Memories of Katrina Still Vivid in Mississippi
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What they didn’t know was how much of the coast would be wiped away in an eight-hour span. “I will never forget coming along 90 on Saturday, and it was almost as if it were just another holiday weekend,’’he said. “People were on the beach, and I remember seeing parties and bonfires DREW NASH/Times-News and I thought this thing was setting up Twin Falls Canal Co. employee David Humphrey measures water flow and pressure on a double head gate for irrigation Thursday near Twin Falls. to be another Camille.’’ Katrina wasn’t Camille, the leg- endary Category 5 hurricane that dev- astated the Gulf Coast in 1969. It was Magic Valley groups work together to preserve water worse. The winds were a strong Category 3, but the storm surge topped By Laura Lundquist 30 feet in some places, crushing tens of Times-News writer WHAT’S TO COME thousands of houses, churches and businesses and covering many more A drop of water that balanced Read Monday’s Times-News for with water. on a rose petal turned the world an update on the water picture In all, Katrina killed 1,833 people in upside down as Mary Garrett this fall. five states, including 168 in the three gazed at it before clipping the Mississippi coastal counties and 231 Twin Falls Canal statewide. It’s considered one of the stem. Co. employee As she lifted the rose,the drop worst natural disasters ever to hit the rolled off and landed in her David United States. While most of the groomed front lawn. The sprin- Humphrey nation’s attention in the aftermath of klers had been on overnight and measures the storm focused on New Orleans — the grass wetted her shoes as water flow and whose levees collapsed after Katrina she walked. pressure on a See KATRINA, Main 2 “It would be great if roses double head lasted,”Garrett said. “I love the gate Thursday scents. Some don’t smell, but they’re beautiful.” near Twin Falls. As Garrett strolled the garden at the side of her Shoshone Bird’s-eye home, she tried to figure out if she should adjust her sprinklers. “Roses need water, but not view rewards LAURA LUNDQUIST/Times-News DREW NASH/ too much,”Garrett said, exam- Times-News ining the blossoms. Shoshone’s 79,000-gallon tower is Plants that don’t need much undersized. The city is looking into T.F.cadets water are at an advantage in buying a bigger one, but budget con- INSIDE him it was replaced with a tower southern Idaho. Standing in straints prevent a purchase in the from Chicago. But choosing a Garrett’s established neighbor- Expand your vocabulary with water tower follows a By Laura Lundquist near future. Times-News writer hood, surrounded by houses these water terms. Goldilocks-and-the-three- with green lawns shaded by people. As Shoshone’s water bears rule, so not just any will See Main 7 Saturday morning chores are usually towering leafy trees, it’s difficult department manager, he knows do. tedious, especially for a teenager. But to tell that Shoshone is in a the town’s water from the The tower has to hold the it’s amazing how fast the grass gets cut desert. But the water that helps ground up. stantly to supply water. They right amount of water. Aggeler or how brightly the windows sparkle the town center resemble a As with many U.S. towns, would use more power — pump said if it holds too little, the when the reward is an airplane ride Vermont hamlet isn’t free, and most of Shoshone’s water is bills are high anyway — and pumps work more than they across southern Idaho. it isn’t necessarily guaranteed. pumped from deep within a well burn out quicker. should; if it holds too much, the Civil Air Patrol pilots flew three to high within a tower.Along the As it is, the pumps work until water sits too long in the tower Cessna airplanes into the Twin Falls City water providers way, water is funneled to the the tower is full. Then they turn and can breed bacteria. The airport Saturday morning to give ori- town’s neighborhoods. Some off and gravity goes to work, benefit of using groundwater is entation rides to area cadets. The event While some homeowners think water comes from the draining water from the tower that it doesn’t contain bacteria, was organized by Boise CAP pilot Nick assume water will always be tower, and sometimes it does. as people use it. When the water so cities don’t have to install fil- Marsh, who said that Twin Falls cadets there when they turn on the But Aggeler explained that the drops to a certain level in the tration systems. hadn’t received CAP rides in more than sprinkler, other people work to tower is there mainly to save tower, the cycle starts over. Shoshone’s 79,000-gallon four years so their time had come. make sure that’s the case for as energy. Shoshone’s original water tower is undersized. The city is The uniformed cadets gathered at long as possible. Without the tower, the well tower collapsed in 1943, and the airport’s CAP building before the See WATER, Main 7 Aaron Aggeler is one of those pumps would have to work con- Aggeler said old-timers told first airplane arrived at 8 a.m., and passed the time watching airplane videos and sharing a breakfast of pan- cakes and eggs. Cadet Ken Marshall was busy pinning patches and a name tag on a new camouflage shirt that had Former Castleford school employee accused of stealing thousands arrived just in time for its maiden voy- age. As the Buhl High School sopho- By Bradley Guire Brenda Thompson, an 18-year A police report filed in Twin fees, charges, overpayments and more shrugged into the pressed uni- Times-News writer employee of the district, on the Falls County states that a 2009 inaccurate payments. Authori- form, he was too excited to care that charge of felony grand theft. district audit found that ties were notified by the school the safety pins didn’t quite secure the A former secretary with the According to district Thompson paid herself $18,800 in December. bits of material. Castleford School District is Superintendent Andy Wiseman, more than her salary as “At this point, we’ve left it up CAP Capt.Richard Powell said 12 out accused of embezzling nearly Thompson resigned in March approved by the school district to the criminal investigation,” of 18 cadets had put in enough work, $35,000 in district funds over a 2009. board of directors while she said Glenn Eastman, chairman studying aerospace concepts, flight three-year period. A call to a number listed for handled payroll and accounts of the school district board. maneuvers and airplane safety, to The state recently filed a Thompson went unanswered receivable. In addition, another criminal complaint against Friday afternoon. $16,000 was lost due to other See CASTLEFORD, Main 2 See CADETS, Main 3 Bridge ..............Classifieds 8 Kids Only ........Family Life 6 Obituaries........Business 6-7 Crossword ......Classifieds 6 Jumble ............Classifieds 7 Sudoku ............Classifieds 5 WILDFIRES BURN ACROSS IDAHO Dear Abby........Classifieds 8 Movies ..................Opinion 7 Your Business ....Business 2 Cool weather assists firefighters > Business 5 MORNINGMORNINGMain 2 Sunday, August 29, 2010 BRIEFINGBRIEF- Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho Pat’s Picks TODAY’S HAPPENINGS Three things to do today ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT Celebration, hosted by Grace cost, 731-3895. Pat Marcantonio “A Midsummer’s Night Dream,” comedy Community Church, 10 a.m., 100 N. play presented by Sun Valley Meridian, Rupert, features a Mexican To have an event listed, please submit • The Bannock County 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the town Shakespeare Festival, 6 p.m., Forest food, no cost, 436-3790. the name of the event, a brief descrip- Bluegrass Festival continues center park in Stanley, off of Service Park, First and Washington tion, time, place, cost and contact num- from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Idaho Highway 21. Therell Streets, Ketchum, $20 for adults, free MUSEUMS ber to Mirela Sulejamnovic by e-mail at Bannock County be tours of wild chinook and for children 12 and younger, 726-4TKS. [email protected]; by phone, Fairgrounds, 10560 N. sockeye salmon spawning Rock Creek Station and Stricker home- 735-3278; by fax, 734-5538; or by mail, Fairgrounds Road in beds, kids activities, story- site, guided tours, 1 to 4 p.m., at 3715 E. Times-News, P.O.