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86 / 55 Main 5 Healthy FANTASTIC FEDERER changes Roger Federer outlasts American Andy Roddick in epic for life marathon at Wimbledon to claim 15th major title. Healthy & Fit 1 Not as hot. H&F 10 LEFT ON THE FIELD >>> Cowboy Classic title game called due to weather, MAIN 5 MONDAY 75 CENTS July 6, 2009 MagicValley.com Downwinders still waiting for RECA coverage T.F. dog By Blair Koch “Maybe if senators and congressman were lived in affected areas, down- Times-News correspondent wind of the Nevada Test Site downwinders themselves, something would happen during periods of atmospheric park still in A common fear among victims nuclear testing. It is the third of radiation fallout caused by sooner and it would be different for the rest of us.” time such legislation has been nuclear testing in Nevada during — Wendell resident Sarah Wolfe, 65 introduced. discussion the 1950s and ’60s is that they Under the legislation, intro- will not live long enough to see In June 2008, Hoisington lost who still hold that belief, a recent duced June 25, those victims are By Jared S. Hopkins the government take accounta- her battle too, having died before move by Idaho Republican Sens. compensated up to $50,000 if Times-News writer bility. Idaho fallout victims were includ- Mike Crapo and Jim Risch and they contract certain kinds of Ilene Hoisington expressed ed in the Radiation Exposure Montana Democratic Sens. Jon cancer and disease. Presently, The Twin Falls Parks and this sentiment when interviewed Compensation Act. Tester and Max Baucus, is provid- fallout victims are compensated Recreation Commission is dis- by the Times-News in June 2007. “I think (the government) is ing glimmers of hope. only in parts of Utah, Nevada and cussing the possibility of creating a At 75, she had seen both her sons waiting until we all die and then The four senators are spon- Arizona, although studies show dog park within city limits, possibly die of cancer and had her own there won’t be anymore down- soring legislation that would Idaho and Montana received in the new Oregon Trail Youth larynx removed due to the same winders, problem solved,” make residents of the two states some of the highest doses of Complex. disease. Hoisington’s sister also Hoisington said in 2007. eligible for a federal program The idea of a dog park, which has died of cancer. For the downwinders today that compensates people who See DOWNWINDERS, Main 2 been batted around for several years, surfaced at the commission’s May meeting. Parks and Recreation Director Dennis Bowyer said Thursday the scenario is still in dis- SOLDIER cussion. MOUNTAIN NOW One suggestion is to use the north end of the new 20-acre Oregon Trail Youth Complex that was created LOOK WHO’S when the LDS Softball Complex and another park were combined. Bowyer said only two to four acres would be needed for a dog park. Another potential site is the water tower property on Hankins Road READY TO north of Kimberly Road. The rest- room there was closed because of vandalism. The city’s water depart- ment doesn’t oppose that use, but has expressed concern about water ASHLEY SMITH/Times-News system security, according to the An excavator sits idle at the site of the old Soldier Mountain resort near commission’s meeting minutes. Fairfield. The lodge burned down in March. The lodge will be rebuilt by owner See PARK, Main 2 REBUILD and actor Bruce Willis and his Hailey-based Valley Entertainment Group. Actor Willis set to bring Soldier Mountain Lodge back from the ashes National study: Idaho’s charter policy gets a ‘C’grade By Ben Botkin Times-News writer For Idaho’s charter school policy, the grade is in: It’s a “C.” That’s the mark that Idaho’s char- By Ariel Hansen ter school policy received in a nation- Times-News writer SOLDIER Courtesy art/ al report from the Center for MOUNTAIN’S FUTURE Valley Entertainment Group Education Reform, a national non- HAILEY — If all goes as planned, the lodge at the base This rendering shows how the day lodge profit organization based in at Soldier Mountain will look after it is rebuilt Washington, D.C. of Soldier Mountain will rise from its ashes by the time following a March 31 fire that destroyed the old lodge, a Fairfield landmark. The The report, which looked at the 40 states with charter school laws and new lodge is expected to be completed for this winter’s ski season. the ski season begins. the District of Columbia, ranked The day lodge, destroyed March 31 in an Idaho 21st in the nation. For charter design, with large windows facing “We’re real supportive of the school supporters, though, they say accidental fire, will be rebuilt by owner and the ski hill to maximize solar gain company, and recognize they’re there’s much more at stake than actor Bruce Willis and his Hailey-based and views. The deck is planned to in a difficult situation, and we’re whether the state’s policy gets a Valley Entertainment Group, with an esti- be pavers rather than wooden trying to support them to get the passing grade. planks, which will improve trac- lodge up and available for the next For charter school advocates, the mated reopen date of Dec. 15. The new tion for those walking in ski boots ski season,”said Ann Frost, recre- larger issue is whether state policy Willis lodge will go up on the site of the old, with and be easier to maintain. ation program manager with the will prevent Idaho from receiving its To keep flexibility in the floor USFS Fairfield ranger district. share of $4.3 billion in the Race to the similar amenities, said Valley Entertainment office plan and budget, the new lodge The Forest Service does have Top Fund, a federal program for manager Shelly Scott. will be one story rather than two, guidelines on materials and school reform that is accepting state Scott said. Although the resort is designs for structures on its land, applications this summer. “The new lodge is probably not and lounge. Unlike the old, the permitted by the U.S. Forest and Frost said the new lodge fits Currently, Idaho has a cap that a huge departure from the old new building will feature rest- Service on federal land, the struc- those guidelines nicely. limits charter school growth to six one, but it’ll definitely be a lot rooms, as well as a ski rental shop, tures belong to Willis, and the “We certainly gave them feed- per year.It’s possible that eliminating nicer. It’s a toned-down version ski school and ticket booth, which cost of the rebuild is not publicly back, and we were real happy with the cap — or making it less stringent of big lodges,”she said. were previously in separate struc- available. Scott said the insurance where it went,”Frost said. — will be discussed in the 2010 Like the old lodge, a Fairfield tures. Outdoor restrooms for on the old lodge was at least par- The site of the old lodge is Legislature. landmark, the new one will have a skiers will remain. tially paying for the building of LODGE grill and kitchen area, dining area, The lodge will have a Western the new one. See , Main 2 See CHARTERS, Main 2 U.S. soldiers, on FBI notes: Saddam feared Iran more than U.S. attack Dec. 15, 2003, demonstrate access Saddam also told notes written by sonally. “He was very aware to the spider hole By Pamela Hess the U.S. official that George Piro, an FBI of the United States’ signifi- Associated Press writer he had used tele- special agent who cant technological capabili- used by Saddam phones only twice in interviewed Saddam ties,’’ the agent wrote in Hussein before he WASHINGTON — The the last 14 years, and after he was nabbed notes after one interview. was captured the farm where Saddam Hussein moved his locations at the farm. The The former Iraqi dictator previous week, on a hid from U.S. forces before daily. With troops notes of the FBI was captured nine months farm near Tikrit, in he was captured in closing in on him, interviews were after the U.S. and its allies northern Iraq. December 2003 was familiar Saddam returned to made public by the invaded Iraq in March 2003. Hussein Unclassified FBI ground for the Iraqi dictator: the farm outside National Security Saddam was executed by It was the same place,he told Tikrit where he hid in 1959 Archive, a non-governmen- hanging on orders of Iraq’s interviews at a U.S. an FBI agent, where he after joining in a failed bid to tal research institute. successor government in detention center sought refuge 44 years earli- assassinate Iraqi president Saddam told Piro that December 2006. show new details er after taking part in a failed Abd Al-Karim Qassem. instead of relying on phones, In a series of interviews about the late Iraqi attempt to kill Iraq’s presi- Those details are among he communicated by courier dictator’s life. dent. more than 100 pages of or met with his officials per- See SADDAM, Main 2 AP photo Comics ......................Main 8 Jumble......................H&F 10 Opinion ......................Main 9 Crossword ..................H&F 7 Movies ......................Main 4 Sudoku ......................H&F 5 HONDURAS’ PRESIDENT TRIES TO HEAD HOME Dear Abby ..................H&F 6 Obituaries ................Main 10 To do for you ..............H&F 2 Soldiers block runway so plane can’t land > Main 10 MORNINGMORNINGMain 2 Monday, July 6, 2009 BRIEFINGBRIEF- TN Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho Pat’s Picks TODAY’S HAPPENINGS Three things to do today CHURCH EVENTS Twin Falls County Parks and Waterways Facility, 491 Caswell Ave.