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More than 300 Lhotshampas now live in Twin Falls. Times- ON DRUNKEN DRIVING News writer Melissa Davlin’s special reporting project will constant reminder of a past mis- tell you who they are and why Judges and advocates turn to technology take and, ideally, a barrier to they’re building new lives in in a push to prevent repeat offenses making it again. Our studies Idaho. Tool to stop a trend show license These ethnic Nepalis lived in By Bradley Guire and Eric Larsen drive again. That barrier is needed, some Bhutan but fled after the Times-News writers “It can be pretty stressful if it’s say — alcohol-related vehicle Bhutanese government’s at a bad time,”Daniels said of the accidents in Idaho declined suspensions Snow can be tricky, April random tests her ignition inter- slightly between 2005 and 2009, campaign of discrimination Daniels said.Busy roads,too. lock system subjects her to. but DUI arrests increased by aren’t enough.” and detainment. They sought But once the dashboard- “Once you get used to it, it’s not nearly 11 percent, according to refuge in Nepal and languished mounted machine in her car so bad. But sometimes it’s not the Idaho Transportation De- Christina Schorzman, local for years in refugee camps calls for proof that she’s sober, easy to hurry up and do it.” partment. MADD victim advocate during resettlement there’s no going back. It can’t be Daniels is a first-time driving In 2010, the Idaho Judiciary negotiations. bargained with or ignored, and it under the influence offender saw a 25 percent increase in DUI Top: April Daniels, 29, demonstrates won’t listen to reason. All it with an otherwise clean criminal filings from the prior year, as how to use an interlock device in her wants is a sample of her breath to record in Idaho. For her and oth- 12,686 new cases entered Idaho’s Now Davlin is headed for make sure the 29-year-old Twin er Idahoans who have been courts. vehicle Friday in Twin Falls. Daniels has Nepal’s camps, to meet more to keep the device for one year. Falls woman is making good on found guilty of DUI, court-or- refugee families who hope to See INTERLOCK, Main 3 (Photo by Drew Nash/Times-News) her promise not to drink and dered interlock devices provide a make the journey to Twin Falls.
WINNER BY A NOSE Ranchers get 2012 PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS advice to be Nevada GOP aims to make proactive state pivotal By Cristina Silva NRCS offers $3 million in Idaho Associated Press writer for work to boost sage grouse LAS VEGAS — Nevada Repub- licans are gambling that they can By Karen Bossick turn this swing state best known Times-News correspondent for showgirls and cowboys into a major player in picking the party’s HAILEY — Magic and Wood River valley presidential nominee. ranchers could face the kind of “spotted owl” After Iowa and New Hampshire scenario that the logging industry in Oregon did get their turns, Nevada hopes to if the sage grouse is listed as an endangered draw all the GOP hopefuls to its species. caucuses — and do better than the But by employing conservation measures, ABOVE: Tiger flop of 2008 when party infight- they can avoid their grazing being shut down and Scouts watch the ing and inexperience with the may be able to keep the sage grouse from being end of a close race caucuses turned the contest into listed as endangered. an afterthought. What’s more, there’s money to help them do in a Pinewood Mitt Romney won three years what they need to do, ranchers learned Thursday Derby competition ago, thanks to the state’s signifi- night. at the Magic Valley cant number of Mormon voters “If you knew cattle prices were going to in- Mall Saturday in and the absence of many of his ri- crease or decrease by 25 percent next year, you’d Twin Falls. vals.Most GOP candidates skipped take steps to maximize your benefit or minimize Nevada to focus on South Carolina. your losses,” said Joe Hinson, a spokesman for In all, 74 cars were Nevada Republicans are deter- the Northwest Natural Resource Group. “This is mined to make the Feb. 18, 2012, the same kind of thing. Agencies are anticipating entered into this caucuses an event not to be the sage grouse being listed. We want to protect year’s Pinewood missed, and they’re already seeing sage grouse while protecting the local economy Derby. their share of likely candidates al- at the same time.” most a full year before the voting. See GROUSE, Main 2 Photos by DREW NASH/Times-News See NEVADA, Main 4
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t s 7 o clock on a Monday can t remember our genera- Google (which developed T.F.police looking morning,and my wife DON T tion being so transfixed by the Droid) or Apple (father Iand I are sitting in our shiny,blinking objects as we of the iPhone.) living room drinking coffee. ASK ME are now.Our national motto Since the iPhone hit the She s in the recliner with a used to be e pluribus unum. market in 2007,the number for would-be robber cat in her lap,reading the Steve Crump Now,it oughtta be “Hang on of texting-while-driving a sec.” traffic deaths has skyrocket- Times-News him, and the man left the newspaper on her Android I was sitting in a meeting ed.Apparently,you can t scene without money. smartphone. a flight attendant I met in a in a Boise office conference take your eyes off your Twin Falls police are The man is described as Minutes pass.Silence. tiki bar?” room a while back with a smartphone if your life de- looking for a would-be 50 to 60 years old, roughly “Ahem,”I say at last. “Unh-huh,.Can I have bunch of people my age. pends on it. robber stemming from an 6 feet tall and heavyset. He “Good morning,dear.” some more coffee?” This particular room had My wife s Droid does have aborted Saturday after- was last seen wearing a red “Unh-huh,”she replies, And so it goes all across motion-activated lighting, some advantages for me, noon attempt. jacket, sunglasses and a never looking up. America.Conversation meaning that if its occu- though.Since she s not pay- At 1:40 p.m., police say a baseball cap. He left “Looks like a nice day.” can t compete with technol- pants don t move around the ing attention,I can let the man approached the teller Speedy Loan in a small, “Unh-huh.” ogy anymore. lights eventually go out. dogs up on the couch and at Speedy Loan, 430 Blue white SUV with tinted “Could rain though,I A farmer friend of mine When they finally did,like share Doritos with them. Lakes Blvd. N. He handed windows. guess,” recently acquired a Droid, clockwork,a dozen Droids And I have complete control the teller a note stating that If you have information “Unh-huh.” and that s mostly what we came out of pockets and of the big-screen. he was armed, and that this to report on this case, call “I need to clean out the talk about these days. purses shining their new That won t last,though. was a robbery. the Twin Falls Police De- gutters again.” When I can get his atten- flashlight app. I m sure there s a TV remote The teller confronted partment at 734-4357. “Unh-huh.” tion. “Did you know that the I asked if his wife was go- Like the dinosaur that I app out there somewhere. moon is made entirely of ing let him take his smart- am,I still pack a low-tech cream cheese?” phone on the tractor. cellphone with a camera I Steve Crump is the “Unh-huh.” “No,”he replied.”But I ll don t even know how to use. Times-News Opinion edi- Couple killed in rollover “And that today I m do it anyway.” And I m not quite sure I m tor. Hear him Fridays at ready to sell my soul to 8:30 a.m on KLIX-1310 AM. Times-News cording to the Elmore Coun- gonna run off to Tahiti with As kids in a toy store,I ty Sheriff s Office. When the A Utah couple was killed driver attempted to overcor- in a single vehicle crash rect,the car overturned. Saturday morning. The passengers, 66 and Huge Utah snowpack AROUND THE VALLEY Their Buick sedan was 68 years old, were both bound traffic will be shifted to headed west on Interstate 84 wearing seat belts. Weinermobile stops one westbound lane today, and a between Hammett and Names are being held prompts flood concerns in T.F. Monday 65 mph speed limit and 14-foot Mountain Home. The vehi- pending notification of the width restriction will be enforced. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — But McInerney said he s re- The Oscar Mayer Weiner- cle went into the median,ac- family. Small portions of westbound A banner snowpack in mul- luctant to make any compar- mobile will be in Twin Falls I-86 and I-84 near the junction tiple areas across Utah has isons to 1983, when a healthy Monday. will also be improved. A project prompted local and state of- snowpack and rapid rise in The 27-foot-long hot-dog- for the westbound I-86 lanes is ficials to prepare for the temperatures in May caused shaped vehicle will be on display scheduled for 2013. threat of spring floods. widespread flooding in Utah. for visitors, and Oscar Mayer Knife River Corp. of Boise is COMING THIS WEEK IN Water managers across The floods caused an esti- representatives will hand out the contractor for the $11 million much of Utah have reduced mated $200 million in dam- free postcards. repaving project, which is levels at reservoirs to make age. The Weinermobile is sched- expected to be completed in THE TIMES-NEWS room for spring runoff, the “When you look at 1983, uled to be at the Fred Meyer July. Deseret News of Salt Lake our snowpacks were nor- parking lot from 2 to 5 p.m., and City reported. mal. It just kept snowing in- the Holiday Inn Express parking National Weather Service to June,” he said. “That lot, at 1554 Fillmore St., after. Jerome holds hydrologist Brian McIner- spring weather is what we ney said the snowpack in the do not want to replicate. We Interstate repaving facilities workshop Wasatch Range east of Salt could have some problems, Jerome city officials invite Lake County was at 145 per- but if we shut off the rainfall may start Monday Jerome residents to a workshop cent of normal for the date, and snow, we should be OK The Idaho Transportation to discuss a development plan and more storms were going with regard to the flood Department s 15-mile pavement for new city facilities. to drive up that number. threat.” resurfacing project on Interstate The meeting will be held at 86 from the Interstate 84 junc- 6 p.m. Monday, at Jerome City tion to the Raft River inter- Council Chambers, 100 E.Ave.A. change is expected to begin as Information: 324-8189. Grouse MORE INFO soon as Monday. Weather permitting, east- — Staff reports Continued from Main 1 For more information, go to www.id.nrcs.usda.gov/pro- H i g h - t e c h m e d i c i n e About three dozen ranch- grams/sage_grouse/ ers attended the informa- index.html Melissa Davlin tells you M ONDAY IN tional meeting at the Com- Former county attorney about Mountain States Or call the Natural Resources H EALTHY munity Campus in Hailey. Conservation Service at Tumor Institute s new tool The greater sage grouse 208-378-5700. files $25 million claim for fighting cancer. & FIT was deemed a candidate species for federal protec- NAMPA (AP) — The for- claimed he owed the coun- tion last year in 11 Western have $3 million. If we don t mer Canyon County At- ty $288,000 from the states — kept off of the en- use all the money this year, torney has filed a $25 mil- Nampa deal. BEHIND THE dangered list only because we might just get $1 million lion tort claim against the The dispute over that other species were of higher next year,”said Hinson, en- county s top executives, money has also spilled over immediate priority. couraging the ranchers to accusing them of extortion into Bujak s federal bank- BOUQUET Bob Josaitis, rangeland sign up. and forcing his resignation ruptcy case and in a sepa- What you might not know management specialist with Carey rancher Ray Baird amid a dispute over his rate, ongoing criminal in- the U.S. Natural Resources said ranchers want to do handling of a contract to vestigation into Bujak s about the flowers on your Conservation Service in good. provide legal work for the handling of that contract. table; Ariel Hansen reports. Boise, said a listing could “In my opinion the city of Nampa. Bujak resigned Sept. 30 shut down grazing,just as the biggest threat to sage grouse The claim filed last week after telling commissioners T UESDAY IN spotted owl listing shut down is from wildfire. So why not is the latest dustup be- he could not pay the H OME & part of the logging industry. use grazing as a deterrent for tween county officials and $288,000 on the deadline But ranchers can protect fire?” he opined. “And former attorney John Bu- set by the county. He also G ARDEN themselves from such puni- they re thinking about a new jak, who stepped down signed over the Nampa tive measures with a Candi- airport south of Timmer- from the elected post last contract. date Conservation Agree- man Hill. There s 536 sage fall after serving less than In his tort claim, the first Minus Melissa Davlin reports on Magic ment with Assurances grouse on that runway — two years. step before filing a civil Valley cooks favorite substitutions (CCAA). Conservation offi- that s a lot of sage grouse.” In the tort claim, Bujak lawsuit, Bujak claimed the for allergen ingredients. cers would help participat- The population of sage contended commissioners commissioners “extorted” the milk ing ranchers assess the grouse in south-central Ida- forced him out of office, the transfer of the Nampa number of sage grouse on ho endured a substantial de- and in the process “extort- contract by threatening to W EDNESDAY IN F OOD their land and identify areas cline four years ago, in part ed” a $1.8 million contract withdraw their endorse- for habitat improvement. In due to the West Nile virus, he had with Nampa to ment of it. He claims the return for taking steps to said Idaho Fish and Game prosecute the city s misde- commissioners threated to help the grouse, ranchers biologist Regan Berkley. meanor cases. sue him to collect money NOT THE SAME wouldn t be punished under Since numbers have stabi- The county and Nampa they knew they were not the Endangered Species Act lized and even slightly risen, signed a contract in 2009 entitled and to prosecute OLD SONG for any incidental harm to except for the Jarbidge area that gave Bujak control and him for misappropriation the birds in the course of to the southwest that was diverted payments from of government funds. Melissa Davlin talks to their work. ravaged by the 2007 Murphy the city into a trust fund He also accuses county Magic Valley cover bands about NRCS has $3 million to Complex Fire. managed only by him, but officials of making false and how they try to stand out. spend in Idaho this year to Sage grouse are important from which Bujak would libelous statements about help ranchers carry out as an indicator species to reimburse the county for him in public and giving those measures. For in- determine how healthy the staff time and supplies. misleading statements to F RIDAY IN E NTERTAINMENT stance, it could pay them rangeland and sagebrush At the time of his resig- investigators conducting $1.65 an acre to defer part of are,Berkley said. nation, county officials the criminal inquiry. their land from grazing until Watershed % of avg. peak June 15 when they know the Salmon 103% 97% nesting period is over. Or it Big Wood 101% 95% could pay them to put up a Little Wood 105% 102% fence or move a fence. Big Lost 102% 96% The catch: Ranchers who Little Lost 115% 104% Henry s Fork/Teton 116% 110% want to participate must ap- Seasonal percentage, Upper Snake Basin 115% 109% ply by April 15. as of March 26 Goose Creek 92% 92% “Last year we had $1 mil- Salmon Falls 109% 106% lion to spend. This year we Save up to 60% on IDAHO LOTTERY Circulation Director Robert Ronco . .735-3327 great deals from TIMES-NEWS Circulation phones open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily Saturday, March 26 and 6 to 10 a.m. on weekends for questions PUBLISHER about delivery, new subscriptions and vacation 04 10 11 19 33 Powerball: 27 local businesses John Pfeifer ...... 735-3345 stops. If you don’t receive your paper by Power Play: x4 6:30 a.m., call the number for your area NEWSROOM before 10 a.m. for redelivery. 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said the devices’ usage still Interlock has room to grow. “Judges come and judges Eligible for Medicare? Continued from Main 1 go,” Bechen said, “and as Who’d have thought? As more Idahoans are ar- new ones come in, we try to rested for impaired driving, get some training out there Call us today about the number of Twin Falls for how the interlocks work.” Medicare Supplements County DUI offenders re- Schorzman said a joint ef- fort by MADD, ITD and the and Medicare quired to regularly prove Advantage Plans. their sobriety to their vehi- National Highway Traffic cles is also on the rise. Mag- Safety Administration is istrate Judge Thomas Ker- promoting legislation to Denise Siren make interlocks a mandated shaw,the 5th Judicial District 1637 Addison Avenue East 734 3342 DUI court judge,said he’s or- part of sentencing for DUI dering every offender who offenders. While the group enters his program to install ASHLEY SMITH/Times-News already encourages interlock an ignition interlock device Dan Alsgaard, a mechanic at Aarow Automotive in Twin Falls, installs usage to judges and prose- GET TUNED UP FOR SUMMER! in their vehicle. an ignition interlock device in a vehicle on Wednesday. The devices cutors, passage of a rule “Our policy is that we’re require drivers to submit a breath test to prove they haven’t been change in the Capitol would Whether you are running your going to use them,” he said. drinking before the vehicle’s engine will start. be a boon to MADD’s efforts. kids, going to work or “There are lots of advan- “We’re just starting to take going on vacation... a good run at it,”Schorzman tages. Obviously, one is that we can make sure you if they’re working properly, a HOW INTERLOCKS WORK said. “There’s been legisla- person can’t drive while in- tion drafted and a commit- stay traveling! What does the device do? toxicated.” tee is reviewing it.” Interlock devices prevent The devices weren’t al- anyone from driving a DUI ways such popular deter- Smile, you’re on camera Fred Kenyon 141 Bridon Way, Jerome offender’s vehicle unless 731 7957 324 5476 rents. they’re stone-cold sober. As judicial officials and Repair Judge Howard Smyser and The dashboard-mounted victim advocates push for Coordinator Steve Conger gadget is wired into the wider interlock usage, one started the district’s DUI vehicle’s starter. The driver problem persists: how to court more than four years must pass a breath test keep offenders from using a ago. The program is similar to before the car will start. designated breather. drug court: both offer quali- While all current devices fying offenders a chance to How much alcohol does it DREW NASH/Times-News require a breath sample, not have their convictions drop- take to disable the car? An ignition interlock device is all require proof that the ped if they successfully com- Interlocks don’t allow their displayed at Aarow Automotive. driver provided it. A co- NOW OPEN plete an aggressive rehabili- owners any wiggle room. If conspirator or unwitting tation process that includes the tiniest bit of alcohol is present on his or her breath, the inter- child could provide an en- FOR LUNCH! counseling and regular court lock will keep the car from starting. The instruments are sensitive gine-starting sample for a appearances. enough to detect alcohol found in gum, mouthwash and even sour- drunken driver. 11:30 am-2:00 pm 7 Days A Week! Interlocks were certainly dough bread. In the event of an error, a re-test is allowed after a It’s a misdemeanor in Ida- *Great Sandwiches, available at the DUI court’s few minutes, enough time for food alcohol to dissipate. ho to provide a breath test to genesis, but Conger said their allow a DUI offender to skirt Wraps and Burgers installation cost offenders Are there penalties if a DUI offender has alcohol on his or her his or her interlock device, upward of $300, plus a $100 breath? but it’s a difficult crime to *Homemade Soups monthly calibration fee.Aside Modern interlocks can store up to a month of test data. Results go enforce unless police catch from the high cost for offend- to the offender’s probation officer. Blowing positive for alcohol is a violators in action. *Healthy Salads ers — which could be seen as violation of DUI court rules; the offender will face the conse- But Kershaw believes that and Much More! part of their punishment — quences specific to their case. concern is easy to address. local officials had a more prac- He and Conger noted that tical reason not to rely on the Can’t the driver just consume alcohol after the car is started? many interlock manufactur- The BEST Happy ever-present tests: No one in Modern systems require drivers to provide “rolling re-samples” at ers are beginning to offer Twin Falls installed them. random intervals. Since proving sobriety to a Subaru at interstate “cockpit cameras” that snap Hour In Town! But as more area mechan- speeds can be nearly as dangerous as drunken driving, interlocks pictures of an automobile’s 4:00-6:00 pm ics began to — at least four in give drivers a couple of minutes to pull over and provide another driver and passengers when Twin Falls and Jerome do sample. the interlock is in use. They Friendly People, now — the related cost also save the photos for pro- plummeted. What happens if a mid-trip test is failed? bation officials to review. Comfortable Surroundings “They’re at about rock The interlock won’t turn the car into a roadside statue. Instead, it’ll Right now,a camera isn’t a and the BEST Views bottom,” Conger said of the flash the car’s lights and honk the horn much like a car alarm required piece of Idaho’s in- fees. Some mechanics, he would, potentially drawing suspicion from a patrol officer and terlocks. But Smart Start and of the Canyon Anywhere! added, have even offered free other drivers. LifeSaver, both brands ap- installation. proved by ITD, offer a cam- Dinner Served Starting at 5pm Daniels said she paid about he’s not told when the units Twin Falls counties. Within era with a lens as small as a 7 days a Week! $130 for her device’s installa- are removed. the district,Twin Falls Coun- cellphone or laptop webcam. tion after her December con- In 2010, ITD received 1,345 ty had the most installations “I could see it becoming viction, plus an ongoing $65 interlock installation re- with 31, but Blaine County mandated in the future,” Reservations Available 737-0486 to $100 for monthly fees. It ports. Those reports includ- followed closely with 27. Conger said. “We really like Walk-ins are Always Welcome! can be hard to come up with ed 86 in the 5th Judicial Dis- Bechen said he’s seeing an the camera.” the money each month, she trict, which covers Blaine, increase in interlock orders, said,but,“Well,yeah,it could Camas, Cassia, Gooding, Je- due in large part to getting be worse.” rome, Lincoln, Minidoka and word out to judges. But he MADD seeks legal shift Currently, interlock in- stallation is still among the Valley many options an Idaho judge can choose when sen- Carpet Care tencing a DUI offender. Mothers Against Drunk “True deep carpet cleaning.” Driving says that choice Marvin 536-5777 should morph into mandated Josh 308-9999 punishment for everyone who’s caught drunk at the wheel.MADD wants to put an interlock device in every DUI offender’s vehicle, claiming that doing so reduces repeat offenses by 64 percent. “MADD has been a huge End Back Pain supporter of interlock de- vices,” local MADD victim advocate Christina Schorz- No matter the size of your business, man said.“Our studies show license suspensions aren’t enough.” we have the experience and range of Schorzman said the inter- locks aren’t a replacement banking solutions to it your needs. for stricter DUI sanctions, but can supplement punish- ment. People with suspend- ed driver’s licenses still need to get places, she said, so - Checking they drive anyway. 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Drug use or selling — 7 # !# " # # # Fight — 3 Winter Leadership Meet- now, the state’s Republi- " ## ing in Las Vegas on April 2. cans are proceeding as if # # " Hit and run — 4 # " — Newt Gingrich, Tim Paw- they will get to keep the " ! # Noise disturbance/disturbance 45 ## — lenty and Sarah Palin have plum No. 3 spot on the po- # ! " !" Prowler/peeping Tom 9 # """ # Shots fired — 2 traveled to the state for litical calendar. # # # Stolen vehicle — 2 fundraising dinners and It could be a high-stakes Grandview Drive North! # # # # ! Structure fire — 1 private meetings. role for Nevada, the first ! #" # # "#! #### " ! — “Our state is beginning Western state in the pri- # # ! ! Theft 22 # ! Threat — 2 to pick up some traction,” mary process. Depending " ! # # #" # # # Trespassing — 4 said former Nevada Gov. on the outcome in Iowa and # # " ! # " Vandalism — 17 Robert List, a Republican New Hampshire, Nevada ! " !! ## ! "!!! # Vehicle burglary — 6 National Committee rep- could give momentum to a Shoshone Street # — # !# # Sexual assualt 5 resentative. “It’s been a lit- candidate or further com- "# tle slow to build because plicate the race. ## ! # Kimberly Road !" # "# !! Nevada is relatively new to Still, the GOP has a few # this role as an early state. hurdles to pulling off a " # We are learning the ropes as marquee event. # # we go forward here.” “They don’t know what Nevada Republicans plan they are doing because they # # Twin Falls ## to host a series of mock have never done it before,” caucuses, train volunteers said Heidi Smith, also an incidents about how to hold a caucus RNC representative. ## and teach voters the intri- And the tea party’s # cacies of participating in emergence has exacerbated # Eastland Drive South the process. Party leaders fissures in the state GOP. 3/17-3/24 also are seeking advice The divisions were on full from experts in Iowa, display last year when the # Source: City of Twin Falls Source: city of Twin Falls which for years has held the GOP nominated Sharron Washington Street South leadoff caucuses. And the Angle over the establish- GOP is stepping up fund- ment candidate to chal- raising to ensure that it has lenge the endangered Reid. enough money to rent ven- He won and is back in the ues for the voting sessions. Senate. Angle is running 5TH DISTRICT COURT NEWS Caucuses typically are for a House seat, giving the TWIN FALLS COUNTY MORE ONLINE the period of Jan. 31 to Feb. 28. Suzanne Summer. Seeking all-day meetings in which tea party a prominent voice FELONY SENTENCING Jose M. Lozano. Seeking estab- establishment of support for activists gather to talk and in the state. Michael R. 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Ayala-Martinez. frastructure in place in 2012 population or its hundreds court compliance program, Sandy Williamson. Seeking per- less. Seeking establishment of in the Republican Party to of unemployed workers. $265.50 costs, 100 hours com- manent injunction against Brent A. Rathbun. Seeking medical support: 52 percent drive more people to the Nevada has the highest munity service, enter no estab- defendants operating a non- establishment of paternity, of medical expenses not cov- caucus,”said Rep.Joe Heck, jobless rate in the nation at lishment that sells alcohol as permitted motocross track on Medicaid reimbursement and ered by insurance, provide who represents southern 13.6 percent. main source of income. their property, $300 costs and child support: $122 monthly medical insurance; lien will be Nevada. State GOP chairman $100 per day if the operation support plus 43 percent of placed upon defendant’s real There’s plenty of room Mark Amodei also is FELONY DISMISSALS continues after injunction is medical expenses not covered and personal property if delin- for improvement. In 2008, weighing a congressional Jason McLemore, 29, Twin Falls: issued. by insurance, provide medical quent in obligation for at least Republicans drew only run, and the possible race two counts grand theft, state Don Bothof dba Mountain West insurance, $2,858.32 birth 90 days or $2,000, whichever 44,000 voters at 113 pre- to replace him could fuel dismissal. Hay vs. John Nunes. Seeking costs, 43 percent of any work- is less. cincts at a cost of about internal strife. Desiree A. Green, 32, Kimberly: repayment of balance $51,418 related day care expenses. $400,000. By comparison, The Nevada GOP has four counts forgery, state dis- and interest accrued and attor- Tritan M. Martin. Seeking estab- DIVORCES FILED Democrats — with the help been in disarray for years. missal. ney’s fees. Plaintiff alleges lishment of paternity and med- Rosa C. Zagal vs. Juan M. Zagal. of Senate Majority Leader Republican Jim Gibbons, defendant failed pay for servic- ical support: 50 percent of Todd A. Rambur vs. Kristina M. Harry Reid — staged a the state’s governor until DRIVING UNDER THE es. medical expenses not covered Rambur. highly organized contest in last fall, faced a series of INFLUENCE SENTENCINGS Chanelle Sisson vs. Lance by insurance, provide medical Terilyn Canning vs. Stacy W. which Barack Obama and scandals while in office, Laci E. Everett, 31, Wendell; driv- LeBaron Homes Inc. insurance; lien will be placed Canning. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Sen. John Ensign won’t ing under the influence, $500 upon defendant’s real and per- Julianne Yates vs. Timothy Yates. competed fiercely. More seek another term, dogged fine, $182.50 costs, 180 days CHILD SUPPORT CASES sonal property if delinquent in Jose M. Rodriguez vs. Lindsey L. than 116,000 Nevada De- by ethics allegations. jail, 178 suspended, one credit- The State of Idaho, Department obligation for at least 90 days Rodriguez. ed, driving privileges suspend- of Health and Welfare, Child or $2,000, whichever is less. ed 90 days, 12 months proba- Support Services has filed Steven D. Thieman. Seeking CITY OF TWIN FALLS tion, no alcohol, judgment with- claims against the following: establishment of child support: DRIVING UNDER THE A COMFORTABLE held. Desiree A. Green-Dillon. Seeking $313 monthly support plus 55 INFLUENCE SENTENCING RETIREMENT Sabra Brittaney Lee Atkinson, establishment of support of percent of medical expenses Darren S. 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Ada County detectives began their investigation in July when a jailed Oil company delays test megaload Everhart confessed that he had unprotected sex with as many as BOISE — An oil company’s oversized test load originally scheduled NEBRASKA 20 men and one woman he met online since he found out in to start moving Monday across U.S. Highway 12 in northern Idaho and October 2009 that he had HIV. Order toughens ID rules for imported cattle Montana has been delayed until April 4. LINCOLN, Neb. — Cattle and bison imported to Nebraska from the The Idaho Transportation Department in an announcement Friday Yellowstone region of Idaho, Montana and Wyoming soon will face says Imperial Oil/ExxonMobil Corp. asked for the delay. MONTANA tougher identification requirements. The moving company contracted to haul the shipment says it will Grizzlies emerging from dens at Glacier The state Department of Agriculture issued an importation order use the extra time to give additional training to flaggers and pilot car KALISPELL, Mont. — Glacier National Park officials say grizzly bear Friday that calls for those animals to be permanently marked so they drivers. Imperial Oil originally proposed moving 207 loads along U.S. tracks have been spotted in the snow in the park and are warning visitors can be traced back to the state of origin. The order takes effect Friday. Highway 12 to Alberta, Canada, where the modules would be assem- that bears are emerging from their dens. Brucellosis spreads to cattle from wildlife and can cause cows and bled into a factory at an $8 billion complex at the Kearl oil sands. Glacier Superintendent Chas Cartwright tells the Daily Inter Lake that bison to go into premature calving or abort their calves. 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Aluminum Cans The Coeur d’Alene Press reports that 62-year-old Sandra Kay UTAH Martinson of Post Falls entered the plea this week in 1st District Court. Herbert signs bill changing liquor laws Martinson retired in November. Kootenai County commissioners SALT LAKE CITY — Gov. Gary Herbert has signed into law legislation ¢ say a routine review of Martinson’s records found about $139,000 making changes to Utah’s liquor laws, despite a state board’s request unaccounted for over the past decade. for him to veto it. extra 5 /lb. Police say she wrote 210 checks to herself. 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