. Steven Dent, Mullen, Neb. $16,721 13. Jim Furyk 964 $2,147,603 13. Brenda Mays, Terrebonne, Ore. $28,348 EAST W L Pct GB Pettitte W,6-2 6 5 3 2 3 7 MLB Leaders 19. Davey Shields Jr, DeWinton, Alberta $16,582 14. Jackie Jatzlau, Giddings, Texas $27,683 Hughes H,1 1 0 0 0 0 1 AMERICAN LEAGUE 14. Retief Goosen 897 $1,755,992 20. Tom McFarland, Wickenburg, Ariz. $16,159 Philadelphia 33 22 .600 — 15. Charley Hoffman 889 $1,545,078 15. Annesa Self, Valley View, Texas $27,564 Coke H,3 1 0 0 0 1 1 BATTING—ISuzuki, Seattle, .356; Youkilis, Boston, .349; Steer Wrestling 16. Jordon Peterson, Chilton, Texas $27,129 New York 30 25 .545 3 Ma.Rivera S,14-15 1 0 0 0 0 1 AdJones, Baltimore, .346; MiCabrera, Detroit, .345; 16. Kevin Na 870 $1,890,219 1. Curtis Cassidy, Donalda, Alberta $75,107 Atlanta 27 28 .491 6 17. Tim Clark 817 $1,636,636 17. Stephanie Fryar, Big Spring, Texas $24,952 Sonnanstine pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. VMartinez, Cleveland, .344; MYoung, Texas, .336; 2. Luke Branquinho, Los Alamos, Calif. $47,442 18. Nancy Hunter, Neola, Utah $21,924 Florida 28 31 .475 7 HBP—by Pettitte (C.Pena). WP—Pettitte. Morneau, Minnesota, .335. 18. Steve Marino 806 $1,440,935 3. Dean Gorsuch, Gering, Neb. $43,762 Washington 15 40 .273 18 19. Charles Howell III 795 $1,410,998 19. Terra Bynum, Colorado City, Texas $20,628 Umpires—Home, Tim McClelland; First, Andy Fletcher; RUNS—Scutaro, Toronto, 46; Damon, New York, 45; 4. Todd Suhn, North Platte, Neb. $31,641 20. Christina Richman, Glendora, Calif. $20,556 CENTRAL W L Pct GB Second, Adrian Johnson; Third, Scott Barry. Pedroia, Boston, 45; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 44; 20. Luke Donald 791 $1,449,450 5. Jake Rinehart, Highmore, S.D. $31,623 T—2:34. A—44,706 (52,325). Morneau, Minnesota, 44; BRoberts, Baltimore, 43; 21. Pat Perez 791 $1,428,201 6. Darrell Petry, Beaumont, Texas $30,664 Milwaukee 33 24 .579 — Bay, Boston, 42; AdJones, Baltimore, 42; Kinsler, 22. David Toms 782 $1,532,315 7. Jason Miller, Lance Creek, Wyo. $30,068 TRANSACTIONS St. Louis 31 27 .534 2½ Texas, 42. 23. Angel Cabrera 772 $1,690,695 8. Joey Bell Jr, Athens, Texas $29,837 Chicago 28 26 .519 3½ BLUE JAYS 6, RANGERS 3 RBI—Bay, Boston, 55; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 55; 24. Brian Davis 760 $1,609,951 BASEBALL Cincinnati 29 27 .518 3½ 9. Stockton Graves, Newkirk, Okla. $27,454 Toronto Texas Morneau, Minnesota, 52; Teixeira, New York, 50; 25. Lucas Glover 756 $1,296,053 10. Lee Graves, Calgary, Alberta $27,422 American League Pittsburgh 26 30 .464 6½ Kinsler, Texas, 44; TorHunter, Los Angeles, 43; NCruz, 26. Mike Weir 755 $1,520,729 CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Recalled RHP Jose Contreras Houston 25 30 .455 7 ab r h bi ab r h bi 11. Shawn Greenfield, Lakeview, Ore. $27,404 Scutaro ss 5 0 3 1 Kinsler 2b 4 0 1 0 Texas, 42; CPena, Tampa Bay, 42. 27. Ian Poulter 749 $1,864,808 12. Casey McMillen, Craig, Colo. $26,435 from Charlotte (IL). Optioned LHP Wes Whisler to WEST W L Pct GB A.Hill 2b 4 0 1 1 MYong 3b 5 0 0 0 HITS—AHill, Toronto, 78; VMartinez, Cleveland, 78; 28. John Rollins 745 $1,450,465 13. Matt Reeves, Pampa, Texas $22,574 Charlotte. 29. Jerry Kelly 742 $1,515,263 DETROIT TIGERS—Activated RHP Jeremy Bonderman Los Angeles 39 20 .661 — Rios rf 4 0 1 0 Blalock dh 4 1 1 0 ISuzuki, Seattle, 77; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 75; MYoung, 14. Billy Bugenig, Ferndale, Calif. $19,810 V.Wells cf 3 2 0 0 N.Cruz rf 4 1 1 0 Texas, 74; Morneau, Minnesota, 73; Ellsbury, Boston, 30. Y.E. Yang 727 $1,384,538 15. Tanner Milan, Cochrane, Alberta $19,432 from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Ryan Perry to San Francisco 29 27 .518 8½ 31. Mark Wilson 696 $1,399,812 Toledo (IL). San Diego 26 30 .464 11½ Lind lf 4 2 2 4 DvMrp lf 4 1 2 0 71; AdJones, Baltimore, 71. 16. Cole Edge, Durant, Okla. $18,275 Inglett lf 0 0 0 0 Byrd cf 4 0 2 1 DOUBLES—Lind, Toronto, 21; MYoung, Texas, 21; 32. Davis Love III 691 $1,220,519 17. Ronnie Fields, Oklahoma City $17,956 TEXAS RANGERS—Exercised a contract option to retain Arizona 25 32 .439 13 33. Camilo Villegas 661 $1,284,465 manager Ron Washington for the 2010 season. Colorado 25 32 .439 13 Rolen 3b 4 1 3 0 C.Davis 1b 3 0 0 0 Longoria, Tampa Bay, 20; Byrd, Texas, 19; Callaspo, 18. K.C. Jones, Decatur, Texas $17,779 Overay 1b 3 1 1 0 AnJons ph-1b 1 0 0 0 Kansas City, 18; Scutaro, Toronto, 18; Butler, Kansas 34. Briny Baird 644 $1,083,576 19. Gabe Ledoux, Kaplan, La. $17,339 National League Sunday’s Games 35. Charlie Wi 642 $1,182,100 ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS—Claimed RHP Blaine Boyer Chicago Cubs 6, Cincinnati 3, 14 innings Millar dh 4 0 1 0 Sltlmch c 3 0 1 1 City, 17; Lowell, Boston, 17; Markakis, Baltimore, 17; 20. Hunter Cure, Holliday, Texas $17,271 JMcDnl pr-dh0 0 0 0 Andrus ss 3 0 1 0 Morneau, Minnesota, 17. 36. Justin Leonard 638 $1,254,068 Team Roping (header) off waivers from St. Louis. Atlanta 8, Milwaukee 7 37. John Merrick 592 $1,096,407 FLORIDA MARLINS—Assigned RHP Hayden Penn out- N.Y. Mets 7, Washington 0 Barajs c 4 0 0 0 TRIPLES—Crisp, Kansas City, 5; Andrus, Texas, 4; 1. Kelsey Parchman, Cumberland City, Tenn. $69,518 Totals 35 6 12 6 Totals 35 3 9 2 Bloomquist, Kansas City, 4; DeJesus, Kansas City, 4; 38. John Mallinger 589 $1,157,871 2. Chad Masters, Clarksville, Tenn. $38,771 right to New Orleans (PCL). Houston 6, Pittsburgh 4 39. John Senden 586 $954,923 SAN DIEGO PADRES—Activated RHP Mike Adams from Colorado 7, St. Louis 2 Toronto 020 200 002 — 6 JAnderson, Detroit, 3; JBuck, Kansas City, 3; Crawford, 3. Nick Sartain, Yukon, Okla. $38,214 Texas 000 003 000 — 3 Tampa Bay, 3; Cuddyer, Minnesota, 3; Zobrist, Tampa 40. Hunter Mahan 581 $1,020,369 4. Keven Daniel, Franklin, Tenn. $34,458 the 60-day DL. Sent INF Chris Burke outright to Arizona 9, San Diego 6, 18 innings 41. Bubba Watson 570 $1,054,029 Portland (PCL). Recalled RHP Edwin Moreno and LHP San Francisco 3, Florida 2 E—A.Hill (6), Feldman (3). DP—Toronto 1, Texas 2. LOB— Bay, 3. 5. Kaleb Driggers, Albany, Ga. $33,350 Toronto 7, Texas 9. 2B—Rios (16), Rolen (17), HOME RUNS—NCruz, Texas, 17; CPena, Tampa Bay, 17; 42. Ben Crane 553 $1,110,822 6. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas $31,197 Wade LeBlanc from Portland. Optioned LHP Joe Philadelphia 7, L.A. Dodgers 2 43. Matt Kuchar 533 $916,715 Thatcher to Portland. Placed RHP Luis Perdomo on the Monday’s Games Dav.Murphy 2 (8). HR—Lind 2 (11). SB—V.Wells (10). CS— Teixeira, New York, 17; Bay, Boston, 16; Dye, Chicago, 7. Travis Tryan, Billings, Mont. $28,652 Scutaro (4), Rolen (1), Byrd (1). SF—A.Hill. 15; Kinsler, Texas, 15; Morneau, Minnesota, 15. 44. Jeff Klauk 520 $814,724 8. Charly Crawford, Prineville, Ore. $27,272 15-day DL. Colorado 5, St. Louis 2 45. Ernie Els 513 $949,110 American Association Florida 4, San Francisco 0 IP H R ER BB SO STOLEN BASES—Crawford, Tampa Bay, 34; Ellsbury, 9. David Key, Caldwell, Texas $24,881 Toronto Boston, 23; Figgins, Los Angeles, 21; BUpton, Tampa 46. Ted Purdy 511 $736,222 10. Colby Siddoway, Hooper, Utah $23,569 FORT WORTH CATS—Released C Freddy Carmona. Pittsburgh at Atlanta, late 47. J.B. Holmes 508 $947,969 GRAND PRAIRIE AIRHOGS—Signed OF Chad Gabriel. Arizona at San Diego, late Janssen W,2-2 51-3 6 3 2 2 6 Bay, 17; Abreu, Los Angeles, 15; Bartlett, Tampa Bay, 11. JoJo LeMond, Andrews, Texas $23,454 Frasor H,3 12-3 1 0 0 0 0 14; Span, Minnesota, 12. 48. Chad Campbell 503 $991,043 12. Justin Yost, Mt. Morris, Pa. $23,284 PENSACOLA PELICANS—Released LHP Dan Smith. Tuesday’s Games 49. Jason Dufner 488 $835,379 ST. PAUL SAINTS—Signed RHP Mark Moriarty. Cincinnati (Cueto 5-3) at Washington (Zimmermann 2- League H,4 2-3 1 0 0 0 1 PITCHING —Halladay, Toronto, 10-1; Slowey, Minnesota, 13. Coleman Proctor, Pryor, Okla. $21,251 8-2; Greinke, Kansas City, 8-2; Wakefield, Boston, 7-3; 50. Stewart Cink 485 $1,053,475 14. Ty Blasingame, Olney Springs, Colo. $20,532 Can-Am League 3), 5:05 p.m. Downs S,8-9 11-3 1 0 0 1 0 SUSSEX SKYHAWKS—Signed 1B John Urick. Philadelphia (Happ 4-0) at N.Y. Mets (J.Santana 7-3), Texas Verlander, Detroit, 6-2; Buehrle, Chicago, 6-2; Beckett, 15. Blaine Linaweaver, Leavenworth, Kan. $20,523 Boston, 6-2. 16. Luke Brown, Santo, Texas $19,579 United League 5:10 p.m. Feldman L,5-1 6 7 4 4 2 2 SAN ANGELO COLTS—Released RHP Brian Wilburn. Pittsburgh (Ohlendorf 5-5) at Atlanta (D.Lowe 6-3), Jennings 2 4 2 2 1 2 STRIKEOUTS—Verlander, Detroit, 97; Greinke, Kansas Champions Tour Charles Schwab 17. Joel Bach, Millsap, Texas $19,375 O’Day 1 1 0 0 1 0 City, 91; Halladay, Toronto, 88; Lester, Boston, 85; 18. Shane Philipp, Washington, Texas $18,963 FOOTBALL 5:10 p.m. FHernandez, Seattle, 79; Garza, Tampa Bay, 68; Cup Leaders Canadian Football League St. Louis (C.Carpenter 4-0) at Florida (Jo.Johnson 5-1), Jennings pitched to 3 batters in the 9th. Through June 7 19. Derrick Begay, Seba Dalkai, Ariz. $18,699 Beckett, Boston, 68. 20. Brandon Beers, Powell Butte, Ore. $18,661 WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS—Signed QB Richie Williams. 5:10 p.m. HBP—by Janssen (Andrus). WP—Janssen. Released QB Darrell Hackney. Chicago Cubs (Lilly 6-4) at Houston (Moehler 2-3), 6:05 Umpires—Home, Paul Emmel; First, Gary Darling; SAVES—Fuentes, Los Angeles, 15; Papelbon, Boston, Points Money Team Roping (heeler) 14; MaRivera, New York, 13; Jenks, Chicago, 13; 1. Richard Durham, Morgan Mill, Texas $67,907 HOCKEY p.m. Second, Bill Hohn; Third, Bruce Dreckman. 1. Bernhard Langer 1,162 $1,232,886 National Hockey League Colorado (Hammel 2-3) at Milwaukee (Looper 5-3), T—3:04. A—17,856 (49,170). FFrancisco, Texas, 12; Sherrill, Baltimore, 11; Nathan, 2. Michael Allen 720 $360,000 2. Kollin Von Ahn, Durant, Okla. $37,347 Minnesota, 11; Rodney, Detroit, 11. 3. Brad Culpepper, Ashburn, Ga. $37,014 ANAHEIM DUCKS—Signed RW Mike Brown to a two-year 6:05 p.m. 3. Larry Mize 672 $499,842 contract extension. San Francisco (Cain 7-1) at Arizona (Buckner 2-1), 7:40 NATIONAL LEAGUE 4. Loren Roberts 625 $703,445 4. Martin Lucero, Stephenville, Texas $36,275 BATTING—Tejada, Houston, .354; DWright, New York, 5. Patrick Smith, Midland, Texas $31,197 ATLANTA THRASHERS—Re-signed F Marty Reasoner. p.m. NL Boxes 5. Keith Fergus 570 $677,776 CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Signed LW Rob Klinkhammer, San Diego (C.Young 4-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 7- .345; Pence, Houston, .342; Beltran, New York, .342; 6. Mark O’Meara 541 $599,342 6. Michael Jones, Stephenville, Texas $30,327 ROCKIES 5, CARDINALS 2 Hawpe, Colorado, .337; HaRamirez, Florida, .332; 7. Jade Corkill, Fallon, Nev. $29,300 D Jonathan Carlsson, D Brian Connelly and G Alec 3), 8:10 p.m. 7. Nick Price 493 $575,177 Richards. Wednesday’s Games Colorado St. Louis Ibanez, Philadelphia, .329; CJones, Atlanta, .329. 8. Joey Sindelar 489 $647,369 8. Cesar de la Cruz, Tucson, Ariz. $27,418 ab r h bi ab r h bi RUNS—Ibanez, Philadelphia, 46; Pujols, St. Louis, 44; 9. Russell Cardoza, Farmington, Calif. $27,272 NASHVILLE PREDATORS—Signed F Triston Grant to a Cincinnati at Washington, 5:05 p.m. 9. Gene Jones 471 $593,796 one-year contract. Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, 5:10 p.m. Fowler cf 3 2 1 0 Schmkr 2b 3 0 0 0 AdGonzalez, San Diego, 41; Zimmerman, Washington, 10. Andy Bean 465 $570,047 10. Arky Rogers, Lake City, Fla. $25,285 Barmes 2b 4 0 2 2 Rasms cf 4 0 1 0 41; Braun, Milwaukee, 39; Hudson, Los Angeles, 39; 11. Mickey Gomez, Holland, Texas $24,009 COLLEGE Pittsburgh at Atlanta, 5:10 p.m. 11. Jeff Sluman 456 $513,229 ARMY—Named Shandrika Lee-Gerch women’s assistant St. Louis at Florida, 5:10 p.m. Helton 1b 4 0 2 1 Pujols 1b 4 0 0 0 Utley, Philadelphia, 39; Victorino, Philadelphia, 39. 12. Jay Haas 454 $554,066 12. Matt Zancanella, Aurora, S.D. $21,936 Hawpe rf 4 0 1 1 Ludwck rf 4 0 0 0 RBI—Fielder, Milwaukee, 54; Ibanez, Philadelphia, 54; 13. Marty Becker, Edmonton, Alberta $21,829 basketball coach. Chicago Cubs at Houston, 6:05 p.m. 13. Mark McNulty 444 $596,084 AUBURN—Named Edgard da Gama e Silva Filho assis- Colorado at Milwaukee, 6:05 p.m. Street p 0 0 0 0 Duncan lf 4 0 1 0 Pujols, St. Louis, 51; Howard, Philadelphia, 47; Dunn, 14. Fred Funk 431 $414,210 14. Randon Adams, Logandale, Nev. $21,817 Stewart 3b 5 0 0 0 YMolin c 4 1 2 0 Washington, 44; AdGonzalez, San Diego, 43; Hawpe, 15. Britt Bockius, Claremore, Okla. $21,497 tant volleyball coach. San Francisco at Arizona, 7:40 p.m. 15. Gil Morgan 420 $412,898 CONNECTICUT COLLEGE—Named Kenny Murphy men’s San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m. Tlwtzk ss 3 1 1 1 TGreen 3b 2 0 0 0 Colorado, 43. 16. Dan Forsman 382 $542,296 16. Rich Skelton, Llano, Texas $19,504 CGnzlz lf 4 0 1 0 Thurstn ph-3b 2 0 0 0 HITS—Tejada, Houston, 80; Hudson, Los Angeles, 73; 17. Ryan Motes, Weatherford, Texas $18,264 soccer coach. 17. John Cook 381 $477,752 DAYTON—Named Ricardo ``Kiki’’ Lara men’s assistant PPhllps c 4 0 1 0 BThmp p 2 0 0 0 Ibanez, Philadelphia, 72; Zimmerman, Washington, 72; 18. Bruce Fleisher 317 $313,556 18. Allen Bach, Weatherford, Texas $18,137 Marqus p 3 1 1 0 DReyes p 0 0 0 0 Pence, Houston, 69; HaRamirez, Florida, 69; 19. Cory Petska, Lexington, Okla. $17,323 soccer coach. 19. Mike Goodes 304 $392,069 GETTYSBURG—Named Stuart Pradia men’s assistant AL Boxes RFlors p 0 0 0 0 Motte p 0 0 0 0 FSanchez, Pittsburgh, 69; DWright, New York, 69. 20. Mark James 300 $301,947 20. Travis Graves, Jay, Okla. $16,752 S.Smith ph 1 1 1 0 TMiller p 0 0 0 0 DOUBLES—Tejada, Houston, 21; AdLaRoche, Pittsburgh, Saddle Bronc Riding basketball coach. TIGERS 5, WHITE SOX 4, FIRST GAME 21. Tom Jenkins 276 $377,924 INDIANAPOLIS—Named Jason Warthan wrestling coach. Corpas p 0 0 0 0 Ankiel ph 1 0 0 0 19; HaRamirez, Florida, 19; FSanchez, Pittsburgh, 19; 22. Eduardo Romero 255 $411,112 1. Bryce Miller, Buffalo, S.D. $66,489 Detroit Chicago Splrghs rf 0 0 0 0 C.Perez p 0 0 0 0 Beltran, New York, 18; Rowand, San Francisco, 18; 2. Jesse Kruse, Great Falls, Mont. $63,479 LSU—Announced men’s basketball F Tasmin Mitchell 23. Don Pooley 229 $336,961 withdrew from the NBA draft. ab r h bi ab r h bi Hwksw p 0 0 0 0 Hawpe, Colorado, 17; Hudson, Los Angeles, 17. 23. Fulton Allem 229 $309,842 3. Heith DeMoss, Heflin, La. $48,520 Report: Vikings tell Favre to decide this week MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Carpenter confirmed the review, but chance to hit the latest TaylorMade clubs for Vikings reportedly have told Brett Favre to declined further comment. free from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m decide this week if he wants to play this year. Tennessee has reported at least four minor Sports Shorts Information: 208-878-9807. ESPN says coach Brad Childress imposed recruiting violations since Kiffin was intro- Send Magic Valley briefs to [email protected] the deadline on the star quarterback. The duced as coach Dec.1.Athletic director Mike ISU football camp upcoming network cited two unidentified sources Hamilton said recently the number isn’t any Brooklyn. The boys were waiting for their Monday on its Web site. more than the school usually reports. team photo to kick off the summer season TWIN FALLS — The third annual Junior ESPN has said that Favre had arthroscop- ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” segment, when he cried out in pain. Bengal football camp will be held June 19 at ic surgery last month on his ailing right which recapped Kiffin’s first six months as “All the while he’s in the emergency room the Lighthouse Athletic Complex. Each shoulder. When Favre retired in February for coach of the Volunteers, also included a for two, three hours and we’re thinking it’s camper will have the opportunity to work the second time, he blamed a partially torn statement made by Kiffin’s former team, the just a baseball that hit him,” his mother, with ISU football coaches one-on-one in biceps tendon for his poor play late in the Oakland Raiders. Angela Walters, said. “When the doctor positional drills and basic techniques. season. He said his health was the main rea- Kiffin was fired in September for cause went to put (in) staples, she saw something. Cost is $40 if registering before June 1,and son behind his decision. after what owner Al Davis described as acts ... And we took a CAT scan, and there was a $50 after. Childress and Favre’s agent,Bus Cook,did of insubordination and lying. Kiffin filed a bullet in his head.” Information: http://www.isu-football- not return messages from The Associated grievance and is seeking two months pay for camps.com. Press. the time he was unemployed before being M AGIC V ALLEY hired at Tennessee. Muni holds Junior Camps C OLLEGE FOOTBALL Lyle Pearson tourney planned TWIN FALLS — Twin Falls Municipal Vols reviewing another B ASEBALL SUN VALLEY — The Lyle Pearson Fourth Golf Course’s 2009 Junior Camps will be Bullet hits NYC boy of July Tennis Championships will be held held in June and July. The cost is $50 per potential minor violation July 3-5. Entry deadline is June 30. A players’ camp and includes three lessons. Camp ses- KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee is look- readying for baseball photo party and raffle will be held July 3. sions run from 8-9:30 a.m. and camp dates ing into whether it committed another NEW YORK — When an 11-year-old sit- Information: 208-622-2156 or e-mail include today through Thursday as well as NCAA recruiting violation by allowing ting on bleachers with his baseball team [email protected]. June 23-25, July 14-16 and July 28-30. Paid media to be present during a meeting grabbed his head and started crying, his entries only.Information: 733-3326. between coach Lane Kiffin and recruits. family thought he had been whacked by a Burley holds couples event A segment of ESPN’s “Outside the Lines,” ball. Hours later they learned he had been Rupert CC offers junior golf clinic which aired Sunday, showed Kiffin in his struck by a stray bullet. BURLEY — Burley Golf Course will hold a office with two people identified by the net- The boy, Devante Kelly, was in stable con- nine-hole couples twilight golf event at RUPERT — The Rupert Country Club will work as recruits. dition Monday at Brookdale University 5:30 p.m., Friday. The format is Chapman hold its Junior Golf Clinic this Wednesday According to NCAA recruiting rule Hospital. Doctors removed the bullet, which and participants are invited to bring a dish and Thursday as well as June 17-18 and 24- 13.10.1,“A member institution shall not per- lodged between the boy’s skin and skull, and for a potluck dinner. The entry fee is $10. 25. Golfers age 7-10 will begin at 10 a.m., and mit a media entity to be present during any he was expected to recover, his family said. Green fees and cart are additional. golfers ages 10 and up will begin at 11. The recruiting contact made by an institution’s Kelly was on bleachers crowded with Burley Golf Course will also hold a free cost is $30 per child. Information: 436- coaching staff member.” players in a field near Starrett City, a 140- demo day for 2009 TaylorMade golf clubs 9168. Tennessee spokeswoman Tiffany acre apartment complex on Jamaica Bay in Saturday, June 13. Players will have the — staff and wire reports Sports 4 Tuesday, June 9, 2009 COMICS Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho

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