74 / 49 THE BRIDE 4A soccer WORE BLACK playoffs >>> Family Life 1 Breezy, mild. Sports 1 Sports 8 POWER TO THE CONSUMER >>> Shoppers may have the upper hand during this Christmas season, BUSINESS 1 SUNDAY $1.50 October 10, 2010 TIMES-NEWS Magicvalley.com U of I still mulling site for center By Laurie Welch Times-News writer BURLEY — University of Idaho officials visiting Cassia County this week reaffirmed their com- mitment to bringing a livestock research center to Jerome. But in early October — the month officials hoped to have firmed up the center’s location by — it still doesn’t seem any partic- ular site has been picked. While the proposed Idaho National Center for Livestock and Environmental Studies has lan- guished in part due to delayed state funding, U of I President Veterinarian Melinda Roche, left, and assistant Sandi Elquist prepare to clean the mouth of Roche’s horse, Ralph, at Roche’s Twin Falls clinic on Sept. 30. Duane Nellis said university offi- While Roche, a licensed veterinarian, anesthetized Ralph before the procedure, unlicensed people performing such work can endanger animal welfare. cials are planning a December presentation to the Idaho State Board of Education of a phased development plan for the center. “We are still committed to this long-term because the dairy industry is an important part of GRINDING our state’s economy,”Nellis said. The center, which is expected to cost up to $35 million to build, will TO A HALT be used for interdisciplinary research, education and outreach through a partnership between the university, the state and private industry. It will be jointly funded, By Laura Lundquist ❖ Times-News writer with $10 million slated to come from the U of I, $10 million Ralph waited next to the pledged by the state in 2007, and tray of unsettling stainless $5 million to come from the private sector. steel instruments. One Indiana-based animal-health looked like a pick and a few A selection of tools veterinarian Melinda Roche uses to clean horse teeth are displayed on Sept. 30. company Elanco pledged to give $1 like wicked sets of pliers. He Equine care million over a five-year span to the eyed them nervously as the center during the August Idaho Photos by Ashley Smith/Times-News Dairymen’s Association Producer doctor prepared a needle. traditions and Allied Industry meeting in A few minutes after the injec- Twin Falls. But Gov. C.L. “Butch” tion, he began to relax. The doctor tip on point Otter and the Legislature decided opened Ralph’s mouth and insert- that the state’s $10 million pledge ed a metal brace to keep it open. Veterinarian Melinda was needed elsewhere during last Through a haze, he watched as of licensing Roche prepares to year’s budget crunch. “Last year with the state budget she inserted a long tool in his anesthetize her cuts the state took the money out mouth. Then he felt the vibration horse, Ralph, before on his teeth and the grit landing on of the budget,”Nellis said. his tongue. Smoke appeared to working on his teeth Nellis said that hopefully the rise out of his mouth, but it was on Sept. 30. Due to phased plan — along with Elanco’s the increasing use of just enamel dust. “In talking to board See CENTER, Main 3 “There ya go, Ralph, good for power tools in horse another year,” Dr. Melinda Roche members in other dentistry, horses said as she removed the brace states, unlicensed have been anes- from the horse’s head. Ralph’s thetized for the pro- head drooped. practice is the No. 1 “He’ll feel the sedative and be cedures, increasing the importance of Medicaid wobbly for about an hour,”Roche frustration.” said. “He’s a bit of a lightweight — Karen Ewing, executive having a veterinarian but that’s why you don’t want director of the Idaho Board perform the work. unqualified people doing this.” payments Most people wouldn’t have of Veterinary Medicine anyone other than a doctor oper- ate on them. But not everybody is as protective of their animals. lagging Idaho veterinarians are seeing BELOW: Melinda Roche cleans Ralph’s teeth on Sept. 30 in Twin Falls. signs of unqualified people work- By Laura Lundquist ing on animals — and though it’s Times-News writer mostly large animals, they’re wor- ried the problem could also grow The company hired to handle in small-animal practices. Idaho’s Medicaid billing and pay- But convicting the lawbreakers ments is still struggling to reim- isn’t easy, made even harder by an burse health-care providers three old struggle over horse teeth. months after it took over. On Wednesday, California- Why you want a veterinarian based Molina Healthcare finally Roche, a licensed veterinarian reimbursed some Medicaid for 10 years, knows what to do if providers for services performed something goes wrong with in early summer while other Ralph.Animals can have bad reac- providers were told they may have tions, especially if drugs are to pay money back. Molina won involved. But some animal owners the contract to manage Idaho’s might not think about that when Medicaid system and took over in they just want a quick procedure June. and someone offers to do it. Phillip Kottraba, director of the Karen Ewing, executive director Twin Falls Senior Citizens Center, of the Idaho Board of Veterinary received the Medicaid check for Medicine, said the frequency of almost $7,000 he needed, some of people practicing veterinary med- which was for meals delivered in icine without a license increased April by the Meals-on-Wheels program.He said one week ago,he See VETS, Main 7 was wondering if he’d have to shut See MEDICAID, Main 4 Bridge ..............Classifieds 8 Kids Only ........Family Life 6 Obituaries........Business 6-7 Crossword ......Classifieds 2 Jumble ............Classifieds 6 Sudoku ............Classifieds 9 TOWNS FACE SECOND WAVE OF TOXIC MUD Dear Abby........Classifieds 2 Movies ..................Opinion 7 Your Business ....Business 2 Hungary reservoir at risk of collapse > Opinion 6 Main 2 Sunday, October 10, 2010 MORNING MIX TN Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho TODAY’S HAPPENINGS Lord, make me ambitious, but not today ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT that wasnt a fun time to from failing to turn in your Magic Valley Symphony concert, features Youth Soloist ood morning, con- gregation: hang out in Europe. homework to sloppy pen- Competition winners, 4 p.m., College of Southern Idaho’s Fine Arts DON’T Everybody — and I do manship. Since my hand- Center auditorium, $8 for adults, $7 for seniors and $5 for stu- G Our text today comes from Summa ASK ME mean everybody — smelled writing, then as now, was dents, at Everybodys Business and CSI box office in Twin Falls, or bad, had appalling bad illegible I sometimes had to at the door, 732-6288. Theologica by St. Thomas Aquinas: Steve Crump breath and was forever stay after school and write “Sloth is an oppressive dodging thugs who would sloth, over and over, on the CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS sorrow, which … so weighs just as soon liberate your blackboard. Hagerman Pioneer Association annual potluck and meeting, noon upon mans mind, that he DO TELL head from your torso as On one such occasion, to 1 p.m. gathering, and 1 p.m. potluck, Hagerman Grange Hall, wants to do nothing … not. Sister Anne had to go to an bring favorite dish; table service, coffee and punch provided, Hence sloth implies a cer- If its quirky, poignant or So Thomas was careful, after-school meeting and Boyer family as special guest, and many other programs, mem- tain weariness of work; funny and it happens in and kind of a buzzkill. He instructed me to stay bership fees are due, 837-4660. sloth is a sluggishness of south-central Idaho, I want decided, for example, that behind until I had written the mind which neglects to to hear about it. nobody could have sex just the names of the Seven FESTIVALS begin good.” Call me at 735-3223, or write for fun. Deadly Sins — sloth is No. 4 That’s me all over: a slug- [email protected]. And he didnt have a — 100 times. Instead, after Trailing of the Sheep Festival’s Dog Trials, with more than 50 han- gishness which neglects to sense of humor about sloth. she left, I drew a picture of a dlers and border collies entered into prize competition, 7 a.m. to begin good. By the time Thomas coun- sloth — you know, the fuzzy, dusk, Quigley Canyon Fields on Fox Acres Road (behind Wood I live in an apartment in dont need to when youre tryman Dante Alighieri tree-dwelling South River High School), Hailey, $2 per person; free for children under Twin Falls during the week chugging from the milk car- wrote the Divine Comedy American critter with real 5, bring lawn chairs, trailingofthesheep.org. and with my wife in Boise ton. 47 years after Thomas long fingernails. “History of Sheepherding in the Wood River Valley,” presentation on weekends. Victoria rarely • Are tubes of toothpaste death, he portrayed the Next to the sketch, I by Historian Ivan Swaner, 10 a.m. to noon, Starbucks, 300 N. Main sees my bachelor digs, nor supposed to have caps? I slothful as consigned to the wrote: “Hi, my name is St., Ketchum, part of Trailing of the Sheep Festival and in conjunc- does anyone else except hadnt heard. fifth circle of hell, doomed Tommy” — a reference, of tion with Smithsonian Institutes traveling exhibit “Journey myself.