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MagicValley.com Employers Jerome council approves water rate hike consider this all in one shot.” meetings in August. from 80 to 90 cents in Base rate to increase by 74% Councilman Chris Barber “Our administration did a October 2008. In 2006, it voted for the increase after a good job getting the word was 72 cents per 100 cubic shifting By John Plestina The change that goes into short delay to consider his out,”Barber said. feet. Times-News writer effect Oct. 1 amounts to a 74 vote. Marj Schmidt and John Jerome’s current base rate Marchant explained that percent increase in the base Shine also voted in favor of is $8.55 monthly plus 90 aging water mains and fre- more health JEROME — Jerome City rate for residential water and the increase. cents per 100 cubic feet (748 quent leaks have led to high Councilman Robert Culver a 56 percent increase in the While some people testi- gallons) used. The new maintenance costs. offered a resounding “no” consumption rate. fied at a public hearing that monthly base rate will be The rate increase is to costs to during a roll-call vote of “I feel this is too much at they were not aware of the $14.92, an increase of $6.37, “invest in infrastructure and council members Tuesday, one time. I think we should increase, City Administrator and the usage charge will to meet bond obligations expressing his displeasure split it up, half this year and Ben Marchant said the city increase to $1.40 per 100 (for new water lines and employees over a water rate increase half next year,” Culver said. presented proposed rates to cubic feet. that passed by a 3-1 vote. “I don’t think we should do the public in two town hall The usage rate increased See WATER, Main 2 By Nate Poppino Times-News writer
A series of new surveys focusing on the cost of Snail status health benefits indicate that Sittin’ on the Snake U.S. employees may likely see their coverage decline as to stay they shoulder more of the burden of premiums in the near future. the same One state-by-state study also concluded that health- care premiums in Idaho have Bliss Rapids snail to risen three times faster than wages in the past decade, stay listed; Utah with employers continuing to shoulder the majority of valvata snail may lose the burden. The organizations behind federal protection the reports all said their data show a clear need for health- By Nate Poppino care reform of the type being Times-News writer pursued in Washington, D.C., where President A species of snail that thrives Obama is attempting to along the Snake River near move Congress toward a Hagerman will remain on the fed- comprehensive restructur- eral list of threatened species, the ing of the current system. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Wednesday. But INSIDE another species also found in the Find out what Idaho families pay region may stand a chance of on average for health insurance. shedding its “endangered” status after scientists discovered it lives See Main 2 in a wider habitat than believed. A public comment period on Families USA, one of the the Utah valvata snail ended advocacy groups promoting Monday, and federal officials may Democrats’ take on the now take up to nine more months reform effort, announced before issuing a final decision on this week that premiums for removing it from the endangered family coverage in Idaho rose species list, said Meggan Laxalt 123 percent between 2000 Mackey, spokeswoman for Fish and 2009, while median and Wildlife’s Idaho office. The individual earnings only Bliss Rapids snail, however, will went up 41 percent. remain listed as “threatened” Individual premiums rose 47 along its 65 miles of river habitat percent in the same time. thanks to concerns about declin- Employers in both cases ing water levels, water-quality absorbed at least twice as issues and competition from non- much of the cost increases as native species. their employees did. According to the group’s See SNAILS, Main 2 estimated 2009 figures, Idaho workers on average only covered 13 percent of premiums for individual plans and 31 percent for 9 lawyers family plans. The organization laid out four factors believed to drive the cost increases: the U.S. vie for continues to spend more on health care each year, insur- ance companies aren’t regu- Wood’s lated enough, a small num- ber of insurers dominate the market and Americans with ASHLEY SMITH/Times-News insurance keep getting bench seat charged more to cover the health costs of those without een through silhouetted leaves along the Snake River Thursday afternoon, Ephraim Boss, 18, of By Andrea Jackson insurance. Times-News writer SSalt Lake City, fishes under blue skies. Boss was in town to assemble a trade show display and Those factors also affect what businesses can offer decided to purchase a cheap fishing pole to try his luck on the river before disassembling the display The Idaho Judicial Council rep- their workers. A set of stud- rimanded him four years ago ies last year concluded that at the end of the day. Today’s forecast calls for sunny skies and a high of 85. when he was a magistrate judge in more than half of Idaho Gooding County, but now Kevin businesses do not provide Cassidy wants the council to sup- health benefits. Now, an port him in getting back on the annual survey by the Kaiser M.H.Air Force Base seeks more air space bench. Family Foundation and the And he’s not alone. Cassidy, Health Research & The Associated Press offered in Idaho, making was approved years later. modern and faster than along with eight other lawyers, Educational Trust found the base comparable to Bird said a larger range the F-15 jets currently are vying to fill a vacancy left by that about 40 percent of BOISE — Officials at the Nevada’s Nellis Air Force would allow the F-15 pilots housed at the base. But retiring 5th District Court employers nationwide are Mountain Home Air Force Base. at the base to fly closer to some ranchers are con- Administrative Judge Barry Wood likely to require workers to Base in Idaho have asked It’s not the first time the ground at supersonic cerned that lower-flying on Dec. 31. pay more out-of-pocket at the Federal Aviation military officials have speeds for their training, jets would harry their cat- They’re competing to get their doctor visits, raise Administration to expand sought to expand the creating more realistic tle. names on a short list from the the base’s airspace deeper range, the Idaho scenarios as they prepare The Mountain Home state’s judicial council that will go See COSTS, Main 2 into Oregon and Nevada. Statesman reported. for deployments to places range complex covers See SEAT, Main 2 Col.John Bird,the com- Environmental groups like Iraq and Afghanistan. more than 187 square mander of the 366th and others scuttled a sim- An expansion could also miles in Idaho, Oregon On the Web Fighter Wing, said the ilar proposal in the 1990s. make the base more and Nevada. If approved, INSIDE Visit www.familiesusa.org/assets/ expansion would double That prompted the Air attractive as a future the expansion would Find out who all nine lawyers are. pdfs/costly-coverage/idaho.pdf the effectiveness of the Force to retool and scale training site for the F-35 or increase the air space by to read the Families USA report. airspace and the training back that request, and it F-22 jets, which are more nearly 30 percent. See Main 2
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Pat’s Picks TODAY’S HAPPENINGS Three things to do today CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS MORE EVENTS INSIDE Avenue, Twin Falls, no cost, 734-0622 or Pat Marcantonio MOMS Club, support and fun activities for [email protected]. stay-at-home moms and their children, • This is a must in our • Learn about the uni- For detailed coverage of today’s 9:45 to 11 a.m., Twin Falls, 539-6470 or TODAY’S DEADLINE energy-strapped world and verse in the “Uranus and its [email protected]. arts and entertainment all future. That is, a two-day Moons” astronomy talk at Deadline for registering artists, crafters for Burley Lions Club, noon, Morey’s around south-central Idaho, Renewable Energy 7:45 p.m. in the Rick Allen Nov. 7 art and craft show, Our Savior Steakhouse, 219 E. Third St. N., 878-7235. check out our Events Calendar in Conference for Small Room at Herrett Center for Lutheran Church, Twin Falls, 733-3774 Members of the Twin Falls High School grad- Business and Consumers the Arts and Science off of today’s Entertainment section. Reminder for Satruday’s Environmental uating class of 1947 no-host lunch, open to from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today North College Road in Resource Center’s Adopt-a-Highway trash all 1947 classmates, 1 p.m., Jaker’s, 1598 and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Twin Falls. Admission is Main St. N., Kimberly, no cost, 737-5988. pickup, volunteers needed, 10 a.m. to noon, Blue Lakes Blvd. N., Twin Falls, 733-7410 or Saturday in the College of $2.50 for adults and $1.50 SilverSneakers Fitness Program, innovative bags and safety gear provided, 726-4333 or 420-9435. Southern Idaho Fine Arts for students; free for chil- exercise program designed specifically for [email protected]. Does District Convention, hosted by Burley building. The event dren 6 and younger. Medicare beneficiaries’ unique health and Reminder for Satruday’s Magic Valley Drove No. 206, includes Elks Rest, Flag Day includes displays, presen- Telescope viewing follows physical needs, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Jerome Memory Walk, Alzheimer’s Association ceremonies and national supreme president tations and roundtable dis- at the Centennial Senior Center, 212 First Ave. E. no cost for fundraiser; walkers needed, 10 a.m., Twin from Colorado, 6 p.m., Rupert Elks Lodge, cussions. Cost is $10. Observatory, if the weather Humana Gold Choice members, $1 for non- Falls Visitors Center, by donation, 208-934- 85 S. 200 W., Rupert, public invited to • Check out the arts and cooperates. Humana members, 324-5642. 5601. attend, 208-438-2931. crafts at the Albion Art SilverSneakers Fitness Program, 10:30 a.m., Reminder for Satruday’s Twin Falls Chapter Festival from 4 to 8 p.m. Have your own pick you Twin Falls YMCA, 1751 Elizabeth Blvd., no of the Daughters of the American today and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. want to share? Something FAMILY cost for Humana-insured or YMCA members Revolution meeting, a joint meeting with Saturday at Albion Campus that is unique to the area Food Stamp, Medicaid, Cash Assistance and and $5 per class for uninsured, 733-4384. Pocatello Wyeth Chapter and Idaho Falls Old Grove, formerly known as and that may take people Child Care offices temporarily closed, com- Fit and Fall Proof Exercise Class, 11 to 11:45 Fort Hall Chapter; guest speaker State the Albion Normal School, by surprise? E-mail me at puter system upgrade taking place, a.m., Oakley Fire Station, 315 E. Main St., Regent Diane Manweiler, 12:30 p.m., Inkom, on Idaho Highway 77. [email protected]. www.healthandwelfare.idaho.gov; Idaho Oakley, no cost, 737-5988. carpools arranged by members, 733-8415 CareLine: 211 or 800-926-2588. Fit and Fall Proof Exercise Class, 1:30 p.m., or 735-1205. front lounge, Woodstone Assisted Living Reminder for Satruday’s Women’s Heart GOVERNMENT Facility, 491 Caswell Ave. W., Twin Falls, no Healthy Walk, 3.64 mile walk; includes refresh- Costs cost, 737-5988. ments and Heart Healthy T-shirt, 9 a.m., Twin Falls County commissioners, 8:30 a.m., Celebrate Recovery, based on the 12 steps Jerome Recreation District, 2032 S. Lincoln Continued from Main 1 the lack of companies to courthouse, 425 Shoshone St. N., 736-4068. and eight biblical principles, 7 p.m., Cafe St., Jerome, $10, 324-3389 to register. deductibles or take similar select from, she said, echoing Agape, Lighthouse Christian Fellowship, Reminder for Monday’s American Legion actions. About 8 percent said one conclusion from the HEALTH AND WELLNESS 960 Eastland Drive, Twin Falls, 737-4667. Post 7 and Auxiliary Unit 7 annual Youth they plan to drop coverage Families USA report. Celebrate Recovery, a place to learn life- Appreciation Dinner, to honor the Girls and entirely. “Idaho sucks,” she said. SilverSneakers Fitness Program at Curves of affirming, healthy behaviors, 7 p.m., Boys Staters and Poppy Poster winners; Early results from a survey “(You’ve got) Blue Cross and Twin Falls, complete cardio and circuit Fireside Room of the Nazarene Fellowship family members also invited, 6 p.m., by the Mercer consulting Blue Shield and that’s about training with resistance, state-of-the-art Hall at Yakima Avenue and Main Street, American Legion Hall, 447 Seastrom St., firm produced similar it.” equipment and “Curves Smart” personal- Filer, 734-0557. Twin Falls, 733-8989. responses, with roughly 60 Michael Pollard of Burley ized coaching, 5:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., Twin Falls Al-Anon/Alateen family groups, to bring help Registration reminder for Sept. 24, 25 Driver percent of surveyed compa- has watched the premiums Curves, 690 Blue Lakes Blvd. N., no cost for and hope to families and friends of alco- Safety Program class, provides insurance dis- nies planning to ask their for his coverage through his Humana Gold-insured or AARP provided by holics, hot-line: 1-866-592-3198. count for senior citizens, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., employees for more. wife’s job with Cassia Secure Horizons, 734-7300. United Methodist Church, 908 Maple St., Buhl, The findings seem to County rise year after year. College of Southern Idaho’s Over 60 and LIBRARY $14 ($2 less for card-carrying AARP mem- reflect the situation in south- Dropping the benefits would Getting Fit programs, a guided walking bers), 420-5891 for required pre-registration. ern Idaho reasonably well. still just make matters worse, workout with stretching and gentle resist- Burley Public Library Storytime, with stories, Reservation reminder for Sept. 25 Dilettante Ron and Mary Lewis, for he said, and he’d like to see ance training, 9 to 10 a.m. at several Magic rhyme, song and a small craft for toddlers, Group of Magic Valley 2009 Hall of Fame example,haven’t been able to some improvements — Valley locations: Blaine County Campus pre-schoolers and their caregiver, 10:30 Dinner, inductees: David Mead, Margeret afford health insurance for shrinking the cost of insuring gym, CSI gym, Gooding ISDB gym, Jerome a.m., Burley Public Library, 1300 Miller Ave., Vincent, Lori Henson, Terri Christoffersen, the employees of their Twin dependents when those Rec Center, Rupert Civic gym and Shoshone no cost, 878-7708. Paul and Beth Smith and Paul Kliss, 6 p.m. Falls businesses — his a small dependents move off the High School (old gym); and 11:30 a.m. to Children’s Storytime, preschoolers and their no-host bar and 7 p.m. dinner, Turf Club, auto-repair shop, hers a flo- plan, for example. 12:30 p.m., CSI Burley Outreach Center parents invited for stories and songs, 10:30 Falls Ave., $25 per person, 731-0242 for ral shop that just closed “A family plan is great as gym, no cost, register at first class,732- a.m., Twin Falls Public Library, 201 Fourth required reservations. down. long as your family stays 6475. Ave.E., 208-733-2964, ext. 109. Mary Lewis said the couple intact when you originally Fit and Fall Proof Exercise Class, 10 to 11 a.m., Family Storytime, 11 a.m., Jerome Public To have an event listed, please submit the faced a choice: pay for bene- get that family plan,”Pollard Blaine County Senior Connection, 721 S. Library, 208-324-5427. name of the event, a brief description, time, fits they and their employees said. Third Ave., Hailey, no cost, 737-5988. place, cost and contact number to Suzanne could actually use, or pay Fit and Fall Proof Exercise Class, 10:30 a.m., SPORTS Browne by e-mail at sbrowne@magicval- their employees’ wages. Part The Washington Post Twin Falls Senior Center, 530 Shoshone St., ley.com; by fax, 734-5538; or by mail, of the problem came from contributed to this report. no cost, 737-5988. Active seniors pickleball group, pickleball Times-News, P.O.Box 548, Twin Falls, ID Fit and Fall Proof Exercise Class, 10:30 to enthusiasts willing to teach newcomers, 83303-0548. Deadline is noon, four days in BY THE NUMBERS 11:30 a.m., Ageless Senior Citizens, Inc., 310 8.a.m., Harmon Park tennis courts, Locust advance of the event. Families USA examined what Idahoans pay on average for health insurance compared to their average wages, based on federal data. 2000 2009 % change Reimbursement available to developers Median earnings $19,004 $26,767 40.9 Premiums for family coverage $5,160 $11,520 123.3 Times-News release from the city. Applications should be directed to Share paid by employer $3,514 $8,801 150.4 Develops must submit a one-page Troy Vitek. Premiums for individual coverage $2,961 $4,363 47.3 The city of Twin Falls is asking letter before 5 p.m. Oct. 28. The appli- Developers will be asked later for Share paid by employer $2,559 $3,856 50.7 developers to apply for reimburse- cation should include the developer’s more details. ment for previously developed utilities name, address, contact information Information: Vitek, 735-7256, or Snails and roadways, according to a press and description of the project. [email protected].
Continued from Main 1 sight. Fish and Wildlife offi- The snails are two of four cially proposed delisting the Water different species all listed in Utah valvata in July, con- 1992 as either threatened or cluding that it has been Continued from Main 1 fire suppression. water tank; aging water giving our water away,” he endangered along the mid- found across a wider area other infrastructure),” he Barber said without the mains are 80 years old in said. dle stretch of the Snake and in more types of habitats said. increase the city would have some neighborhoods; some “If we had done our due River. A fifth, the Idaho than previously expected. “We’re constantly experi- no alternative but to dip into mains are smaller in diame- diligence and raised it 5 per- springsnail, was removed in The snail also has managed encing water leaks and bro- the capital reserve account to ter than what is necessary; cent each year, we wouldn’t 2007. to coexist with an invasive ken lines,” Marchant said. pay for water costs, which additional deep water wells be having this conversation The Bliss Rapids snail was species, scientists found. “We’ve been doing the cheap will amount to $4 million are needed; new fire now,”Shine said. originally listed in 1992 The agency’s review was fixes, the Band-Aid fixes.” over five years. hydrants are necessary; and because of threats including prompted by a delisting He also cited frequent Problems, Marchant said, other infrastructure is aging. John Plestina may be hydroelectric dams, and petition filed by the Idaho drops in water pressure and include: the city’s highest “It’s (currently) cheap reached at jplestina@mag- Idaho Power Co. joined the governor’s office and attor- the need to maintain ade- capacity well, located on water at the expense of our icvalley.com or 208-358- Idaho Governor’s Office of neys for several irrigation quate water flow for 10th Street, has the smallest system. We’re practically 7062. Species Conservation in districts. The Utah valvata’s pushing for its removal. The listed status currently utility pledged in a state- affects river projects and Seat ment Thursday to continue other work across its now improving the snail’s habi- 120-mile range, including at Continued from Main 1 TAKE PART tat. Minidoka Dam, where the to the governor for a deci- THOSE RUNNING “While we are disap- U.S. Bureau of Reclamation sion. Share input on judge appli- pointed that (Fish and is preparing a massive reno- The Idaho Judicial Council The candidates to replace retir- • Philip A. Brown, private attor- cants at www.judicial- ing 5th District Judge Barry ney in Gooding Wildlife) did not accept the vation project and state offi- wants public input on the council.idaho.gov petition to delist the Bliss cials are considering adding candidates, who are all male Wood, who is retiring: • Eric Wildman, staff attorney Rapids snail, Idaho Power’s capacity. lawyers. Seven of the nine the students was that of a • Calvin Campbell, prosecutor for the Snake River Basin and strong commitment to envi- “Everywhere we look, we candidates come from concerned parent, the coun- for Gooding and Camas coun- Coeur d’Alene Spokane River ronmental and wildlife sus- find it,”said Chris Ketchum, south-central Idaho. cil felt that his active partici- ties Basin Adjudication in Twin Falls tainability remains Reclamation’s deputy area Cassidy was a judge for pation was improper and has • Kevin Cassidy, private attor- • John Andrew, Bingham unchanged,” said Chris manager in Burley, about the nine years but said Thursday issued a reprimand to Judge ney in Hailey, former 5th County prosecutor Randolph, the utility’s envi- snail during a tour of the he left the bench after the Cassidy for his participation District judge • Raymond Goettsch, a claims ronmental affairs manager. dam one year ago. reprimand to practice private in the interviews,”according • Jonathan Brody, Minidoka attorney for Liberty Mutual The Utah valvata may law and is now with the to the school’s letter six years County prosecutor Group in Bellevue have better odds of being The Associated Press Roark Law Firm based in ago to parents. • Dennis Byington, Mini-Cassia • John Meienhofer, private removed from federal over- contributed to this report. Twin Falls and Hailey. Three Like Cassidy, local two- area public defender Boise-based lawyer out of four prior applications county prosecutor Calvin Find more news at magicvalley.com Cassidy has submitted to the Campbell is banking on his of a term for a sitting judge. recently appointed to the judicial council for judge legal experience to win an For Judge Wood’s vacancy, Idaho Court of Appeals. The CIRCULATION vacancies ended in inter- appointment to the 5th chambers will be located in vacancy he left in Rupert is All delivery areas ...... 733-0931, ext 1 views with the governor, he District Court. 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Judges are appointed in Fifth District Court Judge reached at ajackson@mag- Classifieds manager Christy Haszier . .735-3267 548, Twin Falls, Idaho 83303. “Although the judge’s Idaho when vacancies are John Melanson from icvalley.com or 208-735- Copyright © 2009 Magic Valley Newspapers Inc. Vol. 104, No. 260 motivation for speaking with created before the expiration Minidoka County was 3380. Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho LOCAL Friday, September 18, 2009 Main 3 EPA turns to the Web to Lincoln Co. Commission help pick national goals OK’s Sweet rezoning By John Plestina The Planning and Zoning spoke on both sides of the By Nate Poppino ON THE WEB “Getting a whole lot of Times-News writer Commission recommend- issue. Opponents cited Times-News writer ed in May against approval potential future residential To participate: responses in one area SHOSHONE — Two of Sweet’s original rezone development and the pos- Every three years, the U.S. http://blog.epa.gov/enforce- may make us look at months after the Lincoln request. Sweet appealed to sibility of too many wells Environmental Protection mentnationalpriority/ County Commission the county commission. extracting water if lots Agency comes up with a set For more on current priorities: that area more rejected a rezone request The commission on July smaller than five acres are of national priorities — http://www.epa.gov/compli- from Lawrence Sweet, 13 couldn’t agree on a permitted. major issues such as con- ance/data/planning/priori- seriously.But beyond commissioners on Monday course of action and sent No one spoke against the fined-animal feeding opera- ties/index.html that, it’s not like a approved a modified pro- Sweet’s request back to the modified rezone Monday tions that deserve extra posal. P&Z commission. but a letter from one neigh- attention. identities or people with a shoo-in or anything.” Sweet originally sought This time, the P&Z com- bor opposing it was read The agency each time fol- cause hijacking the discus- — Lisa Lund, director of rezoning of separate 80- mission recommended a into the record. lows a process that ensures sion. EPA’s Office of Compliance in and 160-acre rural parcels rezone for the 160 acres A comprehensive plan input from the states, advo- The priorities blog so far is to a residential designation only. shows the area north of cacy groups and other repre- up to about 100 comments, its enforcement program that would permit two- “He just wanted to cut Shoshone as a possible sentatives of the public. But and that input will be acre building lots. off two acres for his grand- location for future residen- officials this year have weighed with a formal pub- that state and Idaho. Sweet said he wanted the son. He said he has no tial development if turned as well to another lic-comment process and “… and if a citizen wishes rezone so he could parcel intention of developing it,” Shoshone expands in the source of guidance as they feedback from state agen- to alert the EPA about some- off a single two-acre resi- said Planning and Zoning coming years. develop their next list — cies, tribes and other organi- thing that appears to be a dential lot for his grandson. Administrator Suzanne Internet users. zations. problem, the complaint can He could not parcel two McConnell. John Plestina may be A blog set up at the end of “Getting a whole lot of be made but nothing is com- acres with A5 zoning that When the commission reached at jplestina@mag- August invites anyone with a responses in one area may municated about the prob- mandates a minimum of held a public hearing in icvalley.com or 208-358- computer to help determine make us look at that area lem to the citizen,” Amy five acres. July, several neighbors 7062. the EPA’s national priorities more seriously,” Lund said Brown continued. The commission’s action for 2011 through 2013. when asked if EPA is con- Of course, there is the Monday assigns an RR2, Check out what’s new online at Readers only have to provide cerned about issues with the occasional offbeat post. One rural residential designa- a name and e-mail address semi-anonymous com- written in French appears to tion to the entire 160 acres. to post. ments. “But beyond that, it’s be from someone asking to Two-acre parceling is per- www.magicvalley.com It’s the second time the not like a shoo-in or any- come to the U.S., and some mitted. agency’s used such an thing.” people couldn’t help but get approach. A previous blog Posts currently on the site a bit passionate — one writer set up this summer gathered include thoughtful com- ended her post with comments on enforcement mentaries on everything “ENFORCEMENT, RED WING BOOT SALE! of the Clean Water Act and from what the agency’s pri- ENFORCEMENT. has been regarded so far as a orities should be to whether ENFORCEMENT WITH Oxfords, 6” lace, 8” lace and slip-on. Full-grain leather uppers, success, said Lisa Lund, the process should be LIBERTY AND JUSTICE long wearing sole. Sizes 6 1/2 to 16. Widths 2A to 4E. director of EPA’s Office of focused more on the region- FOR ALL.” Compliance in its enforce- al level and ways the EPA can It’s not too late to con- ment program. communicate more effec- tribute. Comments will be The water blog produced tively with Americans. One taken online until the end of 2 about 250 responses that person, apparently a resi- this month. Another round DAYS were folded into other input, dent of Washington state, of input through the blog is Lund said, and seemed to critiqued the Web site that scheduled for later this year, % LEFT! avoid problems with fake serves the region including ending on Dec. 1. 20OFF CSI Foundation gets new endowment REGULAR PRICE Times-News separate nonprofit organi- array of performing arts, zation. said Curtis Eaton, the foun- Entire Stock of Red Wing The College of Southern The funding is for tuition, dation’s executive director. Shoes & Boots Idaho Foundation has fees and educational mate- Eaton also said that with 2 received a new endowment rials for students in per- CSI’s record enrollment this that will help students forming arts programs at fall, the need for scholar- enrolled in performing arts CSI such as music, commu- ships remains high. programs. nications, forensics and The CSI Foundation is a The Danny Marona theater. nonprofit organization that Performing Arts Endow- While the foundation has provides scholarships for ment is funded with separate endowments tar- students. $10,000, and future funding geted for specific areas like Information: www.dan- Lynwood Shopping Center is anticipated through the music, theater and commu- nymarona.com/index.html Twin Falls, ID Danny Marona Performing nications, this is the only and www.csi.edu/founda- 733-6280 Arts Scholarship Fund, a endowment for the entire tion/.
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But Jackson Lee DON’T SAY wrote. “ ... A modern psy- zance release, public defender Commerce said we could “Diamondfield Jack” Davis, chiatrist would have found appointed, Oct. 6 pretrial SHOSHONE — The apply for an extension grant south-central Idaho’s most Steve Crump much to analyze in his Isaiah M. Evans, 20, Twin Falls; Shoshone City Council to take care of some of the famous citizen — sorry, I.B. reluctance to look you in the battery on law enforcement decided Tuesday to hold off ADA things up to $10,000 Perrine — is benefitting pany as an enforcer. The eye, his constant talk of officer, Sept. 25 preliminary on the installation of new but we have to have a dollar- from some historical revi- non-Mormon cattlemen of shooting, his obvious lying hearing, $2,500 bond, public stop signs at East B and South for-dollar match,” said City sionism. western Cassia County and his stammering.” defender appointed Beverly streets, and increase Clerk Mary Kay Bennett. Davis’ reclamation began (what’s now Twin Falls Was he miserable? Maybe Rayna Danielle Betts, 37, police patrols instead. “They decided to try for with a 1968 biography by County) and the Mormon not. He married a Goldfield Hansen; driving without privi- The council was respond- the grant because we do have University of Wyoming pro- sheepmen of eastern Cassia dance hall queen nick- leges, possession of controlled ing to several complaints some things that need to be fessor David H. Grover, who County were on the brink of named Diamond Tooth Lil substance, $500 bond, public about speeding cars from done,” she said, adding that described the gunfighter as a range war. and talked himself out of defender appointed, Nov. 3 residents living near that the city has some capital out- “likable, well-mannered After shooting Tolman, the Idaho State Penitentiary pretrial intersection across from lay money available for the and kind. He was courteous he took it on the lam but a little early by telling Rayna Danielle Betts, 37, the Lincoln County match. to women and particularly returned to his old job in guards he’d whipped up Hansen; two counts issuing Fairgrounds. They have In another matter, the fond of children.” 1896. Almost immediately, some homemade dynamite. check without funds, $10,000 requested stop signs to slow council voted to have Sterling Subsequent writers, most two sheepherders were Yet on New Year’s Eve bond, public defender appoint- traffic after events at the Codifiers, Inc. review ordi- recently Oregon freelance killed. Davis, of course, was 1948 — three days before he ed, Sept. 25 preliminary hear- community center, ball nances and to put the city journalist Randy Stapilus in the prime suspect. died — he proclaimed him- ing games, rodeos and other codebook online at a cost of his anthology “Outlaws Arrested in Arizona, he self a changed man. Samantha Grosso, 24, Twin activities at the fairgrounds. about $1,200. Tales in Idaho,”have was returned to Cassia “Yes, sir, I’m quitting Falls; possession of controlled In other business, the The council also approved declined to condemn Davis. County to stand trial. whisky and smoking. I’ll live substance, possession of para- council decided to pursue a request by city resident After shooting sheepman Convicted in 1897,he was to be a hundred.” phernalia, recognizance additional grant funding for John Marsh to close one block Bill Tolman in the shoulder sentenced to hang and then Diamondfield wouldn’t release, public defender Americans With Disabilities for a private block party Sept. during a confrontation in reprieved. Again sentenced have liked it much. appointed, Oct. 6 pretrial Act compliance from the U.S. 26. Twin Falls County’s to die in 1901, Davis’ lawyer Margaret Arronte, 24, Twin Shoshone Basin in 1895, — James Hawley — got him Steve Crump is the Falls; forgery, $20,000 bond, Diamondfield bandaged the off and eventually Gov. Times-News Opinion edi- Sept. 25 preliminary hearing, Youth Organization open wounded man and — with Frank Hunt pardoned him tor. public defender appointed the injured shepherd lean- (an act that cost Hunt re- ing on him — escorted him election). $3.00 OFF The Haunted house in Shoshone today to the company of his heav- Diamondfield went to Times-News Coupon Start, Lincoln County Parks ily armed companions. Nevada and struck gold. As expires Oct. 17, 2009 and Recreation, Boy Scouts “For all his tough talk, a mine owner, he staged a Mansions The Lincoln County of America, Girl Scouts of Jack Davis was no cold- running battle with the of Albion Youth Organization open the USA, Oasis Youth group blood killer,”Stapilus says. 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Tanya Keim said 90 percent and a motor home killed a Wash. motor home were not McHanville area south of Steve Wolper, a represen- of the hospital’s employees King Hill resident, Idaho Sanford then hit a con- injured. ISP continues to Ketchum. tative of a grassroots organi- live in Blaine County. And State Police reported. crete wall and rolled several investigate the crash, with The commission has been zation called Smart Growth, employees are told when Gayla Sanford, 79, was times. She was not wearing support from the Elmore grappling with an ordinance said he hoped commission- they’re hired that their cost headed west in a 2000 a seat belt, was ejected from County Sheriff’s Office. to provide guidelines for ers would not be swayed by of living differential would Pontiac Grand Am when, housing and development St. Luke’s argument that go away if they were to relo- for unknown reasons at areas, which includes an the hospital deserves cate to Twin Falls or Boise. about 1:18 p.m., she drifted Check out what’s new online at assortment of businesses, a special consideration. The Commissioners will off the right shoulder of small trailer park and St. 13 percent cost-of-living review the ordinance again Interstate 84 at milepost Luke’s Wood River Medical allowance the hospital gives at 1:30 p.m. Sept. 29. 117.5. She then overcorrect- www.magicvalley.com Center. The focus on Thursday was on complex wording involving a community housing overlay. Among those with some- thing at stake was George Kirk, who has received approval to develop a 126- unit Quail Creek subdivision just south of the hospital, between Broadway Run and Idaho Highway 75. Under the new ordinance, Kirk has to provide only 26 units of community hous- ing, rather than 39 as origi- nally dictated. The percentage of com- munity housing required was changed because com- missioners recognized that the old number constituted Big Screens & Recliners too much of a burden on developers, county Regional Planner Jeffrey Adams. The proposed reduction makes community housing achiev- able, noted Commissioner Larry Schoen. Just In Time For Football! “Even if they don’t get as many community housing units under the new guide- lines,at least they’ll get some built,”Adams said. 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Se Habla Español SuperStore Open Sundays CONVENIENT EXPRESS DELIVERY E Z IN STORE FINANCING 90 DAYS SAME AS CASH, O.A.C. MAIN 6 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2009 OPINION EDITOR STEVE CRUMP: (208) 735-3223 [email protected] QUOTABLE “I believe firmly in the integrity of the election, in the integrity of the Afghan people and in the OPINION integrity of the government in that process.'' — Afghan President Hamid Karzai EDITORIAL Doing more In praise of national modesty n Sunday evenings, my local NPR sta- O tion airs old radio with less at the programs. A few weeks ago it broadcast the episode of the show “Command Performance” that aired the day World War II ended. T.F. County Jail “Command Performance” was a variety show that went out to the troops win Falls County needs a new jail. Or at around the world. least a bigger one. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxOf course, you could have said the same — and we did editorially — in 2002, the last time theT county tried and failed to David get a jail bond issue approved. Our view: The election wasn’t even Brooks The chances close. Fifty-seven percent said On V-J Day, Frank Sinatra no. are negligi- appeared, along with And they would again if the Marlene Dietrich, Jimmy question were put to them ble that Twin Durante, Dinah Shore, Bette now. Falls County Davis, Lionel Barrymore, Taxpayers don’t like to build voters are Cary Grant and many oth- jails even in the best of times, ers. But the most striking lines, “The victory over abnegating, modest and “Advertisements for and this certainly isn’t. Hence going to feature of the show was its Germany finds the average spare. Bing Crosby Myself.” the long odds facing Jerome sign off on a tone of self-effacement and American soldier curiously expressed it perfectly on Today, immodesty is as County when it puts a $12 mil- humility. The allies had, on unexcited. There is little “Command Performance,” ubiquitous as advertising, new jail any- that very day, completed exuberance, little enthusi- as Gregory Peck, Dwight and for the same reasons. To lion proposition to replace its one of the noblest military asm and almost none of the Eisenhower and George scoop up just a few examples venerable hoosgow before vot- time soon. victories in the history of whoop-it-up spirit with Marshall would come to of self-indulgent expres- ers in November. But making humanity. And yet there which hundreds of thou- express it in public life. sion from the past few days, But the Jerome County Jail is was no chest-beating. sands of men looked for- And there was something there is Joe Wilson using 35 years old and looks every do doesn’t Nobody was erecting tri- ward to this event a year else. When you look from the House floor as his own minute of it. Twin Falls’ lockup have to umphal arches. ago.” today back to 1945, you are private “Crossfire”; there is is exactly 20-years-old, but it “All anybody can do is The Dallas Morning looking into a different cul- Kanye West grabbing the was built for 140 inmates. It endanger thank God it’s over,”Bing News editorialized, tural epoch, across a sort of microphone from Taylor now houses 190, and the over- the public’s Crosby, the show’s host, “President Truman calls narcissism line. Humility, Swift at the MTV Video flow goes to jails in Gooding safety. said. “Today our deep down upon us to treat the event as the sense that nobody is Music Awards to give us his and Hailey. feeling is one of humility,” a solemn occasion. Its that different from anybody opinion that the wrong he added. momentousness and its else, was a large part of the person won; there is So what next? What do Burgess Meredith came gravity are past human culture then. Michael Jordan’s egomani- Depends on what Jerome out to read a passage from comprehension.” But that humility came acal and self-indulgent Hall County’s voters say. If the you think? Ernie Pyle, the famous war When you glimpse back under attack in the ensuing of Fame speech. Baseball answer is no, then the case for a We welcome correspondent. Pyle had on those days you see a peo- decades. Self-effacement and football games are now joint Twin Falls-Jerome deten- been killed just a few ple who were overawed by became identified with so routinely interrupted by tion center becomes com- viewpoints months before, but he had the scope of the events conformity and self-repres- self-celebration that you pelling. (And even stronger, from our written an article anticipat- around them. The war pro- sion. A different ethos came don’t even notice it any- we’d argue, if Gooding and readers on ing what a victory would duced such monumental to the fore, which the sociol- more. Lincoln counties and perhaps mean: effects, and such rivers of ogists call “expressive indi- This isn’t the death of civ- Camas County are invited to this and “We won this war blood, that the individual vidualism.”Instead of being ilization. It’s just the culture because our men are brave ego seemed petty in com- humble before God and his- in which we live. And from participate). other issues. and because of many things parison. The problems of tory, moral salvation could this vantage point, a display Forty miles up the Snake — because of Russia, one or two little people, as be found through intimate of mass modesty, like the River, Minidoka and Cassia England and China and the the movie line had it, didn’t contact with oneself and by kind represented on the V-J counties share a jail they built jointly in 1991. The passage of time and the gift amount to a hill of beans. exposing the beauty, the Day “Command two counties’ predecessor stockades were trouble- of nature’s material. We did You also hear a cultural power and the divinity Performance,”comes as prone, but the Mini-Cassia Criminal Justice Center not win it because destiny reaction. As The Times of within. something of a refreshing is Burley is a close to a model corrections facility as created us better than all London pointed out on the Everything that starts out shock, a glimpse into anoth- you’ll find in Idaho — secure and with adequate other peoples. I hope that in day of victory, fascism had as a cultural revolution ends er world. It’s funny how the space. victory we are more grateful stood for grandiosity, pom- up as capitalist routine. nation’s mood was at its Yet if bricks-and-mortar aren’t in the cards, there than we are proud.” posity, boasting and zeal. Before long, self-exposure most humble when its actual are still some things Twin Falls County can do to This subdued sentiment The allied propaganda mills and self-love became ways achievements were at their seems to have been wide- had also produced their fair to win shares in the compe- most extraordinary. ease the crunch — provided it gets the cooperation spread during that season of share of polemical excess. tition for attention. of the courts, the Idaho Department of Correction triumph. On the day the By 1945, everybody was sick Muhammad Ali would tell David Brooks is a colum- and the Legislature. Diversion programs, alternative Nazi regime fell, Hal Boyle of that. There was a mass all cameras that he was the nist for The New York sentencing and drug, mental health and alcohol of The Associated Press hunger for a public style greatest of all time. Norman Times. Write to him at courts all free up beds. reported from the front that was understated, self- Mailer wrote a book called [email protected]. Twin Falls County runs a 32-bed work-release center out of the jail; it’s possible that these mini- mum-security inmates could be relocated to anoth- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR er county-owned facility — thus freeing up cells if the right building could be found. Sensible health-care private sector continue to rather than later. Guard and Army Reserve Twin Falls County Sheriff Tom Carter runs a reform must be passed innovate. LINDA BRUGGER soldiers who are going on pretty tight ship, but sooner or later we’ll need a I want to see the ability to Twin Falls this deployment. This will new jail. When that day comes, the more efficient Have you wondered why write policies across state let the soldiers know that the old one is — and the more partners who sign up even employer-provided lines. Many life and casualty ‘Community Covenant’ their efforts and sacrifice is to replace it — the better the chances of getting tax- plans have high companies, including my not in vain. We can show payers on board. deductibles? Why your pol- own, have indicated for promotes troop support that we stand behind them icy may have a “lifetime” years that they would write Secretary of Defense and pray for their success limit that is used up quickly health insurance if one poli- Gates has recently stated and safe return. There is a with a chronic illness leaving cy would apply to all states. I that his biggest worries for Web site that explains this you unable to get other have government employ- future conflict are Pakistan program, called Community Brad Hurd . . . . publisher Steve Crump . ...Opinion editor insurance? It’s because ees’ insurance through an and Iran. He said China is a Covenant.com. insurance companies struc- exchange. I want everyone to future threat along with the While the deployment is The members of the editorial board and writers of ture plans for small business have the kind of choice I’ve draw-down danger of Iraq not yet locked in firm, the editorials are Brad Hurd, James G. Wright, and individuals to yield high enjoyed. I want to know that and the ongoing issue with chances are almost certain Steve Crump, Bill Bitzenburg and Mary Lou Panatopoulos. premiums and small pay- someone I love will not die Afghanistan. America, he that it will happen. I am outs. because of lack of coverage. I says, is in for what is called please to report that the Health-care reform is want to see tort reform that the “Long War.”We might Twin Falls American Legion designed to change that and stops the frivolous lawsuit not like it, but there it is. has agreed to sponsor this Tell us what you think provide coverage to those but pays the deserving ade- We have recently been program. Let’s hope all the ONLINE: Register at Magicvalley.com, and respond to who cannot get insurance at quately and quickly. alerted to the fact that once citizens of our community all or at a price they can While I trust the Senate to again our Idaho and Magic get behind the effort and any of the local opinions or stories in today’s edition. afford. It places mandates make sure it pays for itself, I Valley citizen soldiers may help wherever and whenever ON PAPER: The Times-News welcomes letters from read- on insurance companies, know the final legislation be needed to deploy to dan- called on. While we all may ers on subjects of public interest. Please limit letters to hospitals and individuals will be long and complicat- gerous parts of the world. not support the war efforts, 300 words. Include your signature, mailing address and who will be required to have ed. I think we all must take There is a program we certainly should support phone number. Writers who sign letters with false names insurance. I don’t call that the time to really under- sweeping the country that our citizen soldiers. Quote will be permanently barred from publication. Letters may control. I call that regula- stand why it’s written the the leaders of the Magic “If other eyes grown dull, be brought to our Twin Falls office; mailed to P.O. Box tion. The government will way it is and urge that a Valley need to get behind other hands slack, and other 548, Twin Falls, ID 83303; faxed to (208) 734-5538; or e- not be running hospitals or reasonable bill is passed. and support. It is called hearts cold in our solemn mailed to [email protected]. insurance companies, but it This is not government “Community Covenant,” trust, ours shall keep it well JOIN THE DISCUSSION: Voice your opinion with local will require them to provide health care. It is a market- whereby the elected leaders as long as the light and bloggers: Progressive Voice, Conservative Corner and In benefit for premium. It based answer to a huge fis- of Magic Valley can sign a warmth of life remain to us.” the Middle. On the opinion page at Magicvalley.com. would require minimum cal problem, and reform statement of community JOSEPH E. EYRE standards while letting the must be legislated sooner support for our National Jerome
T HE LIGHTER SIDE OF POLITICS Doonesbury By Garry Trudeau Mallard Fillmore By Bruce Tinsley Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho OPINION Friday, September 18, 2009 Main 7 Isn’t there a better explanation than racism? hen Barack racist because they are sessed weapons of mass are not is a triumph of Martin to enact the president’s Obama was elect- members of a victim class destruction thereby winning Luther King Jr.’s hope that agenda, but some are reluc- Wed president of created by white liberals as a U.N. approval to use force, if people be judged by the con- tant to do so. the United States, some sug- kind of modern plantation to necessary, against the Iraqi tent of their character,not the The Pew Research Center gested that race played a fac- keep blacks voting for liberal dictator. Were those who color of their skin. Some has noted a 10 percent drop in tor in his success. People Cal Democrats. opposed Powell racist? Using opinion polls show that Obama’s approval ratings, “wanted” to elect a black man Thomas Former Secretary of State the formulation now being Obama’s character is being which includes a 3 percent president because of our his- Condoleezza Rice, African- applied to President Obama judged and found wanting by decline among blacks. As tory of slavery and the denial won’t work this time because American like President that opposition to any of his a rapidly growing number of black conservative columnist of civil rights for so many Obama supporters will have Obama, grew up in policies — from health care,to Americans, at least a small Star Parker has written, “If years to African-Americans. difficulty explaining how a Birmingham, Ala., at the time record amounts of debt — percentage of whom are we assume this reflects the It is never “racism” to vote for mostly white country could of the 16th Street Baptist constitutes racism,they were. black. 16 million blacks who voted someone because he is black. elect a black man president Church bombing by members The polar opposite case With Democrats control- for Obama last November, a It is only racism to oppose the last November and ten of the Ku Klux Klan, which could be made that, despite ling all three branches of gov- three-point shift means policies of a black Democrat. months later become a racist killed some of her friends.She his race, President Obama is ernment, including signifi- there are about a half-million As the president’s approval majority. has more “street cred” than being treated just like any cantly wide margins in blacks who now have buyer’s ratings fall and rise and fall Racism has always been a others who claim to have it, other politician, which Congress, isn’t there a better remorse.” Are these black again, some of his supporters one-way street for the Left. but she got no points from lib- proves he’s being treated explanation than racism for Obama voters racist? in journalism and politics are When Clarence Thomas was eral Democrats when she equally. He is getting the why the president is having There is a better explana- returning to days of old when nominated to the Supreme ascended the ladder of power same heat every president difficulty with some of his tion for the growing opposi- the label “racist” could end Court, some liberals called and influence.It was the same gets, sooner or later. The proposals? If racism is the tion to President Obama. It any discussion and force the him a “handkerchief head with Colin Powell. The Left president’s race would be a cause of his difficulties, there has less to do with his ethnic- accused either into stunned negro” and an “Uncle Tom.” strongly criticized Powell for factor only if Americans must be many congressional ity than it does his credibility. silence, or groveling repen- According to liberal doctrine, adding credibility to the claim shied away from criticizing Democrats who are racists, Character, after all, is color- tance. I suspect the tactic black people can never be that Saddam Hussein pos- him because of it. That they because they have the power less.
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Try our moon Business 8 B Stocks and commodities, Business 2 / Community, Business 4-5 / Nation, Business 6 / Obituary, Business 7 Dow Jones Industrial ▼ 7.79 | Nasdaq composite ▼ 6.40 | S&P 500 ▼ 3.27 | Russell 2000 ▼ 1.91 Business FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2009 BUSINESS EDITOR JOSH PALMER: (208) 735-3231 [email protected] Recession may be over,but economy still fragile 600,000-unit pace economists number of homes already on the *QWUKPIUVCTVU Housing, jobless numbers improve had expected. And it remains more market, he said. New privately owned than 70 percent below the peak Applications for building per- housing units started: The Associated Press healthy economy. rate hit in 2006. mits,a gauge of future activity,rose Seasonally adjusted annual rate And even as the housing indus- The tentative improvements in 2.7 percent in August to an annual WASHINGTON — Adding to try begins to recover from its worst housing are most likely a rebound rate of 579,000 units, slightly 1.5 million units evidence the recession has ended, downturn in decades, a glut of “from unsustainably weak results below the 580,000 level that had housing construction rose in unsold homes and record levels of ... reinforced by a temporary boost been forecast. But for single-fami- 0.598 1.0 August and fewer laid-off workers home foreclosures are weighing on to demand’’ from the $8,000 first- ly homes, permits dipped 0.2 per- sought jobless aid last week. the industry. time homebuyer tax credit that cent. They rose 15.8 percent for Still, the reports suggested a Construction of single-family ends Nov.30, Joshua Shapiro, chief multifamily units. 0.5 slow and fragile economic recov- homes and apartments rose 1.5 economist at MFR Inc., wrote in a The 1.5 percent rise in overall ery. The rise in housing starts was percent to an annual rate of note to clients. housing starts followed a small 0.2 due solely to a jump in the volatile 598,000 units, the highest level “Gains from here on will proba- percent dip in July. The August 0.0 apartment-building category, and since November, the Commerce bly be much more difficult to strength reflected a 25.3 percent A S O N D J F M A M J J A unemployment claims remain far Department said Thursday. That achieve,’’ due to high unemploy- 2008 2009 above levels associated with a was slightly lower than the ment, tight credit and the large See ECONOMY, Business 2 SOURCE: Department of Commerce AP House bill U.S. net would worth boost Pell grows Grants It’s the first time By Libby Quaid Associated Press writer in nearly 2 years WASHINGTON — The WASHINGTON (AP) — House voted Thursday in Americans’ wealth rose this favor of the biggest overhaul spring for the first time in of college aid programs nearly two years, with since their creation in the stocks and home values 1960s — a bill to oust private gaining as the recession lenders from the student faded. loan business and put the Still, household net worth government in charge. Lifestyle Family Fitness remains about 19 percent The vote was 253-171 in Fitness center employee Emily Scherpf, left and Kate Rahman negotiate a personal training package at the Lifestyles Family Fitness in below its peak in the third favor of a bill that fulfills Valrico, Fla. quarter of 2007, before the nearly all of President recession began. Obama’s campaign promis- The Federal Reserve said es for higher education: The net worth grew by $2 trillion measure ends subsidies for to $53.1 trillion in the April- private lenders, boosts Pell to-June quarter. Net worth, Grants for needy students or the value of assets such as and creates a grant program homes, checking accounts to improve community col- and investments minus leges, among other things. debts like mortgages and “These are reforms that Better bargains credit cards, rose nearly 4 have been talked about for percent from the first quar- years, but they’re always ter, the Fed said. blocked by special interests Even with the gain, and their lobbyists,’’Obama In this economy,‘everything is negotiable’ Americans’ net worth said Thursday during a rally stands well below the $65.3 at the University of trillion peak it reached two Maryland. By Megan K. Scott fru.com). get a trial period for premi- ticket items such as wash- years ago. The increase in “Well, because you voted Associated Press writer “You walk in and say, ‘I um channels, said Anne- ers and dryers, dishwash- the second quarter was led for change in November, love this store. I come here Marie O’Neill, deputy edi- ers, furniture and televi- by stock portfolios, accord- we’re going to bring change NEW YORK — You’ve all the time. I’m going to tell tor of Real Simple maga- sions, said O’Neill. ing to the Fed report. The in the House of done it at the car dealer- my friends about it,’’’ said zine. The trick is talking to the value of Americans’ stock Representatives today,’’ the ship, the flea market and Savitt.“You’re buying three right person — a manager holdings rose 21.6 percent president said. the garage sale. But what scarves in three different CELL PHONE as opposed to a sales clerk. from the first quarter, the Ending loan subsidies and about the department colors, I think it’s totally Ask, “can you give me a first increase in two years. turning control over to the store, the jeweler, the doc- appropriate to say, ‘Is there COMPANY better price?’’ she said. Net worth also was government would save tax- tor’s office? any discount?’’’ Negotiate your contract If the store has regular boosted slightly by higher payers an estimated $87 bil- These days, you can hag- before it’s almost up, said sales, ask for a percentage home prices. The value of lion, according to the gle on almost anything CABLE COMPANY O’Neill. Tell the company, discount in line with the dis- real-estate holdings rose 1.8 Congressional Budget anywhere, said Susan “‘I am going to start looking counts that the store usually percent, according to the Office. Lawmakers would Spencer, executive editor Bundling for better deals, what can offers, O’Neill said. With Fed report. That was the use that money to help make for All You magazine. cable, Internet you give me to stay?’’’ clothes, O’Neill suggests first gain since the final college more affordable, “Everything is negotiable,’’ and phone is a The company will be asking when the next sale is quarter of 2006. increasing the maximum Pell she said. “In this economy, no-brainer. If thinking, “‘How can we scheduled. Often a store will This week, Fed Chairman Grant by $1,400 to $6,900 it’s definitely a buyer’s mar- you’ve done so keep this person?’’’ she call to alert you when an item Ben Bernanke said the worst over the next decade. ket.’’ and are still getting said. you were eyeing is on sale. recession since the 1930s “The choice before us is Some places to try: new customer Be sure to ask for a dis- probably is over. Most ana- clear. We can either keep offers in the mail,ask DEPARTMENT count on damaged items or lysts say the U.S.economy is sending these subsidies to BOUTIQUES the company if you floor models, said growing in the current banks or we can start send- can get a discount also, STORES Karen Hoxmeier, quarter, which ends Sept. ing them directly to stu- Buying several pieces said Sara Noel of fru- While you founder of 30, at an annual rate of 3 to 4 dents,’’ said the bill’s spon- in a small boutique? Ask the galvillage.com. It’s easy to may not be able mybargain- percent. The economy sor, California Democratic owners if they can give you switch from cable to satel- to get a discount buddy. shrank at a 1 percent pace in Rep. George Miller, chair- a discount, said Brandi lite television these days, on clothes or acces- com. S h e the second quarter, much man of the House Education Savitt, co-founder of she said. sories, there’s some wiggle slower than in previous and Labor Committee. Fabulous & Frugal (faband- No luck there? See if you room when it comes to big See HAGGLE, Business 2 quarters. Grocery prices sink as competition heats up
By Ylan Q. Mui and Neil Irwin increases, one of the few silver the Bureau of Labor Statistics. You’re going to do anything prepared foods. The Washington Post linings of the deep recession While there was an upward that you can as a retailer to Safeway and Giant that continues to transform blip in energy prices that drove keep consumers in your store.’’ remodeled their stores WASHINGTON — the economy. the wider consumer price The renewed focus on price to include faux-wood Supermarket prices are plung- The price of corn, for exam- index up 0.4 percent in represents a significant shift flooring, soft lighting ing as the global downturn ple, is down 56 percent since August, over the past 12 for the grocery industry,which and farmer’s-market- drives down the cost of staples July 2008 on the Chicago months overall consumer touted everything from olive style stands. Even the such as wheat, corn and milk Board of Trade. Such drops prices have fallen 1.5 percent. bars to in-store sushi restau- discounter Walmart and grocers fight for the wal- have helped drive down the “The declines have been so rants to lure shoppers whose opened a test store in lets of penny-pinching con- grocery consumer price index, broad that even the core- palates had become increas- Texas that priced a bot- sumers. which measures what shop- needs kinds of spending have ingly discriminating during tle of wine above $500. The heated competition is pers pay at stores, about 2.5 taken hits,’’said Adam York,an economic boom times. Then the recession being fueled in part by the percent since its peak in economic analyst with Supermarkets boasted about hit, and gourmet grocers steep decline in commodity November, according to new Wachovia. “Consumer budg- the varieties of cheese in stock prices after a year of dramatic data released Wednesday by ets are pretty tight right now. and expanded their menus of See PRICES, Business 2
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Today in business No reports available. Business 2 Friday, September 18, 2009 BUSINESS Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho MARKET SUMMARY TODAY ON WALL STREET NEW YORK (AP) — A surprise drop in NYSE AMEX NASDAQ 10,000 Sept. 17, 2009 unemployment claims couldn't fuel anoth- MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) &QY,QPGU 9,000 er day of gains for the stock market. Name Vol(00) Last Chg Name Vol(00) Last Chg Name Vol(00) Last Chg KPFWUVTKCNU 8,000 Stocks posted modest losses in quiet Citigrp 11088136 4.42 +.22 CelSci 200776 1.45 +.13 ETrade 1063659 1.70 -.10 7,000 trading Thursday after a three-day GenElec 2502903 16.66 -.24 Oilsands g 85495 1.22 +.12 PwShs QQQ989522 42.41 -.01 -7.79 advance. Traders found little in the weekly BkofAm 2081061 17.61 +.36 EldorGld g 77364 11.97 -.22 Oracle 876039 21.52 -.61 6,000 SPDR 1926036 107.16 -.16 Sinovac 61357 9.26 -.76 Intel 635016 19.41 -.24 9,783.92 M J J A S employment data, or in reports on housing Synovus 1322882 3.90 -.53 KodiakO g 54360 2.57 -.12 Yahoo 601136 17.50 +.51 and manufacturing, to provide new Pct. change from previous: -0.08% High 9,854.58 Low 9,749.46 encouragement about an economic recov- GAINERS ($2 OR MORE) GAINERS ($2 OR MORE) GAINERS ($2 OR MORE) ery. Stocks surrendered early gains Name Last Chg %Chg Name Last Chg %Chg Name Last Chg %Chg Sept. 17, 2009 2,400 around midday and the Dow Jones indus- StratHotels 2.09 +.59 +39.3 Engex 2.50 +.34 +15.7 SpeedUs hlf 7.10 +3.85 +118.5 2,200 ArborRT 2.65 +.52 +24.4 Arrhythm 3.64 +.49 +15.6 Escalade 2.75 +.75 +37.6 0CUFCS trial average ended with a loss of 8 points. 2,000 Nwcstl pfC 6.76 +1.26 +22.9 Ballanty 3.43 +.43 +14.3 Tri-Tech n 15.67 +3.87 +32.8 EQORQUKVG Lackluster earnings reports from FedEx AMR 8.80 +1.45 +19.7 Velocity rs 3.70 +.41 +12.6 XenoPort 24.75 +5.05 +25.6 1,800 Corp. and Oracle Corp. added to investors' Newcstle h 2.42 +.39 +19.2 MastchH n 4.72 +.52 +12.4 OriginAg 5.88 +1.09 +22.8 -6.40 1,600 caution. 1,400 LOSERS ($2 OR MORE) LOSERS ($2 OR MORE) LOSERS ($2 OR MORE) 2,126.75 M J J A S The stock market has risen in eight of the Name Last Chg %Chg Name Last Chg %Chg Name Last Chg %Chg past 10 days and hopes for a recovery Pct. change from previous: -0.3% High2,140.60 Low 2,118.50 CSGlobWm 6.18 -.88 -12.5 FieldPnt 2.27 -.42 -15.6 TierOne 3.19 -.79 -19.8 have propelled the Standard & Poor's 500 Synovus 3.90 -.53 -12.0 Aerocntry 16.50 -3.00 -15.4 Consulier 3.56 -.87 -19.7 index up 57.5 percent from a 12-year low in MS Def09 20.64 -2.71 -11.6 NTS Rlty 4.70 -.69 -12.8 STEC 31.53 -6.37 -16.8 Sept. 17, 2009 1,200 early March. The pace of the gains has Headwatrs 3.94 -.50 -11.3 CheniereEn 3.04 -.43 -12.4 ZionO&G wt 5.05 -.96 -16.0 1,100 EKodak 5.93 -.75 -11.2 VistaGold 2.11 -.25 -10.6 PeopEduc 2.20 -.39 -15.1 5VCPFCTF 1,000 brought warnings from analysts that 2QQT¶U 900 stocks have risen too quickly. DIARY DIARY DIARY 800 “This market has become kind of saturat- Advanced 1,342 Advanced 283 Advanced 1,345 -3.27 700 ed with good news,'' said Jeff Kleintop, Declined 1,731 Declined 269 Declined 1,361 600 chief market strategist at LPL Financial. Unchanged 94 Unchanged 55 Unchanged 122 1,065.49 M J J A S Total issues 3,167 Total issues 607 Total issues 2,828 The Labor Department said workers filing New Highs 277 New Highs 39 New Highs 147 Pct. change from previous: -0.31% High 1,074.11 Low 1,061.20 for jobless claims for the first time dipped New Lows 3 New Lows ... New Lows 4 SOURCE: SunGard AP to 545,000 last week from an upwardly Volume 6,728,158,658 Volume 194,608,414 Volume 2,576,820,227 revised 557,000 the previous week.
INDEXES 11,483.05 6,469.95 Dow Jones Industrials 9,783.92 -7.79 -.08 +11.48 -11.21 5,227.53 2,134.21 Dow Jones Transportation 3,978.05 -36.39 -.91 +12.46 -21.06 Economy 458.87 288.66 Dow Jones Utilities 381.67 -2.56 -.67 +2.94 -13.04 Continued from Business 1 8,201.24 4,181.75 NYSE Composite 7,002.17 -35.97 -.51 +21.63 -9.94 557,000 the previous week, the by one week. 1,944.73 1,130.47 Amex Index 1,814.75 -14.11 -.77 +29.85 -3.10 surge in construction of multifami- Labor Department said. Wall Street When federal extended benefits 2,318.43 1,265.52 Nasdaq Composite 2,126.75 -6.40 -.30 +34.86 -3.29 1,265.12 666.79 S&P 500 1,065.49 -3.27 -.31 +17.96 -11.69 ly units, a volatile sector that had economists had expected a small are included, 9.01 million people 12,922.73 6,772.29 Wilshire 5000 11,040.13 -33.81 -.31 +21.49 -10.61 fallen 15.2 percent in July. rise, according to Thomson received unemployment insurance 761.78 342.59 Russell 2000 615.47 -1.91 -.31 +23.23 -14.95 Single-family home construc- Reuters. in the week ending Aug. 29. That’s tion dipped 3 percent last month to The decline was the third in the down from 9.16 million the previ- TOCKS OF OCAL NTEREST S L I an annual rate of 479,000 units, the past four weeks. The four-week ous week.Congress has added up to AlliantEgy 1.50 14 27.94 -.34 -4.2 Kaman .56 16 22.27 -.04 +22.8 first setback following five straight average,which smooths out fluctu- 53 weeks of extended benefits on AlliantTch ... 16 77.83 +1.65 -9.2 Keycorp .04 ... 6.55 -.47 -23.1 AmCasino .42 ... 16.78 -.20 +94.2 LeeEnt h ...... 2.15 +.05 +424.4 monthly gains. ations,dropped to 563,000.Despite top of the 26 weeks provided by the Aon Corp .60 22 41.78 -.66 -8.5 MicronT ...... 8.22 -.28 +211.4 Some economists held out hope the improvement, that’s far above states. BallardPw ...... 2.06 +.09 +82.3 OfficeMax ...... 13.18 -.14 +72.5 that the drop would be temporary. the 325,000 per week that is typical Some economists said the overall BkofAm .04 48 17.61 +.36 +25.1 RockTen .40 10 50.06 -.38 +46.5 “A clear uptrend is emerging’’ in in a healthy economy. housing construction gain was an ConAgra .76 10 22.15 -.06 +34.2 Sensient .76 15 28.06 -.25 +17.5 Costco .72 23 57.96 +.26 +10.4 SkyWest .16 11 18.04 +.21 -3.0 single-family homes, Ian The slow decline in unemploy- encouraging sign that the worst is Diebold 1.04 26 31.85 +.07 +13.4 Teradyn ...... 8.89 -.29 +110.7 Shepherdson, chief U.S. economist ment claims may indicate that the over for that troubled market. DukeEngy .96f 16 15.82 -.03 +5.4 Tuppwre .88 17 40.21 -.29 +77.1 at High Frequency Economics, recovery will be a relatively jobless “This sector is likely to start DukeRlty .68 53 12.71 -.45 +16.0 US Bancrp .20 27 22.44 -.38 -10.3 Fastenal .74f 26 39.19 -.09 +12.5 Valhi .40 ... 14.53 +.53 +35.8 wrote in a note to clients. one, similar to the rebounds from adding to growth rather than hold- Heinz 1.68 14 39.92 -.03 +6.2 WalMart 1.09 15 49.96 -.08 -10.9 New-home construction could the 1991 and 2001 recessions, said ing back the economy,’’ said Joel HewlettP .32 15 45.71 +.07 +26.0 WashFed .20 ... 15.91 -.23 +6.4 rise further in the next few months John Canally, an economist at LPL Naroff, chief economist at Naroff HomeDp .90 20 27.92 -.14 +21.3 WellsFargo .20 37 28.78 -.63 -2.4 Idacorp 1.20 13 28.93 -.14 -1.8 ZionBcp .04m ... 18.27 -1.04 -25.5 as builders respond to greater Financial. Economic Advisors. demand from first-time buyers for The number of people claiming Regionally, construction rose smaller homes, he added. jobless benefits for more than a 23.8 percent in the Northeast and HOW TO READ THE REPORT Initial claims for unemployment week rose by 129,000 to a seasonal- 0.9 percent in the Midwest. Name: Stocks are listed alphabetically by the company’s full name (not its abbrevia- benefits dropped last week to a sea- ly adjusted 6.2 million. The contin- Activity was flat in the West and fell tion). Company names made up of initials appear at the beginning of each letters’ list. sonally adjusted 545,000 from uing claims data lags initial claims 2.4 percent in the South. Div: Current annual dividend rate paid on stock, based on latest quarterly or semiannu- al declaration, unless otherwise footnoted. Last: Price stock was trading at when exchange closed for the day. Chg: Loss or gain for the day. No change indicated by ... mark.
Fund Name: Name of mutual fund and family. Sell: Net asset value, or price at which fund could be sold. Chg: Daily net change in the NAV. Haggle Stock Footnotes: cc – PE greater than 99. dd – Loss in last 12 mos. d – New 52-wk low Continued from Business 1 during trading day. g – Dividend in Canadian $. Stock price in U.S.$. n – New issue in HOW TO HAGGLE past 52 wks. q – Closed-end mutual fund; no PE calculated. s – Split or stock dividend of said she once got a television for 25 pct or more in last 52 wks. Div begins with date of split or stock dividend. u – New 52- wk high during trading day. v – Trading halted on primary market. Unless noted, dividend half off because it was missing a Bargaining can be time consuming, intimidating and downright frustrating, but it rates are annual disbursements based on last declaration. pf – Preferred. pp – Holder remote. If the discount isn’t deep owes installment(s) of purchase price. rt – Rights. un – Units. wd – When distributed. wi – can result in better deals. When issued. wt – Warrants. ww – With warrants. xw – Without warrants. enough, ask if the store will throw Some tips to make the process easier: Dividend Footnotes: a – Also extra or extras. b – Annual rate plus stock dividend. c – Liquidating dividend. e – Declared or paid in preceding 12 mos. f – Annual rate, increased in an extended warranty,said Noel, • Do your research. Comparison shop for the best deal, said Anne-Marie O’Neill, on last declaration. i – Declared or paid after stock dividend or split. j – Paid this year, divi- who has a syndicated Frugal Living dend omitted, deferred or no action taken at last meeting. k – Declared or paid this year, deputy editor of Real Simple magazine. Consider all the factors. Are there taxes accumulative issue with dividends in arrears. m – Annual rate, reduced on last declara- column. you avoid by purchasing the item online? Is it more convenient to buy it in a tion. p – Init div, annual rate unknown. r – Declared or paid in preceding 12 mos plus stock dividend. t – Paid in stock in last 12 mos, estimated cash value on ex-dividend or store? distribution date. x – Ex-dividend or ex-rights. y – Ex-dividend and sales in full. z – Sales HEALTH CLUBS • Talk to the right person. The sales person probably does not have the authority in full. vj – In bankruptcy or receivership or being reorganized under the Bankruptcy Act, or securities assumed by such companies. to give you a discount.“The closer you get to someone who is actually making • Most active stocks above must be worth $1 and gainers/losers $2. You may not be able to negotiate the decision, the better luck you have,’’ said O’Neill. Mutual Fund Footnotes: e – Ex-capital gains distribution. f – Previous day’s quote. n - a better price at a health club (it No-load fund. p – Fund assets used to pay distribution costs. r – Redemption fee or con- • Express brand loyalty. Businesses like repeat customers.“‘I come here all the tingent deferred sales load may apply. s – Stock dividend or split. t – Both p and r. x – Ex- would be unfair for one member to time. I really like your store. Is there something you can do for me?’’’ said O’Neill. cash dividend. pay one thing and another some- Source: The Associated Press. Sales figures are unofficial. “People respond really well to that.’’ thing much cheaper), but you can • Use silence to your advantage.“If you don’t quickly respond to the offer the sell- ask for more, said Kevin Laferriere, er is giving you, you’re sort of at a psychological advantage,’’said Susan Spencer, president of Lifestyle Family executive editor of All You magazine.“The seller may sweeten the deal to close COMMODITIES REPORT Fitness, which has 55 locations in the silence.’’ OGDEN — White wheat 4.20 (down 5) 11.5 per- four states. • Be reasonable. If you get the discount you want, don’t ask for a bigger one, said C LOSING FUTURES cent winter 3.97 (down 6) 14 percent spring 5.04 (up 5) Barley 5.00 (down 10) “‘Could I try tanning for a O’Neill.“If this is an ongoing relationship, especially if it’s a small store, when you PORTLAND — White wheat 4.52 (down 3) 11.5 per- Mon Commodity High Low Close Change cent winter 4.84-5.07 (down 6) 14 percent spring 6.36 (up month? I don’t have racket ball on get what you want, be happy with what you got.’’ Oct Live cattle 86.95 85.75 85.78 - 1.20 16) my membership, can I try that for a • Be able to walk away.“If you are not getting anywhere in your negotiation, if you Dec Live cattle 86.40 85.25 85.35 - 1.30 NAMPA — White wheat cwt 5.83 (steady): bushel 3.50 (steady) Sep Feeder cattle 98.10 96.60 96.65 - 1.63 month?’’’ he said. Perhaps the club don’t feel the seller is going to come down to your wish price, then you have to Oct Feeder cattle 98.15 96.50 96.70 - 1.75 Nov Feeder cattle 98.30 96.90 97.00 - 1.55 C HEESE can give you free personal training walk away,’’ she said. Oct Lean hogs 53.55 52.05 52.18 - .28 — The Associated Press Dec Lean hogs 52.65 51.30 52.03 - .58 sessions with a membership or Feb Pork belly 87.00 86.10 86.60 - .03 Cheddar cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange coupons for free smoothies at their Mar Pork belly 85.80 85.00 85.30 — Barrels: $1.2800, nc: Blocks: $1.3050, + .0250 Dec Wheat 468.50 458.00 461.75 - 5.50 cafe. said. “Hotels want to make travelers physician where you already have Mar Wheat 483.00 479.50 481.50 - 5.50 Dec KC Wheat 481.00 470.75 474.25 - 5.75 S UGAR happy in hopes of making them an established relationship will Mar KC Wheat 496.50 487.50 490.50 - 6.00 loyal customers in the future.’’ really help make this conversation Dec MPS Wheat 509.50 494.00 500.50 + .75 HOTELS Mar MPS Wheat 525.50 511.75 516.50 + 1.00 easier,’’ said Epperly. But he said Dec Corn 331.50 323.00 329.00 - 7.25 NEW YORK (AP)—Sugar futures trad-ing on the New York Mar Corn 344.50 336.25 342.50 - 7.25 Board of Trade Thursday: Rock-bottom rates and free DOCTOR’S OFFICE even if it’s your first time, many Nov Soybeans 953.00 937.50 953.00 + 2.50 Open High Low Settle Chg. room upgrades are regular offers doctors are willing to work with Jan Soybeans 956.50 943.00 956.25 + 1.25 SUGAR-WORLD 11 Sep BFP Milk 12.07 12.04 12.05 — 112,000 lbs.: cents per lb. Oct 22.55 22.89 22.32 22.66 +.17 these days, said Travelocity’s senior If you’re underinsured or with- you. Oct BFP Milk 12.25 12.10 12.20 + .09 Jan 23.50 23.50 23.50 23.50 editor, Genevieve Shaw Brown. If out insurance and unable to afford The doctor may be able to set up Nov BFP Milk 13.08 12.93 13.05 + .08 Mar 24.00 24.38 23.62 23.93 —.07 Dec BFP Milk 13.73 13.55 13.72 + .05 May 22.89 23.16 22.44 22.73 —.17 you’re at the check-in desk, you’re medical treatment or prescription a payment plan for you with no Jan BFP Milk 13.83 13.69 13.78 + .02 Jul 21.63 21.85 21.12 21.38 —.24 Oct Sugar 22.89 22.32 22.66 + .17 Oct 20.80 20.86 20.24 20.46 —.29 more likely to successfully negotiate drugs, tell your doctor, said Dr. Ted interest, change some of your pre- Jan Sugar 23.50 23.50 23.50 — Jan 20.13 Dec B-Pound 1.6568 1.6428 1.6430 - .0062 Mar 20.20 20.20 19.60 19.82 —.29 for an upgrade as opposed to a dif- Epperly, president of the American scriptions to generic or not charge Mar B-Pound 1.6565 1.6450 1.6455 - .0040 May 18.62 —.30 ferent rate than what you agreed to Academy of Family Physicians and anything at all, he said. Many doc- Dec J-Yen 1.1053 1.0919 1.0976 - .0030 Jul 17.78 17.81 17.49 17.69 —.31 Mar J-Yen 1.1060 1.0982 1.1050 + .0035 Oct 17.55 17.56 17.44 17.44 —.29 pay,she said. a family physician in Boise. (The tors will also give you a discount if Dec Euro-currency 1.4773 1.4687 1.4737 + .0015 Mar 17.25 17.28 16.83 16.99 —.25 Mar Euro-currency 1.4761 1.4704 1.4740 + .0019 May 16.10 16.24 16.10 16.24 —.26 “If the hotel has available room front desk may not have the power you pay up front in cash, and con- Dec Canada dollar .9444 .9368 .9393 + .0014 Jul 15.90 15.90 15.60 15.74 —.26 Mar Canada dollar .9434 .9373 .9400 + .0022 Est. sales 87,653. Wed.’s sales 152,979 upgrades,there’s a very good chance to make the decision, he said.) sider the rest a charitable dona- Dec U.S. dollar 76.66 76.23 76.47 - .01 Wed.’s open int 824,403 they’ll honor your request,’’ she “Having a trusted personal tion. Oct Comex gold 1024.7 1010.0 1015.1 - 4.1 Dec Comex gold 1025.8 1010.6 1015.9 - .10 Sep Comex silver 17.56 17.30 17.31 + .40 L IVESTOCK Dec Comex silver 17.69 17.21 17.35 - .08 Sep Treasury bond 121.21 120.30 121.15 + 1.5 Dec Treasury bond 120.09 118.19 120.40 + 1.7 TWIN FALLS - Twin Falls Livestock Commission Co. reports the Sep Coffee 135.50 135.00 135.05 + 1.85 following prices from the livestock sale held Wednesday, Sept. Dec Coffee 137.05 134.20 136.05 + 1.85 16. Sep Cocoa 1999 1973 1977 - 5 Steers: under 400 lbs., $110-$137 400 to 500 lbs., $102- Dec Cocoa 2008 1984 1991 - 2 $116 500 to 600 lbs., $95-$103 600 to 700 lbs., $94.50- Prices Oct Cotton 62.45 62.15 62.66 + .54 $99.25 700 to 800 lbs., $93-$97 over 800 lbs., $82- Dec Cotton 64.21 63.52 64.18 + .66 $91.85 Continued from Business 1 most recent quarter dropped 6.5 of items per transaction has risen, Oct Crude oil 73.16 71.66 72.56 + .05 Heifers: 400 to 500 lbs., $94.50-$108 500 to Oct Unleaded gas 1.8731 1.8325 1.8529 + .0046 600 lbs., $88.25-90.75 600 to 700 lbs., $82-$89.95 were once emulated struggled to percent from a year earlier, even he said. Oct Heating oil 1.8570 1.8151 1.8440 + .0182 700 to 800 lbs., $81-$88.75 over 800 lbs., $79-$87 Commercial/utility cows: $39-$49 hold on to shoppers. Consumers though it is ringing up more trans- “Ours has always been a very Oct Natural gas 3.900 3.442 3.479 - .281 Canners/cutters: $31-$39 Quotations from Sinclair & Co. Butcher bulls: $49.25-$59.25 began clipping coupons and opting actions. The cost of cheese competitive business,’’ Neibergall 733-6013 or (800) 635-0821 Feeder bulls: $47-$56 Holstein steers: over 700 lbs., $60.25-$63.50 for a dozen roses instead of floral dropped 17 percent, milk plunged said. “But it seems like with the B EANS Cows, calves and feeders are steady bouquets, and 20 percent fat 27 percent, and cherries fell 42 onset of the sluggishness of the Saturday sale, Sept. 12 Livestock: baby calves, $1-$25 head started ground beef over 10 percent fat. percent. economy, it has been even more Valley Beans calves, $25-$100 head horses, 3-12 cents goats, Traditional supermarkets saw “The deflation is deeper and aggressive than it has previously.It Prices are net to growers, 100 pounds, U.S. No. 1 beans, less $50-$95 head Idaho bean tax and storage charges. Prices subject to change Hogs: weaners, $10-$30 head: feeders, 40-50 cents head renewed interest in deals on mun- more sustained than we had earli- feels like it’s kind of at an all-time without notice. Producers desiring more recent price informa- Sheep: feeders, $83-$87 head fats, $85-$87 breeding tion should contact dealers. ewes, $15-$125 head killer ewes, $10-$25 head dane items such as toilet paper and er predicted,’’Safeway chief exec- high.’’ Pintos, no quote, new crop great northerns, no quote ewe/lamb pairs, $70 to$100 pinks, no quote, new crop small reds, no quote, new crop. laundry detergent that dominate utive Steven Burd told investors, Chris Paradissis, regional vice Prices are given by Rangens in Buhl. Prices current Sept. 16. M ETALS/MONEY the centers of their stores. Phil noting that those price declines president of sales and operations Other Idaho bean prices are collected weekly by Bean Market News, U.S. Department of Agriculture Pintos, Ltd. $32 Lempert, a consultant known as were the worst in 17 years. for Giant Food, said the chain great northerns, Ltd. $32 small whites, not established By The Associated Press “the Supermarket Guru,’’ likened Still, Burd said deflation alone recently doubled the number of pinks, Ltd. $32-$34 small reds, Ltd. $34-$35. Quotes Selected world gold prices, Thursday. current Sept. 16. London morning fixing: 1020.50 up $4.75. the changes in shoppers to those won’t make prices hit what he discounted items on monthly and London afternoon fixing: $1018.50 up $2.75. G RAINS NY Handy & Harman: $1018.50 up $2.75. seen during the Great Depression. called the “magic price point’’ that weekly cycles. NY Handy & Harman fabricated: $1099.98 up $2.97. NY Engelhard: $1020.88 up $2.75. “They learned certain behaviors will persuade consumers to buy. The company, which is owned NY Engelhard fabricated: $1097.45 up $2.96. that they stuck with for the rest of So the chain has sacrificed some by the Dutch conglomerate Royal Valley Grains NY Merc. gold Sept. Thu. $1012.30 off $6.60. Prices for wheat per bushel: mixed grain, oats, corn and beans NY HSBC Bank USA 4 p.m. Thu. $1015.00 off $4.00. their lives,’’he said. profit to reduce prices even fur- Ahold, began systematically low- per hundred weight. Prices subject to change without notice. The drop in commodities prices ther. Some of the bigger cuts ering prices throughout the store Soft white wheat, $3.77 barley, $6.20 oats, NEW YORK (AP) — Spot nonferrous metal prices Thursy. $6.50 corn, $6.90 (15 percent moisture). Prices are given Aluminum -$0.8875 per lb., N.Y. Merc spot Thu. has allowed retailers to lower included $3 declines in the price of three years ago to help halt the daily by Rangens in Buhl. Prices current Sept. 16. Copper -$2.9605 Cathode full plate, U.S. destinations. Barley, $6.00 (48-lb. minimum) spot delivery in Twin Falls and Lead - $2219.00 metric ton, London Metal Exch. prices for their customers, but it large laundry detergent and a large long slide in its market share. Gooding: corn, no quote (Twin Falls only). Prices quoted by Zinc - $0.8738 per lb., delivered. Land O’Lakes Inc. in Twin Falls. Prices current Sept. 16. Silver - $17.400 Handy & Harman (only daily quote). also can result in lower revenue: If can of Folgers coffee, said Steve Those investments seem to have n.q.-not quoted, n.a.-not available r-revised shoppers buy the same food for Neibergall, president of Safeway’s paid off: Sales at established stores POCATELLO (AP) — Idaho Farm Bureau Intermountain Grain Report on Thursday. NEW YORK (AP) — Key currency exchange rates Thursday, less money, sales figures will eastern division. Stores are show- have risen the past four quarters, POCATELLO — White wheat 4.10 (steady) 11.5 percent winter compared with late Wednesday in New York: 3.627 (down 52) 14 percent spring 4.81 (steady) Barley Dollar vs: Exch. Rate Pvs Day decline. casing the new prices with yellow reversing six years of declines, and 4.58 (steady) Yen 91.15 90.90 BURLEY — White wheat 3.95 (steady) 11.5 percent winter 3.84 Euro $1.4749 $1.4723 That’s what happened to tags, and Neibergall said shoppers market share has improved slight- (down 6) 14 percent spring 4.90 (steady) Barley 4.50 (steady) Pound $1.6448 $1.6493 Safeway,where revenue during the have noticed. The average number ly. Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho NATION Friday, September 18, 2009 Business 3 House votes to strip funds from ACORN
about her profession and make the interaction appear launder her earnings. The more objectionable than it Both Idaho House members vote to strip funds video was the latest in a may have been. series that has already led to ACORN said Wednesday By Jim Abrams ensure that taxpayer dollars Community Organizations believe the Internal Revenue the firing of four ACORN that it is ordering its own Associated Press writer would no longer be used to for Reform Now. Service needs to examine the employees in Baltimore and independent investigation fund this corrupt organiza- Republicans accelerated tax-exempt status ACORN Washington. It was created of the incidents, while WASHINGTON — The tion,’’ said second-ranked their attacks on the liberal- now enjoys and the by James O’Keefe and stressing that they were iso- House voted Thursday to House Republican Eric leaning group a year ago Department of Justice needs Hannah Giles and posted on lated cases. deny all federal funds for Cantor of Virginia. when ACORN, in conduct- to investigate federal crimi- BigGovernment.com, where The Census Bureau, ACORN in a GOP-led strike The vote, on a provision ing a massive voter registra- nal charges against the O’Keefe identifies himself as meanwhile, also has severed against the scandal-tainted attached to a student aid bill, tion drive, was accused of organization and its leader- an activist filmmaker. its ties with the group for the community organizing was 345-75, with Democrats submitting some false regis- ship.” ACORN spokesman Scott 2010 national census. group that comes just three supplying all the “no’’ votes. tration forms. On a hidden-camera Levenson blasted the video Republicans have urged days after the Senate took On Monday the Senate Reps. Mike Simpson, R- video released on Monday, shot at the organization’s federal officials to go further similar action. voted 83-7 to deny housing Idaho, and Walt Minnick, D- two ACORN employees are Brooklyn office, saying the by launching a comprehen- “ACORN has violated and community grant fund- Idaho, both voted to strip seen apparently advising a group believes the voices of sive investigation of how serious federal laws, and ing to ACORN, which stands ACORN’s funds. couple that was posing as a the couple were dubbed over ACORN spends and man- today the House voted to for the Association of Simpson said, “I strongly prostitute and her pimp to lie to alter the conversation and ages federal money. Nuke agency says Iran can make bomb By George Jahn ballistic missile capable of workable implosion nuclear Associated Press writer housing a warhead payload device (an atomic bomb) “that is quite likely to be based on HEU (highly VIENNA — Iran experts at nuclear.’’ enriched uranium) as the the U.N nuclear monitoring • That Iran engaged in fission fuel.’’ agency believe Tehran has “probable testing’’ of ElBaradei said in 2007 the ability to make a nuclear explosives commonly used there was no “concrete evi- bomb and worked to detonate a nuclear dence’’ that Iran was on developing a warhead — a engaged in atomic weapons missile system that method known as a work — a source of friction AP photo can carry an atomic “full-scale hemi- with the United States, President Obama speaks about the U.S. missile defense shield in Europe, Thursday at the White House in warhead, according spherical explosively which has sought a hard- to a confidential driven shock sys- line stance on Tehran’s Washington. report seen by The tem.’’ nuclear ambitions. Associated Press. • An assessment Responding to the AP The document ElBaradei that Iran worked on report, the agency did not Obama junks Bush’s missile drafted by senior developing a system deny the existence of a con- officials at the International “for initiating a hemispher- fidential record of its Atomic Energy Agency is ical high explosive charge’’ knowledge and assessment the clearest indication yet of the kind used to help of Iran’s alleged attempts to defense plan for Europe that those officials share spark a nuclear blast. make nuclear weapons. But Washington’s views on In another key finding, an an agency statement said Iran’s weapon-making excerpt notes: “The agency the IAEA “has no concrete By Anne Gearan security interests of the capabilities and missile ... assesses that Iran has proof that there is or has Associated Press writer 5JKGNFURGPFKPI United States and our technology — even if they sufficient information to be been a nuclear weapon pro- In the past eight fiscal years, allies in Europe,’’said Rep. have not made those views able to design and produce a gram in Iran.’’ WASHINGTON — Congress has approved an Howard “Buck’’ McKeon public. annual average of $8.35 billion President Obama abruptly for missile defense. of California, the top The document, titled Cook Auction canceled a long-planned U.S. missile defense funding Republican on the House “Possible Military Sunday, September 20, 2009 missile shield for Eastern $9.0 Armed Services Dimension of Iran’s Nuclear $10 billion billion Located: Hagerman, Idaho Europe on Thursday,replac- Committee. Program,’’ appeared to be 870 East 2700 South ing a Bush-era project that 8 The Democratic chair- the so-called IAEA “secret From the south end of Hagerman (US Bank corner) turn west was bitterly opposed by 6 man of that committee, annex’’ on Iran’s alleged Russia with a plan he con- Rep. Ike Skelton of nuclear arms program that on Hagerman Avenue West, go 3/4 mile to sale site. 4 tended would better defend Missouri, told the AP the the U.S., France, Israel and Sale Time 11:00 AM Lunch Available against a growing threat of 2 shift reflected a proper other IAEA members say is Iranian missiles. understanding of the cur- being withheld by agency Antique Furniture & Appliances 0 Victrola Talking Machine phonograph with beautiful cabinet, The United States will no ’95 ’00 ’05 ’09 rent threat from Iran. chief Mohamed ElBaradei longer seek to erect a missile “It’s about short- and — claims the nuclear it still works - 1940’s GE Grandfathers clock with radio - very SOURCE: Missile Defense Agency AP nice Zenith Long Distance Radio, floor model, with Police base and radar site in Poland medium-range missiles,’’ watchdog denies. Standard Broadcast wave - Alaron 31 day mantle clock - and the Czech Republic, Skelton said. It is a record of IAEA large gold framed wall mirror - Duncan Phyfe dining table poised at Russia’s hemline. before Obama is to meet The Obama administra- findings since the agency with 3 leaves and 4 pressed back chairs - beautiful Cyprus That change is bound to with Russian President tion said the shift is a began probing Iran’s Tree coffee table - stained glass swag lamp - First Wendel please the Russians, who Dmitry Medvedev at the common sense answer to nuclear program in 2007 Postoffice mail box cabinet - Houdy Doudy puppet - George had never accepted U.S. United Nations and the the evolution of both the and has been continuously Washington porcelain figure on pedestal, #313 of Limited arguments, made by both Group of 20 economic sum- threat and the U.S. under- updated. Edition of 400, and original box - large copper pot with the Bush and Obama mit. Medvedev reacted pos- standing of it. Iran has not The information in the handles - several “Russell” prints, some rare - old Hudson administrations, that the itively,calling it a “responsi- shown that it is close to document that is either Super Six Spread Light with rose colored lense - old gas lamp - ship’s wheel - several old steamer trunks - camel shield was intended strictly ble move.’’ being able to lob a long- new, more detailed or rep- back trunk - buffalo skull - elk head trophy - brown bear as a defense against Iran and “The U.S. president’s range missile, perhaps resents a more forthright hide - antalope trophy head - old insulated butter box - old other “rogue states.’’ decision is a well-thought- with a nuclear warhead, at conclusion than found in Victrola advertising sign, good shape - Charley Weaver Scrapping the planned out and systematic one,’’ U.S. allies in Europe. published IAEA reports Bartender - Homco figurines - old picture processor - 3 old shield, however, means said Konstantin Kosachev, The Bush administra- includes: typewriters - old Hoosier kitchen cupboard with flour bin, upending agreements with head of the foreign affairs tion had calculated that • The IAEA’s assessment rough - old licence plates - food grinder - buckskin swede the host countries that had committee in the State Iran might be able to do that Iran worked on devel- coats - Indian blankets - antique dresser mirror - shoe lasts cost those allies political Duma, the lower house of that as soon as 2012. oping a chamber inside a - whale bones - Thor Ironrite - several Life Magazines, Times support among their own the Russian Parliament. Magazines and Western Horseman Magazines, some date back to the 40’s - US Maritime clock - old books - doilies - Vitrock people. Obama called Polish “Now we can talk about salt and pepper set - cigarette case - mocassins - Helping and Czech leaders ahead of restoration of the strategic Auction Hands plaque - Craftford Co. alphabet letter set - sealed his announcement, and a partnership between Russia Riverboat whiskey bottle - old utensils - costume jewelry - team of senior diplomats and the United States.’’ Madrid depression glassware - Zebco Traveler propane camp and others flew to Europe to At the same time, Russia’s stove - old bottles lay out the new plan. top diplomat warned that Saddles - Harness - Relics & Old Items “Our new missile defense Moscow remains opposed to h rough Sept. th Youth Saddle with silver trim - old saddle for decoration architecture in Europe will new punitive sanctions on SATURDAY SEPT , :am MONDAY, SEPT , :pm - set of harness with silver trim - harness bridles and parts - provide stronger, smarter, Iran to stop what the West James B. & Virginia Fox, Rupert General Merchandise, TF Clermont #136 Pot Belly cast iron stove - old lanterns - old and swifter defenses of contends is a drive toward Furniture • Household • Tools branding iron - oxen bow - several oxen hoof shoes - mule Pick-Up • ATV’s • Boat • Saddles shoes - old horse shoes - old cavalry boots - old wagon jacks American forces and nuclear weapons. 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Lyle Masters Gary Osborne Joe Bennett Lamar Loveland Jim Christiansen Pentagon is locked into work “The administration www.mastersauction.com Times-News Ad: 9-25 Buhl, Idaho Gooding, Idaho Hagerman, ID Hagerman, ID Rupert, Idaho on some elements of the old apparently has decided to MASTERS AUCTION (208) 543-5227 (208) 934-5350 (208) 837-6523 (208) 837-4300 (208) 436-7355 To find out more, click Auctions system. empower Russia and Iran at www.mastersauction.com Mobile Phones 731-1616 • 539-5350 • 539-0111 • 431-7355 on www.magicvalley.com The change comes days the expense of the national Ringside Phone: 208-431-7355 • FAX: 543-5227 or 837-6617 • www.mastersauction.com BUSINESS 4 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2009 SECTION EDITOR ERIC LARSEN: (208) 735-3220 [email protected] TTwinwin FFallsalls Covering the communities of Buhl, Castleford, Filer, Hansen, COMMUNITY Hollister, Kimberly, Murtaugh, Rogerson, Twin Falls. Buhl struggling with unsightly property enforcement ordinance allowing the city includes about $15,000 for be turned off by some resi- City leaders hoping to add ‘teeth’ to ordinance to come onto properties to such projects but with the dents’ apparent lack of pride clean them after mediation amount of properties in vio- in their properties through- By Blair Koch McClain asked during said he approached a dozen fails, assessing the cost to lation of city code, the out town. Times-News correspondent Tuesday’s council meeting. residents after lining up vol- individual tax rolls. amount of projects would “We’ve got to do some- Although the city tickets unteers ready to chip in and However, Mayor Charles exhaust available funds thing,”McClain said. BUHL — An effort to clear and assesses fines to resi- help mow yards and pick up Sheridan said it would take quickly. The council will review Buhl of overgrown lawns, dents breaking code, offi- garbage. They all declined at least two years of such a “One property we wanted other city’s ordinances spreading weed patches and cials can’t do much more, the help and wouldn’t allow program before the city to clean up would have dealing with similar situa- loose refuse has hit the said Police Chief Ron volunteers onto their prop- recouped costs. probably taken the entire tions and will consider the proverbial wall, leaving city Romero. erty, he said. Another option is budg- budget for the year,” issue at its October regular leaders pondering where to “There’s no way to make “The ordinance has no eting for a full-time code Sheridan said. “It only goes meeting. go next. them do it,”Romero said of teeth,”Hauser said.“I would enforcer/clean-up employ- so far.” “What are we going to do residents cleaning up their like to discuss (changing) it.” ee, but money is already Officials are worried that Blair Koch may be reached about the weeds in this property. Buhl isn’t sure what route tight, officials said. as potential new residents at [email protected] or town?” Councilwoman Pam Councilman Kyle Hauser to take. It could pass an The city’s budget already scope out the town they may 208-316-2607.
COMMUNITY NEWS Davis completes C OOLING OFF BY THE S NAKE Army basic Army National Guard Pfc. Katrina C. Davis has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. She is the daughter of Jay Davis of Twin Falls and Rose Helton of Jerome. Davis is a 2007 graduate of Camas County High School in Fairfield. Buhl library holds book discussions Free book talks are scheduled at the Buhl Public Library. Discussion of “Snow Flyer and the Secret Fan” by Lisa Lee, will be led by Ellen Asay from 7:15 to 9 p.m. Sept. 29. “Open Season” by C.J. Box, with discussion led by Edie Wells, will be held Oct. 20. Connie McDonald will lead discussion on “A Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Hosseini, on Nov. 17. Information: Buhl Public Library, 543-6500. CSI Fall Children’s
ASHLEY SMITH/Times-News Festival nears Bonnie Richards, 18, of Shoshone, walks along the Snake River near Centennial Park in Twin Falls Thursday with her Labrador retreiver, Joslin. Today’s weather forecast calls for The College of Southern sunny skies with a high in the mid-80s with mild winds. Idaho’s Asian Student Organization is planning their third annual Fall Children’s Festival, 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at the CSI Student Union building. Events planned are kite making and flying, fish Kimberly Public Library has new materials printing, top spinning, origami, chibi (anime) New materials at the Cafe” by Laurell K. and Judith Miller St. Pierre, “Can’t Have Birch,” “The Bad News production, chopstick Kimberly Public Library Hamilton, “Blame it on Adult nonfiction Ants” by Sarah Willson, Bears,”“Mr. & Mrs. Smith,” relays, and a three-legged include: Paris” by Jennifer Greene, “How in the World” by “Snuggle Piggy and the “King Arthur,” “Forever race. A special guest to the Adult fiction “Just One of the Guys” by Reader’s Digest Association, Magic Blanket” by Michele Strong,” “A Knight’s Tale,” event will be Micki “Dying For Mercy” by Kristna Higgins, “One “The Year of Living Stepto, “I’ll Always Love “There Will Be Blood,”“Out Kawakami, a kite maker Mary Jane Behrends,“Clark, Silent Night,”“The Dream- Biblically” by A. J. Jacobs, You” by Paeony Lewis, “A Of Time,”“Cheaper By The from Pocatello. Fire And Ice” by Judith A. Hunter,” “Upon The “More Natural Cures They Chocolate Moose for Dozen,” “Danny And The The event is free of Jance, “The Defector” by Midnight Clear” and “Devil Don’t Want You to Know Dinner” by Fred Gwynne, Dinosaur,” “Goodnight charge and open to the Daniel Silva, “All The Colors May Cry” by Sherrilyn About” by Kevin Trudeau, “Grumpy Bunnies” by Willy Moon,” “Pokemon: The public. All events will take of Darkness” by Peter Kenyon How to Teach Your Baby to Welch First Movie” place outside, just north of Robinson, “Dear and Alive” Inspirational fiction Read” by Glenn & Janet Juvenile nonfiction Videos the CSI Student Union by Dean R. Koontz, “The “A Fire Within” by Doman “Starting Needlecraft” by “The Other,” “The building. Third Victim” by Lisa Kathleen Morgan, “Sister’s Juvenile fiction Ray Gibson, “Greenpeace” Bravados,” “Beethoven,” Gardner, “Dead Until Dark” Choice” by Judith Pella, Endymion Spring” by by Sean Connolly, “Gattaca,” “The American Legion by Charlaine Harris, “A “Outlaw’s Bride” by Lori Matthew Skelton, The Siege “Warplanes” by Simon Tommyknockers,” “I Still Visible Darkness and Acts of Copeland,“The Believer” by of Macindaw” by John Adams, “The Crazy World Know What You Did Last dinner held Monday Nature” by Jonathon King, Ann H. Gabhart, “Sunset Fanagan, A Good Night for of What if” by Cooper Beach Summer,” “Bill Cosby The American Legion “Breakneck” by Erica Beach” by Trish Perry, Ghosts” by Mary Pope Books Himself,”“Fargo,”“Shrek 2,” Post 7 and Auxiliary Unit 7 Spindler, “Recovering “Through the Fire” by Osborne, “A Certain Kind of DVDs “Two-Bits & Pepper,” “Mr. annual Youth Appreciation Charles” by Jason F. Wright, Shawn Grady, “Offworld” Treasure” by Kellene “That’s Entertainment,” Deeds,”“Goldy: The Last Of Dinner will be held at “The Killing Dance,” “Blue by Robin Parrish, “That Despain, “Great Bear Lake” “All the Pretty Horses,” The Golden Bears,” “You’ve 6 p.m. Monday, in the Moon,” “Guilty Pleasures,” Certain Spark” by Cathy by Erin Hunter, “Bunny “Stranger Than Fiction,” Got Mail,” “The Bone American Legion Hall, 447 “The Laughing Corpse,” Marie Hake, “How do I Bonanza” by Ben M. Baglio, “White Noise,” “The Truth Collector,” “Prince Caspian Seastrom Street, Twin “Burnt Offerings,” “Bloody Love Thee?” by Nancy “Once When I Was Scared” About Cats & Dogs,”“Bend and the Voyage Of The Falls. Bones,” “Circus of The Moser, “A Surrendered by Helena Clare Pitman, it Like Beckham,”“Bella,”“A Dawn Trader,” “Piglet’s Big Damned” and “The Lunatic Heart” by Tracie Peterson “Jungle Trek” by Stephanie Walk to Remember,”“Simon Movie” See NEWS, Business 5 Rectal pain common, often difficult to treat DEAR DR. GOTT: Your Miralax and stool softeners pain caused by muscle mation, I am sending you a and the eczema will disap- column contains so many along with the above-men- spasm. copy of my Health Report pear. good pieces of information ASK tioned compound and anal- The pain is usually brief “Managing Chronic Pain.” Having nothing to lose, I that help so many people. I pram. I am almost com- and intense, with each Other readers who would tried it on my daughter, and appreciate your skill and DR. GOTT pletely pain-free now. episode lasting just a few like a copy should send a it worked! Please pass this expertise in the medical I was also told that this seconds to a few minutes. It self-addressed stamped No. on to your readers. field. Dr. Peter Gott condition is genetic, mean- is ordinarily unrelated to 10 envelope and a check or DEAR READER: Done. I There was recently a let- ing I inherited it from some bowel movements and may money order for $2 to cannot imagine how this ter from a person who had determined what my prob- ancestor in my family tree. I awaken a person from sleep. Newsletter, P.O. Box 167, works, but I cannot see any suffered from anal pain for a lem is. I have a condition have wondered who it was It can occur spontaneously. Wickliffe, OH 44092. Be harm in trying it. So read- year. I suffered the same known as proctalgia fugax. I and my heart aches for the I couldn’t find any refer- sure to mention the title. ers, give it a try and let me type of excruciating rectal have enclosed some infor- suffering he or she must ences stating that proctalgia DEAR DR. GOTT: My know the results. I’ll print a pain. I saw my gastroen- mation on this condition have endured without fugax is a genetic condition. daughter suffered from ter- follow-up once the results terologist, who sent me to that a friend searched the knowing what the condition To the best of my knowl- rible itching due to eczema. are in. another doctor for testing. Internet far and wide for. I was or how to treat it. edge, there is no known While I was talking to an The second doctor reported believe this may possibly be I hope that this might cause. However, since I am elderly woman one day, she Peter Gott is a retired to me that surgery would what the letter writer is suf- help some of your other unfamiliar with this condi- told me that I should take physician and the author of not help, so I went back to fering from. readers. tion, I will not say that it is all-purpose flour, put in in a the book “Dr. Gott’s No the gastroenterologist. He I have never suffered with DEAR READER: definitely not genetic. black skillet or baking Flour, No Sugar Diet,” then sent me to another anything as much as the Proctalgia fugax is fleeting I recommend people with sheet, and then bake it in available at most chain and specialist who didn’t offer a pain I had before my gas- pain in the rectum. It is anal pain be examined by a the oven until it turns independent bookstores, solution, either. troenterologist solved the considered a variant of lev- primary-care physician or brown. After cooling it, and the recently published Finally, my understand- mystery for me. My treat- ator syndrome, which is gastroenterologist. powder the rashes with the “Dr. Gott’s No Flour, No ing gastroenterologist ment now involves taking defined as episodes of rectal To provide related infor- flour for three to five days Sugar Cookbook.” Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho COMMUNITY Friday, September 18, 2009 Business 5 SOMEBODY NEEDS YOU
Volunteers — Girl Scouts Wheelchairs — LINC of the USA is looking for sev- WANT TO HELP? needs good, used wheel- eral volunteers to assist with This public service column is chairs, preferably with foot an event from 10 a.m. to 3 designed to match needs in rests. The nonprofit group p.m.Oct.17.The group needs the Magic Valley with volun- takes used medical equip- help running several sta- teer help. If you need a volun- ment and gives or loans it to tions: rain-gutter regatta, teer, contact the Retired and people in need of assistance. three-legged race, potato Senior Volunteer Program To donate: Julie, 733-1712. sack race, children s obstacle (RSVP) at 736-4764, before Volunteers/donations — course, craft station and noon Wednesday for Friday The College of Southern kitchen helpers. publication. RSVP is a United Idaho Refugee Center needs Information: Misty, 733- Way-sponsored agency at the volunteers to befriend newly 9623. College of Southern Idaho. arrived refugees and to tutor Volunteers — First Choice for the Newcomer Center. Home Care and Hospice Burley, Rupert and Buhl The refugee center also needs needs volunteers in the Twin areas. Information: Nichole, donations of school supplies, Falls, Jerome, Gooding, 734-4061, ext. 117, or nic- kitchen tables, clothes and JTEATON Glenns Ferry and Burley [email protected] shoes in good condition, & Company Inc. areas to assist with patient m. blankets, coats and winter 2-Pk. 5,000 sq.ft. care: sit with patients, play Drivers — Retired and clothing. Donated items can Stick-Em Heavy-gauge steel. Folds thin Lawn games and read to patients, Senior Volunteer Program at be taken to the center, 8 a.m. MOUSE or help in the office. the College of Southern to 5 p.m. (closed noon to 1 for storage #113 200 Information: Kerri, 736- Idaho s Office on Aging p.m.), Monday through GLUE TRAPS Winterizer #528-570 0900. needs volunteer drivers, age Friday, at 1526 Highland Ave. Capture mice Volunteers/lift chair — 55 and older, to take senior E., Twin Falls. Information: without the Hospice Visions needs a lift citizens to doctor appoint- Michelle, 736-2166. use of poison. $ 49 $ 99 #532 806 $ 99 chair and volunteers for its ments and for grocery shop- Volunteers — Twin Falls REG. 1 $3.49 23 REG. $18.99 hospice home, Visions of ping. Volunteers are needed County Historical Museum 9 Home. Volunteers will assist in Twin Falls, Gooding, needs volunteers with car- patients with letter writing, Wendell and Jerome. Mileage pentry or handyman skills. Pleated reading, visiting and playing reimbursement and covered Call Mychel Matthews, 736- cards or be a friend during a by excess insurance. 4675 or stop by the museum, difficult time in their lives. Information: Edith, 736- 21337 U.S. Highway 30, at FURNACE Information: Flo, 735-0121. 4764. Curry crossing, three miles 20-Lb. Volunteers — Alliance Respite — Retired and west of Twin Falls. Museum FILTER Home Health and Hospice Senior Volunteer Program at hours are noon to 5 p.m. WILD #336-040. needs volunteers committed CSI s Office on Aging needs Tuesday through Saturday. Cleans air for approx to the support of patient respite volunteers to sit with Volunteers — Respite 90 days. care. Volunteers are impor- the elderly homebound providers are needed to help BIRD FOOD 10 popular sizes. $ 99 tant members of the hospice clients so the main caregivers provide foster parents a one- REG. $4.29 1 team who can provide com- can take a break for two to to 10-day break. Provide care passionate care and service four hours once a week. as you are able to, for whom FORTIFIED to patients, families and the Volunteers are needed in you want, but the greatest 2-Pk. team. Opportunities Twin Falls and Jerome. need is for respite for 6- to W/VITAMINS MOUSE include: preparing meals, Mileage reimbursement and 17-year-olds. Information: companionship, telephone covered by excess insurance. 734-4435 or 880-ID- TRAPS calls, clerical work, light Information: Edith, 736- HEROES. & MINERALS #632234. housekeeping, respite, vis- 4764. Volunteers — St. Luke s With quick-set iting, fundraising, shop- Drivers — Retired and Magic Valley Medical Center REG. feature for ping, emotional support, Senior Volunteer Program has several volunteer posi- $11.49 $ pinch-freehandling. doing laundry and yard needs volunteer drivers, age tions available on a regular or $ 99 work. Information: Tracy, 55 and older, in the Mini- project basis. Information: REG. Kim, 737-2006, #501-272 $6.49 2 733-2234, or 218 Falls Ave., Cassia area to take senior cit- 2/ 10 Twin Falls. izens to medical appoint- [email protected]; or Drivers — Twin Falls ments and for grocery shop- Linda, 933-4844, lindat @ Senior Citizens Center needs ping. Mileage reimburse- mvrmc.org. D-CON drivers to deliver hot meals to ment and covered by excess Volunteers — St. Luke s HOME 24” Poly Lawn & Ready Mixed the homebound. Volunteers insurance. Information: Volunteer Services needs INSECT can drive one day a week or Kitty, 677-4872, ext. 2. volunteer golf cart drivers to LEAF RAKE BAITBITS Mentors FOGGER more. Information: Karen, — Retired and shuttle patients to and from #268-653 #560216 4 Bait 734-5084. Senior Volunteer Program at the parking lot at St. Luke s 3-Pk. 6-Oz. fogger Filled Volunteers — Interfaith CSI s Office on Aging needs Magic Valley Medical Center. is the fast and Volunteer Caregivers, a local volunteers in Twin Falls and Flexible hours. Information: effective way to Trays nonprofit organization, Jerome counties to mentor Kim, 737-2006, kimpa@ get rid of pests. $ 99 $ 99 #287-268 $ 99 needs volunteers in Twin children with a parent in mvrmc.org; or Linda, 933- REG. $7.99 REG.$9.99 5 REG. $7.99 4 Falls, Buhl, Kimberly and prison. Volunteers must 4844, lindat@ mvrmc.org. 4 Filer to assist individuals undergo a complete FBI Volunteers — St. Luke s with transportation, home- background check and be Volunteer Services needs FlyRelief maker services, visiting and willing to mentor a child for a accomplished musicians Disposable monitoring, respite and minimum of four hours each willing to volunteer time and CAMCO other tasks. Mileage reim- month for one year. talent to bring comfort and FLY bursement is available. Information: Ken, 736-2122, entertainment to patients Information: Karen, 733- ext. 2394, or and their families at St. TRAP RV 6333. [email protected]. Luke s Magic Valley Medical Volunteers — Idaho Home Donations — Safe Harbor Center.Two pianos are avail- Anti-freeze Health and Hospice needs needs good, used blankets able, and the group is open to #497073 Safe for fresh water volunteers to help in the and sleeping bags to give to other musical options. $ 99 systems. Odorless and office, provide respite care, people for winter. Donated Information: Kim, 737- REG. $5.99 3 be companions and read to items can be taken to 269 2006, kimpa@ mvrmc.org; tasteless. patients in the Twin Falls, Filer Ave.,Twin Falls,or con- or Linda, 933-4844, lindat@ #237-336 Gooding, Wendell, Jerome, tact Phyllis, 735-8787. mvrmc.org. ANT & News SPIDER KILLER $ 49 Continued from Business 4 Oct. 3, when the girls can be Bertie Lee Marvel and City #596-700 This event honors Boys picked up by their parents. Council Representative Gallon State and Girls State partici- The cost is $20 for each Carol Quaintance. REG. $4.49 $ 99 pants and Poppy Poster win- girl and $10 for each adult. On Aug. 22, Beginning Day 3 REG. $5.99 ners. Family members and The event requires preregis- was celebrated with a patio 2 contributors are invited to tration. No registrations will party hosted by Finney. This attend. be taken at the door the social is the opening of the Information: Phyllis night of the event. new year for Beta Sigma Phi 18” PUSH BROOM Gerber, Girls State chair, Information: 732-6664, or members. #511685. With palmyra 8’X10’ 733-8989. [email protected]. bristles, molded resin FLYING block & 60” handle. Poly Military officers Free flu vaccines Filer library INSECT has new items Tarp dinner held in I.F. offered in Twin Falls Recent additions to the SPRAY The Military Officers Dr. Cole Johnson, the Filer Public Library include: #596-684 #797-896 Association of America is Mustard Tree Wellness Clinic Books $ 99 $ 99 $ 99 REG. REG. hosting a New Charter and the College of Southern “Doomsday Key” by James 5 $4.49 2 $7.99 REG. $11.99 3 Ceremony and dinner meet- Idaho Licensed Practical Rollins, “Revelations” by ing Oct. 1. Guest speaker is Nursing Program will offer Melissa De La Cruz, “Beyond VADM Norbert R. Ryan Jr., 500 free influenza vaccines Reach” by Karen Slaughter, FURNACE FILTERS U.S. Navy, retired, president from 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 16, and “The Black Unicorn”by Terry 5,000 sq.ft. of MOAA. from 9 a.m. until supply is Brooks,“Alex Cross Trial” by 9 most Social hour will begin at exhausted on Oct. 17, at James Patterson, “Blood popular 6:30 p.m. with dinner at Mustard Tree,676 Shoup Ave Promise” by Richelle Mead, sizes. Fall 7 p.m. at the Red Lion Hotel, W., Suite 2, Twin Falls. “The Apostle” by Brad Thor, Stock up 475 River Parkway, Idaho Information: 733-1112. “The Awakening and the & save. Fertilizer Falls, ID 83402. Cost is $26 Struggle” by L.J. Smith, per person. RSVP by Sept. 25. M.V. Flea Market “Cold Case” by Kate Dress will be semiformal or Wilhelm, “Night World” by ¢ #532 687 military dress uniform. begins Saturday L.J. Smith, “The Guernsey 79 REG. 99¢ REG. $12.49 Information: Guy Mon- The Magic Valley Flea Literary And Potato Peel Pie gan, 208-527-3950, or Market will be held at the Society” by Mary Ann Suzanne Norr, 208-524- Twin Falls County Shaffer, “Moreta” by Anne 5-PK. SPIRAL COMPACT 0506. Fairgrounds in Merchants McCafferty, “Along for the FLOURESCEN LIGHT Building 1 in Filer, from 9 a.m. Ride” by Sarah Dessen, BULBS Herrett Center hosting to 5 p.m., Saturday and 10 “Dreamland” by Sarah Girls Night Out a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday. Dessen, “Firefly Lane” by Vendor spaces are avail- Kristen Hannah, “Take 99 The Herrett Center for the able. One” by Karen Kingsbury, $ Arts and Science will host its Information: Payson Reese, “Texas Wildflower” by Susan annual Girls Night Out for all 410-1738, or 734-6008. Wiggs, “The Women” by $ 88 girls in fifth through eighth Time Life, “Atlas of Ancient #655185 grades the evening of Oct. 2. Egypt” by John Baines, Reg. $12.99 8 8 Beta Sigma Phi Girls and adult volunteers “Catastrophe” by Dick will check in at 7:30 p.m. All installs officers Morris and Eileen McGann, girls will experience one- Recently installed officers “Clear the Bridges” by Krengel’s hour art, astronomy and of Preceptor Alpha Kappa Richard O Kane, “Inkspell” anthropology adventure Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi for by Cornelia Funke classes, after which the 2009-10 are: President Doris DVDs Hardware entire group will see a show Finney,Vice President Janine “East Side Kids,” Prices Good Thru 09/27/09 in the Faulkner Planetarium. Chapman, Recording “Garfield,” “The Cowboy 628 Main Avenue South • Twin Falls • 736-0080 A supervised sleepover in Secretary Betty White, Way” the Herrett galleries will fol- Corresponding Secretary Information: 326-4143. HOURS: MON.-SAT. 8 a.m.-6 p.m. • SUN. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. low.The event ends at 8 a.m. Mary Lee Pfefferle, Treasurer — staff reports www.truevalue.com/krengels Business 6 Friday, September 18, 2009 NATION Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho Poll: Public opposes gov’t stake in ailing firms By Mark Sherman needed to step in to prevent has health insurance and support than a year ago for Associated Press writer even more jobs from being undocumented workers in the view that the /QUVQRRQUGIQXGTPOGPVKPVGTXGPVKQP lost in the rocky economy. the United States should be Constitution is an enduring WASHINGTON — Seventy-one percent of Americans do not favor government ownership “So far, it seems to have given a path to become citi- document that remains rel- of struggling private companies to keep them from going out of business. Americans decidedly ECONOMY helped,”said O’Toole, 53. zens. evant and that rule of law oppose the government’s Favor government taking partial (If failure would cost jobs) favor the Nearly eight months into Lavrakas said his analysis should be followed, even at efforts to save struggling ownership of private companies government taking partial ownership Obama’s presidency, most of the poll showed the the expense of short-term to prevent them from going out of to prevent them from going out of companies by taking owner- business business people believe laws to pro- strongest opponents of gay public safety considerations. ship stakes even if failure of 27% 71 32 66 tect the voting rights of marriage, citizenship for “Americans seem to show the businesses would cost Oppose Oppose minorities are no longer undocumented workers, an increased attachment” to jobs and harm the economy, HEALTH CARE IMMIGRATION needed. Nearly two-thirds health care reform and affir- those two propositions that a new poll shows. The government should assure that Favor providing a legal way for illegal oppose preferences for mative action are white, are central to the center’s everyone has health care insurance immigrants in the U.S. to become The Associated Press- U.S. citizens minorities in hiring. Republican men who live in work, Johnson said. National Constitution 47 50 47 50 “I think that the best per- rural areas. The AP-National Center poll of views on the It is up to the individual to Oppose son for the job should get the “They are firm and res- Constitution Center poll Constitution found little secure health care insurance job. I don’t think somebody olute in their beliefs, and the involved telephone inter- MARRIAGE INFORMATION ACCESS support for the idea that the Couples of the same sex should be How much information does the should be promoted over Obama administration is not views with 1,001 adults government had to save AIG, entitled to the same government government hold back from the public somebody because of their going to sway them,”he said. nationwide. The survey was benefits as married couples of the the world’s largest insurer, opposite sex Too little Too much sex or race. It should be Linda Johnson, president conducted Sept. 3-8 by GfK mortgage giants Fannie Mae 54 4219 43 34 based on merit, not on any and CEO of the National Roper Public Affairs and and Freddie Mac, and the Should not be entitled About the right amount other sort of criteria,” said Constitution Center, said Media and had a margin of iconic American company Summer Crane, 30, who the poll’s findings on health sampling error of plus or General Motors last year AP works in accounting in care mesh with what she minus 3.1 percentage points. because they were too big to showed up over whether the AP consultant who analyzed Ukiah, Calif. observed at one of the first fail. president should have more the results of the survey. The poll found a small health care town hall meet- CENTURY STADIUM 5 Just 38 percent of power at the expense of Michael Butts, 61, a long- majority in support of ings at the center’s 678-7142 Americans favor govern- Congress and the courts, if time worker in the oil busi- extending to same-sex cou- Philadelphia headquarters. www.centurycinema5.com ment intervention — with doing so would help the ness in southeastern New ples the same benefits given “It was not by any stretch 60 percent opposed — to economy. Three-fourths of Mexico, said Lavrakas was to married, heterosexual dominated by one side or the Shows Nightly 7:15 & 9:00 keep a company in business Americans said no, up from right. “People put their couples. By a similar margin, other.People were talking on Matinees Sat. 2:00 & 4:00 to prevent harm to the econ- two-thirds last year. money up and either they however, Americans oppose both sides of the issues,” Cloudy with a chance omy. The number in favor “It really does ratify how make it or they don’t. That’s government recognition of Johnson said. The nonparti- of Meatballs PG In Digital 3-D drops to a third when jobs much Americans are against just the way it is,”said Butts, gay marriage. san center is dedicated to A Fun Animated Comedy in 3-D would be lost, without the federal government tak- who lives in Artesia, N.M. On other big issues of the educating the public about P N S V greater damage to the econ- ing over private industry,” But James O’Toole, a day, the public was split over the Constitution. Shows Nightly 7:30 & 9:20 omy. said Paul J. 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He WASHINGTON — Mark was born shared his struggles President Obama on Jan. 8, 1964, to Verna and triumphs so Thursday praised a U.S. sol- Lea and Norman everyone knew it dier who three times left Lemoine. For many was possible to go cover for an attempted res- years, he traveled the United through life without using cue while Taliban bullets States with his family. drugs and alcohol. There are and grenades rained around Eventually, they settled in untold numbers of men and him, ultimately losing his southern Idaho, where he women he helped when they own life while trying to save proceeded to cause more were struggling to stay his comrade on an Afghan than his share of trouble. He sober. battlefield. met his true love, Ruby, and In 2004, Mark found a A somber Obama, stand- their son was born in June new way to spread the ing just feet 1990. They were married in recovery message when he from Sgt. 1st June 1991, and their second joined the Sober Riders Class Jared son was born in April 1993. Motorcycle Club. Monti’s par- Their mutual drug/alcohol Motorcycle rides with his ents, told a problems became so severe brothers and sisters in the White House that they were divorced a club always brought him audience couple years later. great joy. It was on one of that the 30- AP photo Mark did have many these rides that he died sober year-old sol- President Obama stands with Paul and Janet Monti as he posthumously awards the Medal of Honor to accomplishments in his life doing what he loved. dier’s sacri- Monti their son, Army Sgt. 1st. Class Jared C. Monti of Raynham, Mass., for his service in Afghanistan, Thursday but none that he was more Mark is survived by his fice should in the East Room of the White House in Washington. proud of than the day he wife, Ruby; his boys, Cougar give Americans pause when finally got sober on March 15, and Drac’; his mother, Verna they throw around words rounded and outnumbered said he’d go, but Jared said, combat troops to 1996. The miracle of the 12 Lea; and his brother, Joe. such as duty, honor, sacri- by insurgents yet kept their ‘No, he is my soldier. I’m Afghanistan and is weigh- Step Drug/Alcohol Recovery His legacy will live fice and heroism. position until backup going to get him,’’’ Obama ing sending more to stabi- Program finally clicked for through them as well as “Do we really grasp the arrived. recounted. lize that nation. him while he was serving through the people who meaning of these values? Do “Bullets and heavy “Said his patrol leader, it Democrats, however, time. Ruby had also gotten continue to carry his mes- we truly understand the machine gunfire ricochet- ‘was the bravest thing I had want specific benchmarks sober with the 12 Step sage of hope in 12 Step meet- nature of these virtues, to ing across the rocks. ever seen a soldier do,’’’ set before Obama goes for- Program. Because of the ings and those who ride free serve and to sacrifice?’’ Rocket-propelled grenades Obama continued. ward with more combat miracle of recovery, they as he did. He will be greatly Obama asked. “Jared Monti raining down. Fire so On Monti’s third troops for the region.For his were able to repair their rela- missed. We ask those of you knew. The Monti family intense that weapons were attempt, he was struck by a part, Obama stayed away tionship and were remarried with stories of Mark to write knows. And they know that shot right out of their grenade and died on the from the Washington in June 1997. From that time them down so the boys and the actions we honor today hands,’’ Obama said, field. Three others, includ- debate and focused on the to this one, they raised their family can share them as were not a passing moment explaining the battle to a ing Bradbury,also died dur- story of what happened on boys in a loving, stable home well. In lieu of flowers, of courage. They were the packed audience at the ing the fight. June 21, 2006, when Monti with the principles of recov- donations will be accepted culmination of a life of White House. “Within “Jared Monti saw the died during a firefight in ery. on behalf of the boys. character and commit- minutes, one soldier was danger before him. And he Gowardesh, Afghanistan, Mark was a very active There will be an informal ment.’’ killed, another was wound- went out to meet it,’’Obama Monti previously was member of Cocaine potluck get-together of Presenting his first Medal ed. Everyone dove for cover, said. “Faced with over- awarded a Bronze Star, Anonymous as well as friends and family at 3:30 of Honor, Obama lavished behind a tree, a rock, a stone whelming enemy fire, Jared Purple Heart, five Army attending other 12 Step pro- p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, at praise on the soldier from wall.’’ could have stayed where he Commendation Medals, grams. He served on many Rock Creek Park in Twin Raynham, Mass., who was One of Monti’s men, Pvt. was, behind that wall. But four Army Achievement different committees during Falls. Please come out and leading a scouting mission Brian Bradbury of St. that was not the kind of sol- Medals and three National his 13 years sober and was of help us celebrate Mark’s life. along the border between Joseph, Mo., was shot dur- dier Jared Monti was.’’ Defense Service Medals. Afghanistan and Pakistan ing the encounter. Monti, The award came as the The Medals of Honor are when a helicopter deployed who enlisted at age 17,twice administration is wrestling the highest award for mili- SERVICES to resupply the patrol blew left cover and ran into the with its next move in tary valor, typically their cover. Taliban fighters open under intense enemy Afghanistan. Obama has reserved for members of the George Henry Lemmon 8 p.m. today at the converged, and Monti called fire to retrieve the wounded held off sending more military who risk their lives of Hagerman, memorial Rasmussen Funeral Home, for backup. soldier. troops to the country where with gallantry beyond the service at 10 a.m. today at 1350 E. 16th St. in Burley, With vivid details, the “Jared Monti did some- the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks call of duty. Monti is the the Community of Christ and 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. president told the story of 16 thing no amount of training were launched. He already 3,448th service member to Church, 211 Orchard St. in Saturday at the church. soldiers who were sur- can instill. His patrol leader has sent 17,000 additional earn the honor. Hagerman (Demaray Funeral Chapel in Gooding). Agnes Bernice Cazier of Rupert, funeral at 11 a.m. Orville M. “Bud” Saturday at the Acequia Johnson of Burley, funeral LDS Chapel; visitation from Records: at 11 a.m. today at the 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the Trevor Rhone, play and Burley United Methodist church (Hansen Mortuary Church, 450 E. 27th St. in in Rupert). $86,804 a Burley; visitation 10 to 10:45 a.m. today at the C.F. Chatfield of Twin screenwriter dies at 69 church (Rasmussen Funeral Falls and formerly of month to go Home in Burley). Richfield, celebration of life By Terence McArdle urban Jamaican life and dy, the play conveys a at 1 p.m. Saturday at the The Washington Post culture. It featured reggae bleak message that the Andrew Lovell of Twin Richfield Methodist to Jackson’s by Cliff, who sings the title exploitative nature of the Falls, funeral Mass at 11 a.m. Church, 435 N. Third Ave. Trevor Rhone, a leading song, Toots and the tourism trade has led to today at St. Edward the (Farnsworth Mortuary in Caribbean playwright and Maytals, Desmond Dekker racial self-hatred and Confessor Catholic Church, Jerome). mom, kids screenwriter who co- and others and remained malicious behavior. In one 161 Sixth Ave. E. in Twin wrote the 1972 film “The an art house staple in the memorable scene, a clerk Falls; graveside service at Adria Carol Goin LOS ANGELES (AP) — Harder They Come,’’ United States for several uses his spit and a dis- 2:30 p.m. today at the Fenstermaker of Burley, Michael Jackson’s mother which helped introduce years after its initial carded banana peel to pol- Hailey Cemetery in Hailey funeral at 2 p.m. Saturday at is receiving $86,804 per reggae music and urban release. It also broke ish the silverware. (Reynolds Funeral Chapel in Hansen-Payne Mortuary, month from her son’s Jamaican culture to inter- Jamaica’s box office Rhone directed a 1976 Twin Falls). 321 E. Main St. in Burley. estate to support herself national audiences, died records, but did not enrich film version of “Smile and her three grandchil- Sept. 15 in a hospital in Rhone. Orange’’ that received Marlene Marie Huntley Jo Harris of Heyburn, dren, according to court Kingston, Jamaica. Rhone, “It made money for friendly reviews. of Twin Falls, celebration of graveside service at 2:30 records released Thursday. 69, had a heart attack. somebody, I would imag- Meanwhile, he continued life at 2 p.m. today at the p.m. Saturday at the Albion Katherine Jackson is one “The Harder They ine,’’he told the New York to write a series of popular Twin Falls Cemetery City Cemetery in Albion of the primary beneficiar- Come’’ starred reggae Times. “Not me.’’ plays, including “School’s (Reynolds Funeral Chapel in (Rasmussen Funeral Home ies of her son’s estate performer Jimmy Cliff as Rhone’s plays often Out’’ (1974), based on his Twin Falls). in Burley). along with the late pop an aspiring singer who used satire to comment on experiences as a teacher in singer’s three young chil- becomes a hero to the the social conflicts in the 1960s. It concerned a Hilbert Wallace Fisher of Michael Bekoff of dren and unnamed chari- poor after killing a police Jamaica after its inde- missionary school whose Pocatello, traditional Native Jerome, celebration of life ties. officer. The film, co-writ- pendence from England in academic standards have American service at 2 p.m. from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday at Over the course of a ten with director Perry 1962. declined dramatically. An today at the Bannock Creek Linda Garrett’s home, 1898 year, Jackson’s mother and Henzell, was drawn from His first major work, overflowing toilet that no Cemetery in Pocatello; visi- E. 2900 S. in Wendell children are slated to the story of a Jamaican “Smile Orange’’ (1971), one will fix and an absent tation now until 2 p.m. (Farnsworth Mortuary in receive more than $1 mil- criminal killed by police in showed the tourism trade headmaster, represented Friday at his home, 2710 Jerome). lion in support from the 1948. through the eyes of by an unopened office Arbon Valley Highway in estate. Katherine For many American underpaid hotel clerks and door, were viewed as sym- Pocatello (Colonial Funeral Robert “Bob” Eugene Jackson’s monthly audience members, the waiters at a Montego Bay bols of national dysfunc- Home in Pocatello). Whipkey of Gooding, allowance is $26,804; the film was their first view of resort. Although a come- tion. funeral at 11 a.m. Monday at children’s allowance is Delma Pack Greener of the Gooding United $60,000 per month. Heyburn, funeral at 11 a.m. Methodist Church; visita- Los Angeles Superior Saturday at the Emerson tion from 4 to 7 p.m. Court Judge Mitchell LDS Church, 127 S. 950 W. Sunday at Demaray Funeral Beckloff approved a of Paul; visitation from 6 to Service, Gooding Chapel. monthly stipend for Veteran who gathered, buried Katherine Jackson and her three grandchildren in DEATH NOTICES August. The amount of the burned flag remnants dies payments had been sealed announced by White until Thursday. FORT WORTH, Texas ashcan,’’ said Walker, a was later presented with Donna J. Bacon Mortuary in Twin Falls. Katherine Jackson has (AP) — Dan Walker, an veteran of World War II the U.S. Army’s highest PAUL — Donna Jean been named the children’s Army war veteran who was and the Korean War. civilian award and received Bacon, 81, of Paul, died permanent guardian. They honored for gathering and The man who burned a letter from President Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009, Norman Archer are currently living at the burying a U.S. flag that was the flag was convicted Ronald Reagan. in Burley. JEROME — Norman Jackson family home in the burned in protest during under a Texas law banning His pastor said Walker The funeral will be held at Archer, 89, of Jerome, died San Fernando Valley. the 1984 Republican desecration of the flag. didn’t like all the attention. 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 21, at Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009, at Katherine Jackson’s National Convention in That conviction was “My sense is he saw the Hansen Mortuary Mountain View Care Center $26,804 per month pays Dallas, has died. He was 81. thrown out in 1989 by the what was happening and Rupert Chapel, 710 Sixth in Kimberly. for an assistant, house- Walker, who was cap- U.S. Supreme Court, reacted instinctively,’’ said St.; visitation from 6 to 8 Arrangements will be keeper, driver, utilities, tured by TV cameras care- which ruled that flag burn- the Rev. Ken Horton, sen- p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20, at the announced by Hove- clothing, grooming and fully retrieving the flag ing was a constitutionally ior pastor of McKinney mortuary. Robertson Funeral Chapel in other expenses. remnants so they could be protected free speech. Memorial Bible Church, Jerome. The petition does not buried properly, died Walker’s son, Rusty where Walker was a mem- Phyllis B. provide many details Wednesday of prostate Walker, recalled being ber. Michele R. Roe about how the money is cancer at his Fort Worth shocked but not surprised “He had a great love of Eldredge being spent on Jackson’s home. A spokeswoman at when he turned on the country and was a man of GARDEN CITY — children, who range in age Greenwood Funeral Home national news the night of honor who thought it was Phyllis Bauer Eldredge, Michele R. Roe, 26, of from 7 to 12. confirmed his death. the flag burning and saw his responsibility to pro- 80, of Twin Falls, died Garden City, died Thursday, A redacted spreadsheet Walker told the Fort his father. tect that flag, or at least Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009, at Sept. 17,2009, at her home. included in the filings Worth Star-Telegram after “He was a West Point rescue it,’’ Horton said. “I St. Luke’s Magic Valley Arrangements will be states that $315,000 per the incident that he felt graduate, and when he saw think he was a little bashful Medical Center. announced by Boise Funeral year is being spent on compelled to act after see- them burning the flag, he about the publicity, but at Arrangements will be Home, Aclesa Chapel. employees caring for the ing someone try to stomp couldn’t stand it,’’he said. the same time he was children, and another out the fire. Walker disposed of the happy that he was at a For obituary rates and information, call 735-3266 Monday $160,000 is being set aside “I didn’t want someone ashes according to flag care place where he could do through Saturday. Deadline is 3 p.m. for next-day publication. for entertainment and sweeping it up with a guidelines and buried what he thought was The e-mail address for obituaries is [email protected]. other expenses. broom and putting it in an them in his backyard. He right.’’ Business 8 Friday, September 18, 2009 Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho
BURLEY/RUPERT FORECAST TWIN FALLS FIVE-DAY FORECAST Yesterday’s Weather Today: Sunny and warm. Highs low 80s. Today Tonight Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday City Hi Lo Prcp Boise 85 64 0.00" Tonight: Fair and dry. Lows low 50s. Challis 84 47 0.00" Coeur d’ Alene 72 57 0.03" Idaho Falls 85 47 0.00" Tomorrow: A few clouds. Highs low 80s. Jerome 87 56 0.00" Lewiston 79 64 0.00" Lowell 83 57 0.00" Malad City not available Malta 89 52 0.00” ALMANAC - BURLEY Sunny and warm Fair skies Partly sunny Slight cooling Mostly dry Sunny Pocatello 84 47 0.00" Rexburg 84 48 0.00" Temperature Precipitation Salmon 86 46 0.00" Stanley 78 33 0.00" Sun Valley 78 42 0.00" Yesterday’s High 86 Yesterday’s 0.00" High 85 Low 57 86 / 55 78 / 47 81 / 55 86 / 53 Yesterday’s Low 47 Month to Date 0.01" Normal High / Low 73 / 43 Avg. Month to Date 0.34" ALMANAC - TWIN FALLS Record High 93 in 1981 Water Year to Date 12.12" Record Low 23 in 1965 Avg. Water Year to Date 10.03" Barometric Sunrise and Pollen Temperature Precipitation Humidity Pressure Sunset Count IDAHO’S FORECAST Yesterday’s High 89 Yesterday’s 0.00" Yesterday High 45% 5 p.m. Yesterday 30.04 in. Today Sunrise: 7:21 AM Sunset: 7:42 PM TF pollen count yesterday: Yesterday’s Low 57 Month to Date 0.03" Yesterday Low 14% Saturday Sunrise: 7:22 AM Sunset: 7:40 PM 112 (High) Sagebrush, Kochia SUN VALLEY, SURROUNDING MTS. Normal High / Low 73 / 43 Avg. Month to Date 0.34" Today’s Forecast High 35% Sunday Sunrise: 7:23 AM Sunset: 7:38 PM Dry and warm today. Slightly cooler on Saturday with Record High 90 in 1989 Water Year to Date 13.07" Today’s Forecast Low 16% Monday Sunrise: 7:24 AM Sunset: 7:36 PM Mold: 2782 (High) increasing clouds. There exists a small chance of Record Low 29 in 1965 Avg. Water Year to Date10.78" A water year runs from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30 Tuesday Sunrise: 7:25 AM Sunset: 7:35 PM Cladosporium, Smuts showers and isolated thunderstorms developing. Temperature and precipitation valid through 5 p.m. 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 69 to 78 Tonight’s Lows 35 to 46 and Moonset Forecasts and maps prepared by: BOISE Periods of bright sunshine, warm Today Moonrise: 7:17 AM Moonset: 7:22 PM 80 / 51 7 temperatures and dry weather is Saturday Moonrise: 8:32 AM Moonset: 7:48 PM New First Full Last The higher the index the Cheyenne, Wyoming expected to hold firm across the Sunday Sept. 18 Sept. 26 Oct. 4 Oct. 11 Moonrise: 9:45 AM Moonset: 8:15 PM more sun protection needed www.dayweather.com region through Saturday. REGIONAL FORECAST NATIONAL FORECAST WORLD FORECAST Lewiston Today Tomorrow Sunday Today Tomorrow Today Tomorrow Today Tomorrow Today Tomorrow 92 / 57 Today Highs/Lows 83 to 88/50 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 89 58 su 86 50 pc 82 44 pc Atlanta 80 69 th 82 68 th Orlando 92 75 th 92 75 th Acapulco 92 78 pc 89 76 th Moscow 57 37 sh 53 47 pc Grangeville NORTHERN UTAH Bonners Ferry 83 46 pc 74 44 sh 74 40 pc Atlantic City 76 59 pc 76 59 pc Philadelphia 78 58 pc 75 55 su Athens 85 70 su 82 68 su Nairobi 77 57 sh 76 56 sh Mostly dry and warm Burley 83 52 su 83 50 pc 73 41 pc Baltimore 77 58 pc 71 53 su Phoenix 100 78 pc 100 79 pc Auckland 62 49 pc 64 50 sh Oslo 62 49 pc 62 49 pc 82 / 52 weather is expected Challis 86 51 pc 83 46 th 74 38 pc Billings 89 58 pc 96 55 pc Portland, ME 73 44 sh 60 50 su Bangkok 91 77 th 92 77 th Paris 75 58 pc 75 55 sh Coeur d’ Alene 80 51 pc 70 44 sh 68 41 pc Birmingham 83 68 th 84 70 th Raleigh 77 65 sh 78 64 sh Beijing 82 63 pc 71 58 sh Prague 72 48 pc 71 51 pc through Saturday. Turning Elko, NV 83 45 su 83 45 pc 77 33 su Boston 77 51 pc 63 49 pc Rapid City 84 56 pc 87 53 su Berlin 70 51 pc 72 53 pc Rio de Jane 85 70 th 93 67 pc cooler Sunday with little to Eugene, OR 82 52 pc 71 43 pc 81 46 su Charleston, SC 82 73 th 82 73 th Reno 91 59 su 87 55 pc Buenos Aires 60 45 r 61 43 pc Rome 78 65 pc 80 69 th McCall no threat of rain. Gooding 82 55 su 83 51 pc 75 43 pc Charleston, WV 80 58 sh 81 59 pc Sacramento 95 59 su 91 59 su Cairo 101 69 pc 93 65 pc Santiago 69 46 pc 74 49 pc Grace 84 49 su 82 49 th 75 39 pc Chicago 76 62 pc 73 57 pc St. Louis 81 62 pc 79 63 sh Dhahran 107 87 pc 109 88 pc Seoul 77 54 pc 75 53 pc Salmon 79 / 47 Hagerman 89 54 su 88 54 pc 82 48 pc Cleveland 74 51 pc 71 51 pc St.Paul 79 58 pc 79 57 pc Geneva 70 46 sh 68 45 sh Sydney 73 52 pc 75 58 pc 88 / 48 Hailey 81 51 su 79 48 th 73 39 pc Denver 77 52 pc 78 50 pc Salt Lake City 87 68 mc 89 69 pc Hong Kong 86 82 th 86 82 th Tel Aviv 81 78 th 81 77 th Idaho Falls 82 50 su 82 51 pc 75 39 pc Des Moines 79 55 pc 78 55 pc San Diego 79 67 su 81 67 su Jerusalem 90 68 pc 92 67 pc Tokyo 69 62 sh 72 60 pc Kalispell, MT 83 50 su 76 46 mc 65 35 sh Detroit 76 50 sh 69 51 su San Francisco 76 59 su 73 59 su Johannesburg 76 46 sh 75 51 pc Vienna 72 54 sh 71 54 pc Jerome 83 57 su 84 53 pc 75 45 pc El Paso 77 57 th 81 62 th Seattle 76 56 r 68 54 sh Kuwait City 103 84 pc 110 86 pc Warsaw 65 48 pc 66 47 pc Lewiston 92 57 pc 81 53 mc 78 48 pc Fairbanks 55 40 mc 50 36 mc Tucson 94 67 th 94 67 th London 70 56 pc 75 54 sh Winnipeg 79 63 pc 86 66 pc Caldwell Malad City 85 51 su 84 50 pc 76 41 pc Fargo 80 55 su 80 58 su Washington, DC 80 59 pc 73 55 su Mexico City 65 50 sh 65 46 sh Zurich 73 49 sh 72 45 sh 88 / 60 Idaho Falls Malta 83 51 su 84 49 pc 75 41 pc Honolulu 85 72 pc 87 72 sh McCall 79 47 su 73 38 sh 69 34 pc Houston 87 69 th 90 70 pc Boise Sun Valley 82 / 50 Missoula, MT 86 52 su 85 48 mc 67 41 sh Indianapolis 80 55 pc 78 57 pc TODAY’S NATIONAL MAP 89 / 58 75 / 46 Pocatello 85 53 su 85 53 pc 77 43 pc Jacksonville 88 72 th 88 72 th 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 Portland, OR 85 58 pc 68 53 sh 80 54 pc Kansas City 79 55 pc 80 58 pc Pocatello Rupert 86 53 su 86 52 pc 75 42 pc Las Vegas 99 77 pc 101 76 pc Rupert 85 / 53 Rexburg 80 48 su 80 48 pc 72 37 pc Little Rock 80 68 th 82 67 th Mountain Home 86 / 53 H 88 / 60 Richland, WA 84 59 pc 78 51 sh 75 46 su Los Angeles 76 63 su 75 63 su Rogerson 79 51 su 80 45 pc 70 39 pc Memphis 82 67 th 81 70 th Burley Salmon 88 48 su 83 46 pc 69 33 pc Miami 88 79 th 88 79 th Twin Falls Salt Lake City, UT 84 64 pc 84 63 pc 77 52 su Milwaukee 71 56 pc 68 56 pc 83 / 52 Fronts 85 / 57 Spokane, WA 80 62 th 80 65 th 78 66 th Nashville 77 68 th 80 68 th Stanley 77 39 pc 73 34 th 68 28 pc New Orleans 87 75 th 88 76 th Yesterday’s State Extremes - High: 89 at Twin Falls Low: 33 at Stanley Sun Valley 75 46 pc 73 43 th 68 36 pc New York 77 57 pc 69 52 su Cold Yellowstone, MT 71 36 pc 71 38 mc 64 25 sh Oklahoma City 79 60 sh 78 60 th weather key: su-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, mc-mostly cloudy, c-cloudy, Omaha 82 55 pc 81 57 pc th-thunderstorms, sh-showers,r-rain, sn-snow, fl-flurries, w-wind, m-missing H Warm CANADIAN FORECAST Today Tomorrow Today Tomorrow Stationary City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W H GREGG MIDDLEKAUFF’S QUOTE OF THE DAY Calgary 77 51 pc 81 41 pc Saskatoon 77 59 pc 86 51 pc Cranbrook 70 39 pc 39 pc 63 Toronto 63 36 sh 61 33 pc Valid to 6 p.m. today Edmonton 75 49 pc 73 44 pc Vancouver 69 52 pc 61 45 sh L Occluded “I think of life itself now as a wonderful play that Kelowna 71 39 pc 57 34 r Victoria 72 55 pc 64 49 sh Yesterday’s National Extremes: Lethbridge 82 55 pc 88 47 pc Winnipeg 79 63 pc 86 66 pc High: 112 at Death Valley, Calif. I’ve written for myself... and so my Regina 82 62 sh 91 54 pc Low: 27 at Hohnholz Ranch, Colo. purpose is to have the utmost fun playing my part.” More Magic Valley weather at www.magicvalley.com/weather Shirley MacLaine, Actress and Author Get up-to-date highway information at the Idaho Transportation Department’s Web site at 511.idaho.gov or call 888-432-7623. Coldest place in the solar system? Right nearby were Faustini,Shoemaker and any future astronauts decade and is focusing on the Haworth. And some of the resources to mine and could tantalizing south pole, where Temperature at moon’s south pole is -397 degrees coldest places are so remote help scientists understand there is the best chance for WASHINGTON (AP) — permanently shadowed so below zero. That’s just 62 and unexplored they don’t more about the origin of the hidden ice. Astronomers have found the they never see sun. degrees higher than the low- even have names yet, he said. early solar system, he said. “It’s unexplored,’’ Paige coldest spot in our solar sys- “It’s sort of like a faint est temperature possible. Soon, the moon’s south The moon probe, only a said. “Nobody’s seen what tem and it may be a little glow and that’s your only Pluto is at least a degree pole will slightly warm up week into its science mission, it’s like in these areas before at close for comfort. It’s on our source of heat,’’ said David warmer even though it is with the change of seasons has also found lots of indica- this resolution.’’ moon, right nearby. Paige, a University of about 40 times farther away and the north pole will get tions of hydrogen, which And the closer, NASA’s NASA’s new Lunar California, Los Angeles, sci- from the sun. chillier, he said. could indicate trapped ice instruments look at the Reconnaissance Orbiter is entist who is part of the NASA The coldest temperatures That ultra-cold tempera- below the moon’s surface, craters, the more nuanced making the first complete team. “Right here in our own on the moon were usually in ture is important because it Vondrak said. they look. temperature map of the backyard are definitely the craters that were within big- can trap volatile chemicals, While NASA has been to “The moon is not just a moon. It found that at the coldest things we’ve seen in ger craters, hiding farther such as water and methane, the moon with astronauts billiard ball with dimples,’’ moon’s south pole, it’s cold- real measurements.’’ from the sun, Paige said. said NASA probe project sci- and explored it many times Paige told The Associated er than far away Pluto. The Temperatures there were Three craters where the cold entist Richard Vondrak. decades ago, this is the first Press. “It’s got interesting area is inside craters that are measured at 397 degrees temperatures were noted Trapped volatiles would give close-up look in about a cracks and crevices.’’
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Check out our website at www.magicvalley.com/nie FISHING FOR FUN AT BUHL’S TIME FOR TROUT TROUT FESTIVAL E ENTERTAINMENT 4 Music in Ketchum, Sun Valley, Entertainment 2, 3 / Basque dinner, Entertainment 5 / Calendar, Entertainment 6-7 Entertainment FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2009 FEATURES EDITOR VIRGINIA HUTCHINS: (208) 735-3242 [email protected] “It needs to be absurd. It needs to be completely absurd.” 1,000 — Comedian Tim Yenne Springs Festival of the Arts By Melissa Davlin Photos by ASHLEY SMITH/Times-News Times-News writer Tim Yenne, left, works on material for his Comedy Night performance, set for Saturday night at Pandora’s in Twin Falls. Get ready for an influx of handcrafted gifts and art in a setting as beauti- ful as the paintings on display. Seventy artists are traveling from all over FUNNY southern Idaho and the region to show their wares at the 17th Annual Thousand Springs Festival of the Arts — up from last year’s 55. PEOPLE Ilse Hylton, Regional artists include Boise hammock Twin Falls By Melissa Davlin makers Molly O’Shea and Knit and Times-News writer What: Comedy Night at Gilbert Gursansky, glass woven goods Pandora’s, featuring Tim artist Laura Johnson of Tim Yenne stood in the Yenne, Jared Hopkins, Homedale, and Sandy, Ilse Hylton corner, an unlit cigarette in Pat Branch and Brian Utah, board game makers doesn’t know one hand and a soda bottle Luper Dirk and Daryl Olsen. when she first in the other. He held a When: 7 p.m. Saturday Various artists from the started knitting, microphone stand with no Where: 516 Hansen St. Magic and Wood River but she remembers mic as he tested jokes S., Twin Falls valleys are also showing having to make her about how much more he Cost: No cover charge
their work. own kneesocks for enjoyed life before high- LAUGH OUT LOUD Filer artist Carrie school. Her grand- speed Internet. Berndt had participated mother taught her Photos by DREW The other comedians in sion went off on a tangent. in the show before but how to spin yarn when GODLESKI/Times-News the room tried to help. They joked about Obama took a break for a few she was 12. “What would be good tags — a reference to polit- years while traveling to Now 77,she sells about it being so slow?” Jill ical candidate Rex other shows around the knit and woven goods Skeem asked. Rammell’s comment at a West. She’s back again, — some made from “It needs to be absurd. It GOP gathering — and ready to reintroduce her yarn she spun herself — needs to be completely questioned movie star apparel and handbags to at art fairs. Look for her absurd,” Yenne said. Keanu Reeves’ sexuality. Idaho buyers. bags, clothing and They talked about porn But they always came “I had heard that this rugs. access, exercising and back to practicing their show had gotten maybe Interested in how she socializing, while Yenne routines, giving each other new promoters or new makes her yarn? Hylton tried out potential lines tips on delivery and offer- people doing the show,so will demonstrate how to and scribbled ideas into a ing suggestions for alter- I figured, ‘Well, I should spin fiber into yarn at next notebook. nate punch lines. try it out again,’” Berndt weekend’s festival. “I used to be fit,” sug- Practicing in such an inti- said. gested Jared Hopkins, a mate setting and hearing Whether this was their Times-News reporter. “I criticism is agonizing, first show or seventh, the played basketball. I had Yenne said. artists interviewed all Shop the booths healthy relationships.” “It’s hard to have your said they are excited to What: 17th Annual Thousand Dick Morris, Buhl The five were practicing peers shoot you down like show their work in the Springs Festival of the Arts Jewelry last week for their upcom- that,” he said. Thousand Springs area. When: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. ing stand-up comedy The comedians’ targets Buhl jewelry maker Dick 26; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 27 Dick Morris used to scour the night at Pandora’s. At the ranged from Twitter to Morris, who travels to Admission: $6 for adults, $5 earth himself for jasper and weekly rehearsals leading religion, from their spous- several shows around the agate for his silver jewelry. up to the show, they es to themselves. Hopkins, for seniors, $3 for children ages state, said he especially Now, he relies on others to dig proved that stand-up 25, likened himself to an 5-12. Proceeds go to the looks forward to this one most of the stones for him. requires more than telling old man, saying he watch- Southern Idaho Land Trust. because of the music, “I’m getting kind of old and jokes. es “Matlock” and eats a lot scenery and food. Where: From Interstate 84, decrepit and do it a little less Despite the practice ses- of cottage cheese. Yenne “I think it’s one of the take Wendell Exit 147,then follow now,”Morris sion’s adult banter, the claimed he married his best,” he said. the handmade signs to Ritter said. comedy night is family- cousin, then attempted Island. A free shuttle takes Morris makes earrings, friendly, Skeem said, and jokes about the benefits of Melissa Davlin may be patrons from the parking lot pendants and belt buckles includes local comedians having only one side of the reached at 208-735-3234 down into the Snake River with the gems, which he Yenne, Hopkins, Pat family. or melissa.davlin@ Canyon where the festival is held. gets from Idaho and Branch and Brian Luper. “We could have a family lee.net. Information: Julie Pence, the Northwest. He Skeem, also a stand-up reunion in a phone 432-5334 or 735-7312 also salvages old comedienne, is sitting out booth?” Yenne suggested. stones from used this performance but will The others shook their jewelry. emcee, she said. Another heads. Yenne scribbled the comic, Don Ritchey, came joke out of his notebook Dawn Blair, Twin Falls to the practice session to and tried again. Paintings and photo- offer support. graphs Courtesy photos During last week’s ses- Melissa Davlin may be sion in Skeem’s Kimberly reached at 208-735-3234 Dawn Blair is no stranger home, every other discus- or [email protected]. to art shows, but most Magic Valley art fans Aimee Duncan, Jerome haven’t seen her work. Jewelry Blair started selling her work at shows in Utah, but Aimee Duncan has been making except for a few entries in Courtesy photo jewelry for only three years, but the Twin Falls County Fair, her designs are far from amateur. she has avoided showing her paintings and photos in southern The chunky, earthy pieces mix Idaho. gemstones — including turquoise, “I think for a long time, I didn’t want people in the area to know obsidian and sugilite — with wood that I was an artist,” Blair said. “I was kind of shy about it.” and metal links. Her designs grace Not anymore. Blair is showing her acrylic landscapes at the necklaces, earrings and bracelets, Thousand Springs festival next weekend. Since she started painting and she recently added beaded and taking pictures, her art has matured, she said. watch bands to her repertoire. “I think my paintings reflect that I’m on a certain pathway at “It’s bold, it’s trendy,”she said. And it’s original. “I make one style Recent Boise transplant Don Ritchey, left, brainstorms with fellow and I typically don’t repeat it.” comedians including Pat Branch, right, last week during a rehearsal.
Carrie Berndt, Filer
Apparel and handbags oreyphoto Courtesy A lot has changed in the 14 years since Carrie Berndt started her business. The Filer mom of four renamed the business The Cat’s Pajamas and moved it to the Internet. In the past few years, Berndt stopped exhibiting around Twin Falls in favor of shows in California. But after selling her goods across the West, she’s coming back to southern Idaho again. Berndt uses vintage fabrics and trims to embellish denim jackets, skirts, bags and shower curtains. Keep an eye out for her funky Courtesy photo designs and colorful prints. Tim Yenne records his act in front of fellow comedians last week. Entertainment 2 Friday, September 18, 2009 ENTERTAINMENT Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho Fascinating funnyand New York musician performs as Ketchum theater’s artist-in-residence By Karen Bossick Times-News correspondent TIMELESSLY AMERICAN What: “Gershwin: The Music and the Stories Behind It“ KETCHUM — Jeffrey When: 7 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday Ernstoff has a long list of Where: nexStage Theatre, 120 S. Main St., Ketchum career highs — and lows. Tickets: $10 for students and $20 for adults; 726 9124 or He created the memo- [email protected] rable program for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics that featured 84 pianists plus ONE-MAN CABARET one, playing “Rhapsody in What: “Exactly One Hour With An Unstable American Blue.”Two decades later he Musician“ was arrested by the FBI as an When: 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25 and Sept. 26 alleged terrorist for trying to Where: nexStage Theatre smuggle his musical instru-
MEET JEFFREY ERNSTOFF Tickets: $25 for students and $40 for adults; 726 9124 ments aboard when his flight was changed. He worked with the late woodwinds, piano and per- Away From Me” and, of Michael Jackson, whom he cussion demonstration as course, “Rhapsody in Blue.” called the most ethereal he delves into the world of “If you’re a fan of human being he ever met: musical expression, said ‘Rhapsody in Blue,’you will “He literally floated. You felt Keith Moore, publicity come away with some fasci- Courtesy photo as if you could put your director for nexStage nating, often funny New York writer and musician Jeffrey Ernstoff is nexStage Theatre’s first artist-in-residence. hand through him. The Theatre. insights,” he said, adding lightness of his being was “He is a very accom- that he promises to tell the “It borrows from every extraordinary.” plished and fascinating man story of what happened place I’ve worked — part And he made the mistake with tons of good stories with the one extra pianist at Harvard University, part Picture Framing of taking “Miz Ross” at her about his work at Radio City the 1984 Olympics. “The Radio City, part New York word when she said “‘please and the Olympics. So it show shows how subway system, part Done Right Matters... call me Diana.’ ... should be an extraordinary Gershwin’s music is time- Comedy Club,” he said. “I Right Design Right Time Right Price Apparently she meant, ‘Call week,” said Prue lessly American.” play the saxophone, flute, Certifi ed Professional 36 Years — Thank You Magic Valley! me Diana — just not to my Hemmings, development The one-man cabaret act drums, keyboard and, as you face,’” he explains. director for nexStage. is billed as a hilarious, can expect, all that instru- Professional Frame Ernstoff, a former cre- The Gershwin shows entertaining and musically ment playing will build to a ative director for Radio City stemmed from a gig sophisticated show that has climax. The show’s a puzzle RONALD E. HICKS Entertainment who created Ernstoff got as a musical elicited raves from reviewers that comes together at the 132 MAIN AVE. 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(208) 732 MOON (732 6666) Faulkner Planetarium Adults . . .$4.50 Seniors . . . $3.50 as he serves as the theater’s for Presidents Reagan, Bush “American Idol” for which Students . . . $2.50 children under 2 free ASTRONOMY TALK first artist-in-residence. and Clinton, will be in the the winner will receive a Entertainment shows -- All ages $4.50 SHOW SCHEDULE SEPTEMBER 8TH - 29TH “Uranus and its Moons” The New York writer and spotlight. Accompanying bottle of champagne. 7:45pm Friday, Sept. 18th musician will perform two him will be Les Thimmig, a “Jeffrey Ernstoff comes to Two Small Pieces of Glass/Live Sky Tour . . . Tues., Fri., & Admission $2.50 Adults, $1.50 evenings of “Gershwin: The University of Wisconsin stage pushing a shopping Sat. at 7 p.m. students, kids 6 and under free. Music and the Stories professor whom Ernstoff cart and playing his saxo- Telescope viewing afterwards, until Led Zeppelin: Maximum Volume 1...... Fri. at 8:15 p.m. midnight, weather permitting. Behind It” on Tuesday and calls one of the most out- phone. But he is simultane- Bad Astronomy ...... Sat. at 2 p.m. Planning a wedding, busi- Wednesday. And he will standing woodwind profes- ously the overhead projec- ness meeting or workshop? appear in a one-man sors in the nation. Also tionist, the therapist, his Sky Quest/Live Sky Tour ...... Sat. at 4 p.m. Check out the Herrett Center’s cabaret act titled “Exactly playing will be vocalist Amy own biographer. Funny in Pink Floyd: The Wall ...... Sat. at 8:15 p.m. RICK ALLEN ROOM One Hour With an Unstable Weber, guitarist Ben the Ivy League way,”wrote a A 2500 sq. ft. hall. For more on the Twin Falls area and Perfect for any occasion. American Musician,” Sept. Burdick and bassist Bill Liles reviewer for local lodging - call 1-866-TWIN FALLS To book call Kristi 24-26. from Boise. losanjealous.com. or visit www.twinfallschamber.com Cederstrom at 732-6657 HERRETT HOURS During the daytime he Ernstoff, a three-time Ernstoff says his show is Tues & Fri 9:30 am - 9:00 pm FREE ADMISSION TO ALL www.csi.edu/herrett will go into Wood River High National Endowment for combination cabaret and Wed & Thurs 9:30 am - 4:30 pm GALLERIES AND MUSEUM School and the Community the Arts fellow, will play jazz with a lot of audience Saturday 1:00 pm - 9:00 pm LOCATED AT CSI’S NORTH Closed Sundays, Mondays, and holidays School to give students a snippets of Gershwin’s radio involvement. COLLEGE ROAD ENTRANCE behind-the-scenes look at shows and provide anec- the world of music, TV and dotes between performanc- film and the Super Bowl. He es of such songs as “I Got will also give students at Rhythm,”“Porgy and Bess,” Wood River Middle School a “They Can’t Take That Tickets go on sale for CSI’s ‘Othello’ Times-News treacherous Iago. Passed over for the position of Tickets are available for Othello’s lieutenant, Iago “Othello,” the first per- plots his revenge. When formance of the College of Othello marries the beauti- Southern Idaho theater ful Desdemona, Iago seizes department’s 2009-10 sea- the opportunity to exploit son. the general’s trust, inflame Performances will be at his jealousy and ultimately 8 p.m. Oct. 7-10 and Oct. destroy him. As Iago’s lies 14-17 in the CSI Fine Arts take hold, Othello ques- Theater. Tickets are $8 for tions the fidelity of his new adults and $6 for students bride. and seniors at the CSI Fine Shakespeare weaves a Arts Box Office, 732-6781 bloody tapestry of decep- or tickets.csi.edu. tion, betrayal, love and With language and honor crashing to a devas- psychological depth, tating conclusion in one of Shakespeare’s “Othello” is his most thrilling plays. a tale of jealousy, prejudice, Other CSI productions revenge and the destruc- scheduled so far in the tion of innocence. The 2009-10 theater season charismatic general Othello include “The Murder is admired throughout Room” and “Snoopy! the Venice — except by the Musical.”
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