Saturday August 6, 2011 www.magicvalley.com 75¢ CSI Tries Second Shoemaker Ready to Step in as No. 1 Receiver S1 Site for Europe Crisis Revives ’08 Fears P4 Housing After a previous effort to build new apartments failed, the T.F. college is setting its sights on a 40-unit complex southwest of campus.
BY BEN BOTKIN [email protected]
The College of Southern Idaho has tentatively selected a patch of land southwest of its Twin Falls campus for a new student apartment project. The college plans to purchase 8.5 acres adjacent to the Sawtooth Surgery Center,which is at the inter- section of Falls Avenue and Wash- ington Street North. The currently undeveloped land is west and south of the surgery center. The college is waiting to see if the city signs off on its plan to build at that location be- fore buying the property. It’s the second effort CSI has made to build more student housing in re- cent months. The Twin Falls City Council in April rejected a proposal from the college that would have al- lowed student apartments to be built at a separate site east of campus. This potential project would put Please see CSI, M2
DREW NASH TIMES NEWS Twin Falls County Sheriff’s Staff Sgt. Matt Eden and his two daughters, Madison, 13, left, and Marina, 15, talk about drag racing at Power Plant Car Audio and Accessories Friday in Twin Falls. The three will be out in Gooding today for the Beat the Heat fundraiser. UPDATE Think You Can Outrun a Cop? Windmill Fundraiser at drag strip near Gooding will pit area Fire geant with the Twin Falls County and racing in Gooding, while a speedsters’ times against a suped-up sheriff’s car today. Sheriff’s Office, got area law en- 1991 Camaro B4C will be on dis- forcement agencies and business- play at Power Plant Car Audio and BY BRADLEY GUIRE proving in a way that pigs can fly. es involved starting in 2002. He is Accessories in Twin Falls for a Continues [email protected] Today in Gooding, the modified a racing enthusiast who became stereo competition. The Camaro car will be on display and in action enthralled with dragsters as a is a rebuilt Idaho State Police pur- The paint job on the hood of the at the Beat the Heat event at High high-schooler. suit vehicle that was totaled years 1982 Mazda RX7 is an example of Desert Speedway near Gooding. “I’m a car builder,”he said. ago, bought by the county and to Burn what Matt Eden calls “cop hu- According to the event’s web- Area automotive businesses used as a D.A.R.E. car. It is still mor.” site, Beat the Heat began in Flori- contributed their time and re- used for traffic patrols, as it is The visage of Porky Pig in mid- da in 1984, and police nationwide sources to modify two county cars street legal. TIMES NEWS flight, complete with an ACME use it as a tool to educate drivers for the event. In addition to demonstrations rocket strapped to his back, about the dangers of racing on A 1982 Mazda RX-7 will be at and racing, Eden and his teenage After a fierce night of lightning adorns the modified dragster, public roads. Eden, a staff ser- the drag strip for demonstration Please see SPEEDWAY, M2 storms, U.S. Bureau of Land Man- agement fire crews spent all day Fri- day working to contain and control wildfires throughout the area. The BLM crews, along with those from other agencies and fire districts, IF YOU DO ONE THING responded to eight wildfires on Fri- BLM to Draft Travel Plan for Land in Blaine Co. TODAY . . . day,among 16 fires that were report- ed to have ignited the night before. The largest fire, the Windmill Fire, TIMES NEWS what limits on recreational Creeped Out: was located four miles southwest of and commercial travel will be Take Part Senior and Community Get creeped Bliss and started up around 8 p.m. on The U.S. Bureau of Land Man- placed on the public land. This Center, 129 W. Willow out at the Thursday. agement will begin drafting a will determine all other forms The BLM will take public Ave. Herrett Cen- According to the BLM, it burned plan to guide how people can of motorized and non-motor- comment on the travel Aug. 30: 5:30 8:30 p.m., ter for Arts 17,400 acres of public and private traverse a vast swath of public ized access to these areas, as plan at these meetings: Carey, BLM Carey Fire and Science’s land by Friday evening. Aside from land north of Idaho Highway well. Aug. 22: 4:30 7:30 p.m., Guard Station. Creepy about 30 power poles lost to the fire, 20 in Blaine County. The BLM has designated 30 Hailey, Community If you can’t make the Crawly Day, no structural damage was reported. The area’s Travel Manage- route systems on 11.6 million Campus Room 301 302, meetings, you can 1-5 p.m., fea- No containment time had been set ment Plan will cover 240,000 acres in Idaho. Similar plans 1050 Fox Acres Road. email comments to turing the for the fire yet, though 75 percent of acres, with the western are currently underway for Aug. 24: 4:30 7:30 p.m., North_Highway20_Tra reptiles that it was contained. By the evening, boundary marked by Chimney three other areas in Idaho. Twin Falls, LaQuinta [email protected], fax live at the about 120 people were engaged in Creek, and Craters of the Public meetings will begin Hotel, 539 Pole Line 732 7317 or mail BLM Herrett. Free battling the blaze. Moon National Monument this month for those who wish Road. Shoshone Field Office, admission. The Windmill Fire is burning close and Preserve and Fish Creek to submit comments on the Aug. 29: 4:30 7:30 p.m., 400 W. F St., Shoshone, 732-6655 or to the location a fire that was given lining the eastern boundary. planning process for Blaine Fairfield, Camas County ID 83352. csi.edu/her- the same name last year when it The plan will designate County. burned southwest of Bliss in rett. mid-July. Other fires included: Double A: Covering 8,500 acres Creativity at southwest of Shoshone, it was still unchecked Friday evening. The BLM Any Age characterized it as fairly active, with DIY Aircraft: nine engines, three dozers, one heli- copter, three single-engine air A Passion for tankers and one heavy air tanker THE among the resources committed. Building the FORECAST Some power lines and livestock are in the area threatened. Art that Flys Deadhorse: At 4,000 acres north of Gooding, with no containment es- Page P1. timate set. The response included two engines, one hand crew and High 91° more aerial resources. Low 58° Sailor Creek: Fully contained and controlled, crews were departing this fire west of Roseworth, which was Hot and Sunny. revised in size to 1,721 acres. Details on page S4. Lava Rock: Three engines and a helicopter are working to halt this THE 200-acre fire north of Shoshone. No INDEX containment time is estimated yet. Bridge C7 Highway 93: This fire is fully con- Comics M5 DREW NASH TIMES NEWS tained and controlled. It measured Markets P4 Mary Ann Gilmore works with colored pencils on her first art project taught by 200 acres in total. Crossword C4 Karen Fothergill, not shown, during Adult Creativity Class held at the Twin Falls Dear Abby C7 Brown’s Bench: This fire started Center for the Arts Tuesday afternoon in Twin Falls. Jumble C9 at about 2:20 p.m. on Friday. It was Obituaries M7 estimated at 175 acres and response Opinion M8 included engines and air support, Ebooks Open Sudoku C8 with no containment time set. New Chapter. P1. River Road: This fire reached 16 Judge Puts Idaho Disabled Care Switch on acres before it was contained, with full control expected on Friday Hold Page M4. evening. Main 2 • Saturday, August 6, 2011
5TH DISTRICT COURT NEWS
Speedway If You Go Beat CASSIA days suspended, two days COUNTY credited; probation viola- Police: Robber Took Continued from the front page the Heat tion (misdemeanor), daughters, Marina and Where: High Desert FELONY SENTENCING guilty. Madison, visit schools, Speedway, 4 miles west of Miguel Gabriel Mar- Dustin Vern Staker; driv- service groups and other Gooding tinez; burglary (felony), ing under the influence, Money for Gas, Family community clubs to talk When: Gates open at dismissed on motion of $300 fine, $282.50 costs, about racing cars safely. 9 a.m. today prosecutor; grand theft 90 days driver s license BY LAURIE your money?” and Both his girls compete in Cost: $25 entry fee for (felony), $975.50 costs, 10 suspended, 12 months WELCH pulled a gun, ac- junior dragster divisions, racers, $8 for spectators years probation, 15 days probation, 90 days jail, 88 [email protected] cording to the com- where the speeds don t What: The general pub- jail, three years prison de- days suspended, one day plaint. The suspect break major highway speed lic is invited to race terminate time, seven credited. BURLEY • The Bur- then told the clerk limits. marked police cars. The years indeterminate time, Shawn Lindsey Mc- ley teen accused of to go inside, fol- Eden said the results of competition is time- 30 days credited, peniten- Dougall; driving under robbing the Unit 54 lowed her in and the education campaign based, not head-to-head. tiary suspended. the influence (second of- convenience store pointed the black were seen as recently as a All vehicle makes and fense) (misdemeanor), on July 27 allegedly Ramirez handgun at the few weeks ago. A few indi- models are welcome. MINIDOKA 365 days driver s license told police he other clerk. He left viduals were pulled over suspended, 24 months robbed the store so he could with $180, according to the for racing motorcycles, and Anyone who wants to COUNTY probation, 365 days jail, put gas in his car and help his complaint. they were encouraged to race an officer can bring 338 days suspended, 27 mother pay her electric bill. An anonymous tip led de- check out the drag strip in any vehicle today and FELONY SENTENCING days credited time; driv- Police say Neftali Ramirez, tectives investigating the Gooding. compete for $25 for the Joshua Aaron Scott; at- ing without privileges 18, also told them he wired robbery to Ramirez, who al- “They showed up, and whole day.Proceeds bene- tempted strangulation (second offense) (misde- $50 taken in the gunpoint legedly told them the gun now they have a place to go fit the HD Racers Club (felony), treatment diver- meanor), dismissed on robbery to an uncle, to be was a plastic BB gun he and race,”he said. fundraiser. sion. motion of prosecutor. sent to his brother in Mexico. bought in February. Police Ramirez is charged with two say Ramirez told them he DRIVING UNDER THE robbery counts, burglary and hanged an extra shirt on a INFLUENCE SENTENC- TWIN FALLS destruction or concealment fence across the street from INGS COUNTY of evidence, all felonies. the store and changed into it Shawn Lindsey Mc- He s scheduled for a after the robbery, before Northview Apartments, a Dougall; driver s license FRIDAY 9 a.m. Aug. 12 preliminary traveling through residents CSI 42-unit mix of one- to or commercial driver s li- ARRAIGNMENTS hearing in front of Cassia backyards to get to his East Continued from the front page three-bedroom apart- cense violation, dis- Jarried Mannie Graff, County 5th District Magis- 15th Street home. students within walking ments. That complex has a missed by prosecutor; 29, Twin Falls; trafficking trate Judge Rick Bollar. He allegedly told police he distance of campus. Gray- waiting list of nearly 20 driving under the influ- in marijuana, recogni- According to the criminal discarded a hat, bandanna don Stanley, dean of stu- prospective renters, college ence, $50 fine, $150 costs, zance release, court com- complaint for the case, two and white shirt he wore dur- dents at CSI, said student officials said. 180 days driver s license pliance, public defender store clerks were on duty, ing the robbery in a yard feedback has been strongly The college also has an suspended, 24 months appointed, preliminary with one securing an outside while fleeing, and tossed the in favor of housing options on-campus dormitory,but probation, 180 days jail, Aug. 12. icebox for the night when a BB gun in a field by Moun- that are close to the college. Stanley said there s been 165 days suspended, 15 Seth James Maughan, male quickly approached her. tain View Elementary School Building plans at this increased demand for stu- days credited time; pro- 34, Twin Falls; delivery of He asked, “Where s all the next day. point still need to be dent housing that offers bation violation, 25 days a controlled substance, worked out, though the apartment-style living jail, 25 days credited; con- $10,000 bond, public de- preliminary concept in- with kitchens. tempt of court-criminal fender appointed, prelim- cludes 40 two-bedroom Mike Mason, vice presi- (misdemeanor), guilty. inary Aug. 12. units. There s much work dent of administration, Casey Adam Cole; driv- Seth James Maughan, ahead, including complet- said at a Friday meeting of ing under the influence 34, Twin Falls; frequent- ing engineering and archi- the college s Dormitory (misdemeanor), $200 ing a place where drugs Burley Library Gets a Boost tect design and hiring a Housing Commission that fine, $232.50 costs, 90 are present, $1,000 bond, builder. the necessary approvals of days driver s license sus- public defender appoint- The project would sup- the zoning and plan could pended, 18 months pro- ed, pretrial Sept. 13. TIMES-NEWS and largest charitable foun- plement the college s be in place by October. bation, 60 days jail, 58 dations in Idaho. Its dona- The effort to build a larger tion will finance initial Burley Public Library just planning for the building, got a $10,000 boost. and the Friends hope it will That s the dollar amount also encourage other po- of a grant the Laura Moore tential donors to help out. Cunningham Foundation The grant joins about recently gave the Friends of $50,000 previously raised the Burley Public Library. from other donors and a SHOSHONE SIDEWALK The Cunningham Foun- $100,000 pledge from the dation is one of the oldest Burley Lions Club. PROJECT FINDS NEW LIFE
BY EMILY KATSEANES said the commissioners are bids for the curb, gutter and said. “Dale (Sluder) made a Burley Man Sentenced as For the Times-News interested in getting the sidewalk work for the next motion weeks ago to buy work done and are willing council meeting. one. Let s get er done.” SHOSHONE • The to split the cost with the Part of Drug Trafficking Ring Shoshone City Council city. “The community center is a great took another swing at “They want to go ahead TIMES-NEWS nounced sentence on three starting a project to put a with that project,”Church- thing,” Councilman Dale Sluder other men and one woman sidewalk, curb and gutter man said. said. “It s brought a lot to our A Burley man was ordered to also charged with drug into a stretch of Beverly The project would end community.” 10 1/2 years in federal prison crimes: Diego Vega-Corona, Street that skirts behind up costing Shoshone and on drug trafficking charges 40, Luis Angel Cruz- the Lincoln County Court- Lincoln County about recently. Jimenez, and Veronica Cruz- house. $24,000 each to build up The council also decided In other news, the city Julio Medellin-Pena, 47, Jimenez, 34, all Mexican na- A first round of bids was and pave the street and add to move ahead on another decided to take action on a pleaded guilty to conspiracy tionals. rejected earlier, when the curb, gutters and side- stalled plan. The council Florence Street tree en- to possess methampheta- A federal grand jury in- estimated costs came in too walks. and city maintenance em- croaching on residential mine with intent to distrib- dicted the defendants on 34 high for the city and the “The community center ployees had been waiting to property. Silva said one ute in March and was sen- criminal counts in July 2010, ground for the road would is a great thing,”Council- spend money budgeted for large limb has prevented tenced on Thursday in U.S. accusing them and other de- need more work before man Dale Sluder said. “It s a new pickup truck until the city crew from trim- District Court in Pocatello. fendants — who were also paving could begin. But the brought a lot to our com- the prices for 2012 pickups ming it back safely. Following his prison sen- convicted and sentenced to project has another oppor- munity.” were released. Tuesday. The council also held the tence, he must remain on prison time — of distributing tunity to get off the ground, Council members said The council decided to first reading to adopt the supervised probation for five multiple pounds of meth in this time with help from they would need firmer purchase a 2011 model in- preliminary budget for next years. Ada, Canyon, Bannock and the Lincoln County com- quotes before moving stead. year after a public meeting Judge Lynn Winmill pro- Franklin counties. missioners in footing the ahead. City maintenance “I don t know why we re to address the proposed bill. employee Perry Silva said still talking about it,” budget drew no resident Mayor J.R. Churchman he could gather detailed Councilman Dan Pierson input. Nevada Bones Are Those Coming Sunday T.F. RESTAURANT OWNER of Animal, not Human TIMES-NEWS bleached and exposed to the CHARGED WITH DRUG elements for some time, ac- Bones recently found in an cording to an email from TRAFFICKING area of northern Nevada Cpl. James Carpenter. where a Canadian man went Albert Chretien, 59, went TIMES-NEWS Seth Maughan, 34, missing this spring are those missing in March as he and told police he pur- of an animal and not a hu- his wife, Rita, were on their A Twin Falls man chased marijuana. man, Elko County officials way to Las Vegas. While was charged with Maughan was al- reported Friday evening. taking a detour to visit Jack- trafficking in mari- legedly found in Investigators were alerted pot, Nev., the couple s van Magic Valley Values: 25 Should a Council Reflect juana after police possession of to bones discovered in the became stuck on a muddy local families hosted Chi- It s City?: Council is claim they found drugs during a Gold Creek area of the U.S. road in Bruneau Canyon in nese students, exposing mostly white, upper-mid- 2.4 pounds of pot in Graff traffic stop earlier Forest Service s Mountain Elko County.Rita was found them to their values. dle class males. his home. that day. He was City District. But Elko alive nearly 50 days after Jarried Graff, 29,was ar- charged with delivery of a County Sheriff s Sgt. Kevin they went missing, but Al- rested on Thursday after controlled substance and McKinney concluded they bert had earlier left the van Twin Falls police searched frequenting a place where are old animal bones, sun- seeking help. Late or missing paper? 733-0931, ext. 1 or 1 (800)658-3883 a residence on Grant Av- drugs are found. Have a news tip? 735-3246 before 5 p.m., 735-3237 after 5p.m. enue, where another man, Graff is the owner of Interested in advertising? Call 733-0931 Lefty s Smokehouse, a re- cently opened downtown Twin Falls barbecue Planet Beach LOTTERY restaurant. 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Copyright © 2011 Magic Valley Newspapers Inc. Vol. 106, No. 218 334-2600 Get it at www.magicvalley.com/todaysdeal Saturday, August 6, 2011 Main 3 Citizens Question WYO. HORSE ROUNDUP PLAN Wendell Library Board After Resignations CHANGES TO BIRTH CONTROL BY BEN NEARY The library is open Associated Press again and its board don’t have a clue what’s going on in there. The CHEYENNE, Wyo. Back- plans to hire a new most I can do is move the ing away from a plan to cas- director, but public rubber stamp, but trate wild stallions that has concerns remain. I’m willing to step up incensed environmental and try.” groups, the U.S. Bureau of Board member Wilma Land Management on Friday BY EMILY KATSEANES Butigan offered to help announced it will instead use For the Times-News Estes when it was possible a birth-control drug on to do so. mares to reduce the growth WENDELL Days after the Former chairman Mike of wild horse herds in south- resignation of Wendell’s li- Hollomon, who is no western Wyoming. brary staff and a two-day longer on the board, asked The agency earlier this closure of the building, for time for public com- week informed a federal about 17 Wendell citizens ment at the close of the judge in Washington, D.C., showed up to a library meeting. Gooding said she that it was dropping its plan board workshop Thursday wouldn’t open the meet- to capture and castrate hun- to hear its future. ing for public comment on dreds of wild stallions in the The board focused on the advice of the Idaho area between Rock Springs planning next year’s budg- Counties Risk Manage- and La Barge in response to a ASSOCIATED PRESS et, but also addressed re- ment Program and the legal challenge from envi- A helicopter herds two wild horses during a roundup in September 2009 at the Pryor opening the library and Idaho Commission for Li- ronmentalists. Mountain Wild Horse Range near Lovell, Wyo. hiring a new director. The braries. The agency said the total building has since been re- “It’s all personnel issues population of roughly 1,000 opened. and we’re dealing with it wild horses in the White holding facilities. It would Wyoming, Oregon and Association recently filed a “We have every inten- on the advice of ICRMP Mountain/Little Colorado release the rest after the Nevada. separate federal lawsuit tion of the library to con- and the Idaho Commis- herd management areas is mares receive a birth-con- Roy said her group and the seeking to force the federal tinue,”board president Jan sion for Libraries,”Good- roughly three times more trol drug. Only the relative other plaintiffs were consid- government to remove all Gooding said, fielding an ing said. “That’s pretty than it should be. Private handful of wild mares that ering whether they could ex- wild horses on roughly audience question about it much all I can say.” livestock operators, as well as escaped capture would con- pand their lawsuit, which is 2 million acres of private reopening. Nevertheless, two citi- Gov. Matt Mead, are con- tinue to breed for up to about pending before U.S. District land, including some of the The board voted to run zens spoke out of order be- cerned about the horses’ ef- four years, the life of the Judge Amy Berman Jackson area where the roundups are an advertisement for a new fore the meeting ad- fect on the range. drug. in Washington, to try to get a planned. The association director modeled after the journed, including Cindy The BLM had planned to The American Wild Horse blanket ban against wild said wild horses are damag- ad used to hire former di- Carter, who had previous- round up nearly 900 wild Preservation Campaign, the horse castration or take ing private lands. rector Elaine Dalton. Dal- ly spoken at a City Council horses, castrate the stallions Western Watersheds Project some other approach. Cindy Wertz, public af- ton’s resignation last Fri- meeting regarding the li- and release 177 geldings back and environmentalists in “Our concern is that they fairs specialist for the BLM in day came after months of brary. to the range. It called for Wyoming and Colorado had withdrew this plan here, be- Cheyenne, said no decision tension between the “You just don’t want to putting the rest of the cap- challenged the original cas- cause clearly they can see the has been made on whether board, and Dalton and li- hear criticisms that you’ve tured horses up for adoption tration plan, suing to block problems with it legally from to try to castrate stallions in brary patrons. Two other screwed up,”Carter said. or sale or sending them to its implementation. The the perspective of the lack of two other roundups sched- staff members resigned in At a regular Wendell long-term holding sites. groups argued that the BLM any analysis whatsoever,’’ uled later this year in support of Dalton. council meeting later that In its modified decision, adopted the plan without Roy said.“But our concern is Wyoming. Newly appointed board night, Mayor Brad the BLM said it still plans to adequate review and that it that they can just try to im- Wertz said the BLM has member Gene Estes vol- Christopher son, who was round up nearly 900 horses, would violate federal law by plement it elsewhere.’’ used the birth-control drug unteered to reopen the li- also at the library board although it’s planning to not leaving viable horse Roy said her group finds on mares before and said it brary until Dalton’s re- meeting, read Dalton’s move the start of the herds. the birth-control approach was planning to gather some placement is hired. resignation letter. roundup from mid-August Suzanne Roy, with the acceptable because, unlike next week to see how well it “I’m available if that’s an “I hate to see her go,” to Sept. 1. preservation campaign in the castration plan, it worked. option,”Estes said.“I’d try Christoperhson said of The agency plans to send North Carolina, said her wouldn’t change the ani- “Our goal is always to re- it, but I’ll be upfront: I Dalton.“That’s sad.” nearly 700 of the horses to group hopes the BLM’s legal mals’ behavior. Overall, she move the excess wild horses defeat teaches the agency said she believes the BLM in a safe and humane way, that it shouldn’t propose to should reduce sheep and and we want to get down to castrate wild horses. She said livestock grazing on public the appropriate manage- the agency was considering lands rather than target wild ment level for that area, this the method in other horses. is how we’re going forward WENDELL ADOPTS roundups planned for The Rock Springs Grazing with that,’’Wertz said. NEW WATER FEES PURCHASE YOUR
BY EMILY KATSEANES ten off as uncollectable. ble property purchase. For the Times-News Other fees in the new Hidden costs shied Wendell resolution include a meter- away from sealing a deal to WENDELL The Wendell tampering fee of $50, an af- buy a $1 home through a City Council, minus an ab- ter-hours reconnect fee of U.S. Department of Hous- sent Ilene Rounsefell, $50 and a returned check ing and Urban Develop- adopted a resolution fee of $37.50. The cost of in- ment program. Thursday to help staunch stalling new meters will al- Such sales through the the stream of money flow- so go up slightly to help the program come on the con- ing out of its water services. city recoup costs. Security dition that the property, or The change includes a deposits for new accounts the money generated from late fee equal to 10 percent will remain the same at the sale of the property, be of a delinquent water bill’s $100. used for community devel- balance, that will kick in the Christopherson said that opment. day after bills are due. loose enforcement by the The house on Fifth Av- Mayor Brad Christo- city in the past contributed enue comes with $2,500 pherson said he understood to the high amount of un- owed in back taxes and a SHOP. SAVE. SUPPORT A GREAT CAUSE. the strain this may put on collected bills. $45,000 judgment against some Wendell citizens, but “I’ll admit that probably it in bankruptcy court. that the measures were the city created part of this. “That kind of took the needed to help the city We’ve been way too lax in wind out of our sails,” maintain a working water the past,”he said. Christopherson said. system. 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Main 4 TN • Saturday, August 6, 2011 Judge Delays Move to Replace Providers of Idaho Disabled Care BY REBECCA BOONE Earlier this year, under services given to Medicaid at a likely high cost to that Associated Press pressure from lawmakers to clients. company, the state and the cut its budget, the Idaho De- In Thursday s ruling,Win- companies that formerly pro- FUJI-TV/ASSOCIATED PRESS BOISE • A judge says Idaho partment of Health and Wel- mill wrote that the change vided the service — or the Defendant Yasushi Mikuni, center, reacts in court can t switch to just one fare decided to have just one should be put off at least until state would have to pay for during a sentencing hearing Friday in Cedar City, Utah. provider for some types of residential habilitation com- the Centers for Medicare and the whole program without Medicaid services for the de- pany oversee all the Medic- Medicaid Services can review any federal matching funds. velopmentally disabled until aid-covered certified family the plan. That would cost the state JUDGE: JAIL FOR DRIVER the Centers for Medicare and homes in the state. But legal Under the new contract more than the $800,000 es- Medicaid Services decides guardians Russell and Sandra with Community Partner- timated savings it expects IN FATAL UTAH BUS CRASH whether the practice com- Knapp sued on behalf of their ships of Idaho, the state from switching to one plies with federal law. ward, Jason Knapp, and Jana would pay $1,075 a year for provider. BY JENNIFER DOBNER rious injury or death. The decision from U.S. Shultz sued on behalf of her new clients and $628 per year Winmill rejected an argu- Associated Press Utah Highway Patrol in- District Judge B. Lynn Win- ward, Toby Shultz, in Boise s for existing clients already in ment from state attorneys vestigators said that on the mill was handed down U.S. District Court. The certified family homes,Win- that suggested the Centers for SALT LAKE CITY • A tour day of the crash, Mikuni, a Thursday — just one day be- Shultz and Knapp families mill noted. That s a dramatic Medicare and Medicaid Ser- bus driver who caused a Japanese citizen living in fore the state s contract with contended that the switch cut compared to current vices preferred to have con- crash that killed three Las Vegas on a U.S. work Community Partnerships of would violate their wards rates, which pay $2,905 per tracts in effect before they are Japanese tourists last year and education visa, was Idaho was to go into effect. right to freely choose their year per client. approved. was spared a lengthy prison driving on little sleep after a The ruling keeps dozens of own health care providers. But the new contract also “It is ironic,if not plainly il- term Friday when a judge long work day the day be- other residential habilitation Meanwhile,a group of res- amounted to a cut in services, logical, that the provision al- sentenced him to less than a fore. companies across Idaho in idential habilitation agencies the judge found — only re- lowing for waiver ...is intend- year in jail for his role in the Tests showed he also had business,at least for now. who were already suing the quiring Community Partner- ed for cost-effectiveness wreck. marijuana in his system.In- Some adults with develop- state over reimbursement rate ships to make a face-to-face while the process for seeking Yasushi Mikuni was fac- vestigators said they didn t mental disabilities live in cer- cuts also asked the federal visit to certified family homes and receiving the waiver re- ing the prospect of 15 years believe Mikuni was im- tified family homes under a court to stall the proposed once a year. Most residential sults in such waste of re- behind bars,but instead got paired while driving, but Medicaid program that aims change until the federal regu- habilitation companies now sources, Winmill said. just under a year in jail and that he was sleep-deprived. to provide a family-style liv- latory agency, Centers for working in Idaho say they The preliminary injunction three years of probation. The bus carrying 14 ing environment for people Medicare and Medicaid Ser- visit homes monthly or at lasts until the Centers for Judge Michael Westfall also Japanese tourists was head- who need assistance with vices, reviewed the plan and least once a quarter. Medicare and Medicaid Ser- ordered the 26-year-old ed from Nevada to national daily activities. Under the decided if it complied with Besides, Winmill said, if vices completes its review, it Japanese student to pay parks in Utah and Arizona program, each certified fam- federal law. The companies the Centers for Medicare and is unclear when that action restitution to each of the on Aug. 9, 2010, when it ily home must work with a contended the change was il- Medicaid Services rejected might occur. If approval is crash victims and court rolled on Interstate 15,about residential habilitation legal because it amounted to a the state s plan,Idaho will ei- granted, Winmill said his fines. 250 miles south of Salt Lake agency,which provides train- 100 percent rate cut for some ther have to find a way to un- court would likely defer to “I think this was a great City.Three died and 11 oth- ing, oversight and quality as- providers, and because it do its contract with Commu- Centers for Medicare and outcome, Mikuni s Las Ve- ers were injured, including surance to the homes. would illegally reduce the nity Partnerships of Idaho — Medicaid Services findings. gas-based defense attorney Mikuni. Garrett Ogata said in a tele- Judge Michael Westfall phone interview with The sentenced Mikuni to 15 Associated Press. “I think years in prison Friday but the judge saw how Yasushi then suspended most of the presented himself at each sentence. Court records and every court hearing and show Mikuni will spend 363 even said that he handles days in the Iron County Jail. Natural Gas Fuel Station Opens in Boise himself with remorse. He was taken immedi- Ogata said Mikuni, who ately into custody. BOISE (AP) • Supporters and Allied Waste Services. leyRide, the region s public $2 a gallon cheaper than gaso- sobbed through Friday s Killed in the crash were and business leaders this In 2008, Allied Waste Ser- bus system. The Statesman line.The trade-off is that nat- hearing, was so deeply af- Hiroki Hayase,20,of Osaka, week celebrated the opening vices converted its Treasure reports that the Boise Fire De- ural gas vehicles can cost con- fected by the accident that Japan; and Junji Hoshino, of the state s first com- Valley fleet of 50 heavy-duty partment and a handful of sumers $3,000 to $6,000 he went to the crash site 38, and his wife, Junko pressed natural gas fueling vehicles to natural gas to avoid other entities are considering more. with his father and brother Hoshino, 40, from Shin- station in Boise, and they re new regulations being pro- conversion. General Motors and Ford to pray for the victims and juku,Japan. poised to mark the opening posed for vehicles using diesel Still, it will likely be several both manufacture com- their families. Some of the Japanese of a second station next week fuel. years before more Idaho cars pressed natural gas vehicles The 26-year-old driver tourists families wrote in Nampa. “It s clean, it s domestic, and trucks are running on for fleet use. But only Honda originally was charged with scathing letters about The decision to make the and it s quiet, Allied general natural gas and refilling at sta- has brought a consumer op- 10 felonies but pleaded Mikuni to the court, asking stations available to the pub- manager Dave Fisher told the tions around the state. tion to market in the United guilty in May to three felony for imposition of the death lic emerged from a partner- Idaho Statesman Thursday. Automakers are planning to States. In Europe, car buyers counts of operating a vehi- penalty or a life sentence, ship between the Treasure Compressed natural gas is offer more vehicles that burn can choose from more than a cle negligently, causing se- Ogata said. Valley Clean Cities Coalition also the fuel of choice for Val- natural gas, on average about dozen models.
Wash. Berry WATER WE BUY YOUR MANAGERS MAN KILLED Farms Fined ADOPT PLAN WHEN HIT BY for Hiring FOR N. IDAHO SEMI AT FOOD GOLD, SILVER AQUIFER PLANT Kids 6 and Up BOISE • The state has a ten- PAYETTE • Idaho State Police tative plan to help protect and the Occupational Safety BY MANUEL VALDES northern Idaho s Rathdrum and Health Administration AND PLATINUM. Associated Press Prairie aquifer, while still re- are investigating the death of lying on this critical water a fork lift driver at a food pro- SEATTLE (AP) • Three supply that stretches from cessing plant in Payette. strawberry farms were Lake Pend Oreille across the The Payette County coro- fined a total of $73,000 border to Washington state to ner tells KTVB-TV that 59- for employing children as benefit the region s economy. year-old Thomas Walker of AND NOW, EVEN young as 6 as pickers, the The Idaho Water Resource Payette died Wednesday af- U.S. Labor Department Board recently adopted the ternoon when he was hit by a said Friday. Rathdrum Prairie Compre- semi tractor-trailer that was A child-labor investi- hensive Aquifer Management backing up in a loading dock gation in June discovered Plan. area at the Seneca Foods DIAMONDS! nine underage workers at After it goes to the Idaho plant. farms in the Washington Legislature next year,the aim Walker had worked at the towns of Woodland and is for the 42-page document plant for 40 years and planned Ridgefield. Investigators to be used to guide manage- to retire in November.He also found several violations of ment of the aquifer over the worked part-time at a local labor law, including fail- next half-century. pub, and served in the Na- ing to maintain proof-of- tional Guard for 22 years. age records and pay mini- Walker s son, Aaron Walk- mum wage among others. er, tells KTVB that the driver The farmers were Mar- NAVY of the semi was a longtime ty Peterson from Colum- RESERVIST friend of his father s who is MORE bia Fruit in Woodland; “devastated.” SPENDING George Hoffman of FROM IDAHO MONEY! George Hoffman Farms and Lee Nguyen of Berry TO RECEIVE Good Farms of Ridge- PURPLE HEART IDAHO FALLS field. A call to Columbia MAN SENTENCED TH TH Fruit was not immediate- BOISE • A Boise member of AUGUST 4 - 10 ly returned; phone num- the U.S. Navy Reserve will be TO PRISON FOR bers for the two others awarded the Purple Heart this GET 20% MORE FOR PAYMENT ON were not available. week for working to save six ASSAULT No defense lawyers injured people despite his IDAHO FALLS • A judge has THE SPOT.* PLUS, AN ADDITIONAL 20% were listed in the court own wounds after a mortar sentenced Idaho Falls resi- documents. attack in Afghanistan. dent Pedro Lopez to between IF YOU CHOOSE STORE CREDIT. A farmworker advocate Hospital Corpsman 2nd two and five years in prison. said child labor is a recur- Class Rodney White will re- But the Post Register re- *Diamonds excluded. See store associate for details. ring problem in farms in ceive the medal Saturday at ports that Judge Jon Shinder- southwest Washington. Gowen Field. The medal ling retained jurisdiction over Many underpay their honors service members who the case for one year, leaving workers, leading families were injured by enemies or in open the possibility that the to bring their children to actions against the enemy. 19-year-old Lopez could be help harvest. Col. Tim Marsano said in a released in 12 months if he “We pay attention to prepared statement that does well in a special prison kids and talk to them, White was deployed to Com- program called a rider. said Andrea Schmitt, an bat Outpost Terra Nova in Prosecutors said Lopez and attorney for Columbia Afghanistan on Aug. 24 last 20-year-old Anthony Char- Legal Services who year when he was injured by boneau broke into another makes frequent trips to shrapnel from a mortar man s apartment in May and farms to inform workers round. But despite his own threatened to stab him unless Diamonds 1/2 carat or larger accepted. of minimum wage law injuries, White started giving the victim gave them some- during harvest season. medical assistance to others thing of value.The victim re- “We very often know a — even though mortar portedly told police his as- Twin Falls child has been working rounds were still being fired. sailants took a diamond when that child s hands He treated six patients for bracelet, wallet and other 208-734- 0862 are stained with berry five hours until medical evac- items. juice. uation units arrived. — The Associated Press COMICS Main 5 Saturday, August 6, 2011
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Supporters of victims and their families hug outside Federal Court in New Orleans after five current or former police officers were convicted Friday in the deadly shootings on a New Orleans bridge after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Former officer Robert Faulcon, Sgts. Robert Gisevius and Ken- neth Bowen, Officer Anthony Villavaso and retired Sgt. Arthur Kaufman were convicted of charges stemming from the cover-up of the shootings. NATION + WORLD All but Kaufman were convicted of civil rights violations stemming from the shootings. Kaufman, who investigated the shootings, was charged only in the cover-up. – The Associated Press
The Heat is On Portland Fire and Rescue trainer Lt. Robert Hartsock Senate Dems is distorted by heat waves as he sprays water on a building fire during a train- ing exercise Thursday in Give Way Portland, Ore. ASSOCIATED PRESS to End FAA Shutdown
But partisan differences remain, and a repeat of the legislative standoff could come next month.
BY JOAN LOWY Associated Press
WASHINGTON With tens of thousands of jobs, more than $1 bil- lion and their reputations on the line, Senate Democrats gave way Friday to a power play by House Republicans in order to end a partial two-week shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration. With lawmakers scattered for Congress’ August recess, the consent of only two senators was required to pass a bill restoring the FAA’s operat- ing authority through Sept. 16. Pres- Army Trims War Tours to 9 Months ident Barack Obama signed it into law hours later. But partisan differ- ences remain, and a repeat perform- Pentagon is also planning to cut more than 8,700 civilian could include maintenance, ad- that while home breaks are in- ance of the legislative standoff could jobs in the Army over the next year, with about half ministrative and security staff. creasing, they are not quite at 24 come next month. coming from support staff at bases around the world. Troop deployments to the war- months on average for the combat The impasse had left hundreds of front were lengthened from one brigades. airport construction projects in lim- BY LOLITA C. BALDOR continues to wind down and as the year to 15 months in early 2007 as Aviation units are in particularly bo and idled tens of thousands of Associated Press U.S.begins what is to be a slow,de- the Bush administration surged high demand and are not likely to construction industry workers as liberate withdrawal from forces into Iraq to quell the escalat- see the shorter schedules for a well as nearly 4,000 FAA employees. WASHINGTON Aided by the Afghanistan. ing violence. Army leaders, how- while. And Army headquarters One of the biggest costs was to the shrinking troop requirements for And it reflects a reduced de- ever,acknowledged that the longer units will also continue to have 12- hard-pressed U.S. treasury, which the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, mand on the military as the Penta- tours, many with just 12 months month deployments so that top lost about $400 million in uncollect- the Army is cutting the current gon looks to shrink the size of the rest at home between them, seri- leaders can better oversee the ed taxes during the two-week stand- yearlong deployment tours to nine Army and Marine Corps and slash ously stretched the service. combat operations. off and stood to continue losing $30 months for most of its units begin- budgets in line with the adminis- By late 2008, most units were Under the shorter deployment million a day — more than $1 billion ning next January. tration’s attempt to rein in spend- back to serving one-year deploy- schedule, soldiers will no longer in total — if there had been no solu- The change will not affect any of ing. ments, but many were still were get automatic leave to go home, tion before Congress returns from its the Army troops deploying this As part of that effort, the Army not getting much more than a but emergency leaves will still be recess. year,and some high-demand units is also planning to cut more than year’s break at home before return- considered. Most National Guard For most of the stalemate, the na- — such as aviation and military 8,700 civilian jobs over the next ing to war. and Reserve troops will also see tion’s attention — and that of Con- police — will continue to serve 12- year, with about half coming from The goal has been to give sol- their deployments shortened to gress — was riveted on the debt crisis month tours. support staff at bases and installa- diers two years at home between nine months,but they may be mo- finally tackled this week. The move comes as the Iraq war tions around the world. Those deployments, and officials said bilized for the full year. But that quickly shifted. Lawmak- ers were getting calls about unfin- ished airport towers and construc- tion companies in dire straits at home. Some unemployed workers found their way to Capitol Hill to complain. Plane Gets All Clear After Democrats had been holding firm against the House legislation on FAA operations because it proposed cut- Evacuation in Philadelphia ting air service subsidies to 13 rural communities. In short, they feared PHILADELPHIA (AP) Passengers aboard a US Airways getting steamrolled on similar legis- flight that arrived Friday from Scotland were removed lation in the future if they gave Re- from the plane because of a threatening note, and the publicans their way. For example, plane was taken to another part of Philadelphia Interna- spending authority for federal high- tional Airport to be inspected, but nothing dangerous was way programs expires Sept. 30, an- found. other possible point of contention. Airport spokeswoman Victoria Lupica told The Associ- But once the focus fell away from ated Press that the meticulous examination of Flight 968 the deal to avert a federal debt de- by law enforcement and explosives experts found nothing fault, Democrats began to waver and ASSOCIATED PRESS amiss and the plane would continue its journey to Alaska. finally gave up the fight. Myrtle Rose, 75, stands by her 1941 Piper J-3 Cub nicknamed ‘Winston’ on The Boeing 757 had landed in Philadelphia in the after- Republicans achieved the subsidy her property in South Barrington, Ill., Friday. noon, from Glasgow,Scotland. cuts in the final law but with a major The 157 passengers and six crew members had boarded caveat. Transportation Secretary Ray the Anchorage, Alaska-bound flight when they were asked LaHood has the authority to contin- by Transportation Security Administration officials to de- ue subsidized service to the 13 com- 75-Year-Old Pilot Explains plane so it could be swept by law enforcement officials, US munities if he decides it’s necessary. Airways Inc. spokesman Andrew Christie told the AP. Obama’s signature means the The TSA said in a statement that the investigation was nearly 4,000 furloughed FAA em- Encounter With F-16s launched because of a threatening note, but it didn’t pro- ployees can return to work as soon as vide details about it. Lupica said she didn’t know what the Monday. Work can also resume on threat was, but she said the incident was referred to the more than 200 airport construction CHICAGO (AP) Myrtle Rose was she “just climbed in the airplane and FBI. projects. taking a short flight over suburban left.”To make matters worse, she said, Chicago when the 75-year-old avia- “I didn’t have my radio on. I was just tion enthusiast looked out her cockpit flying around.” window to see two F-16 fighter jets. On any other day, the brief flight She assumed the military pilots were would never have attracted notice. But just slowing down to get a closer look Obama was in Chicago for a fundrais- at her antique plane. er marking his 50th birthday. It wasn’t until she landed her 1941 “There’s really no excuse for not Hama in Ruins; Syria Says Revolt Quelled Piper J-3 Cub that friends and the po- knowing,’’ said Lt. Col. Mike lice told her the attention was much Humphreys, a spokesman for the BEIRUT (AP) Syria’s government showed off Government forces began their ferocious assault more serious — for straying into re- North American Aerospace Defense TV and still images of burned buildings and rub- on Hama Sunday, cutting off electricity, phone stricted airspace during a visit by Command, which scrambled the two ble-strewn streets empty of people in Hama, the services and Internet and blocking supplies into President Barack Obama. warplanes, a proposition that costs epicenter of anti-regime protests,and claimed Fri- the city of 800,000 as they shelled neighborhoods Rose, who tries to fly every day $9,000 an hour for each jet. “Anyone day it was putting an end to the rebellion in the be- and sent in tanks and ground raids. when weather permits, said she had who flies an aircraft should know the sieged city. It appeared to be an all-out attempt to take back been itching to get back in the air restrictions.’’ Under the clampdown, residents of the city the city — which has a history of dissent — after Wednesday after a number of days on Rose said she was about 30 miles warned that medical supplies were running out and residents all but took it over since June,barricading the ground. She normally uses her from O’Hare Airport when her plane food was rotting after six days without electricity. it against the regime.Rights group say at least 100 computer to check for airspace re- was intercepted. As the fighters ap- Across the country, tens of thousands of pro- people have been killed,while some estimates put strictions, but it wasn’t working prop- peared, she wasn’t alarmed. testers marched, chanting their solidarity with the number as high as 250. erly. “I thought, ‘Oh, well, they’re just Hama and demanding the ouster of President The tolls could not be verified because of the “I hadn’t flown in over a week,’’she looking at how cute the Cub is,’’she Bashar Assad. They were met by security forces difficulty reaching residents and hospital officials said. “It was a beautiful afternoon.’’ said Friday in an interview with The who opened fire,killing at least 13 people,activists in the city,where journalists are barred as they are After some guests departed her home, Associated Press. said. throughout Syria. Saturday, August 6, 2011 • Main 7 OBITUARIES Texas Polygamist SERVICES Leader Walks Out of Andrea Mary Torres of (Rosenau Funeral Home in Leroy N. Otero Boise, funeral at 10 a.m. to- Twin Falls). Aug. 23, 1928-Aug. 4, 2011 day at Farnsworth Mortuary, 1343 S. Lincoln in Jerome; Ron Ostermeier of Jerome, Sentencing Hearing Leroy N. Otero, 82, neighbors and fam- graveside service at family interment service to- of Twin Falls, Idaho, ily. 3:30 p.m. today at the Belle- day at the Dry Creek Ceme- BY WILL WEISSERT fore speaking. He slowly passed away Thurs- Leroy is survived vue Cemetery. tery in Boise; memorial serv- AND PAUL J. WEBER and deliberately began re- day morning, Aug. by his loving com- ice at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Associated Press sponding,saying “I am ...,” 4, 2011, at his home panion, Maria Balles Arnold Alfred Mein of Twin the Jerome First Presbyterian but Walther ordered a re- in Twin Falls. of Twin Falls; his Falls, graveside service at 10 Church (Hove-Robertson SAN ANGELO, Texas cess. Leroy was born three children, a.m. today at Sunset Memo- Funeral Chapel in Jerome). (AP) • A polygamist sect Jeffs never returned to Aug. 23, 1928, in Marie (Ole) Greenup rial Park (White Mortuary in leader convicted of child court, and the proceedings Fruita, Colo., the son of of Rupert, Betty (Dan) Lown Twin Falls). Alyce Sue Hanzel of Port- sexual assault walked out of continued without him. Ambrose and Della Marez of Burns, Ore., and John land, Ore., Mass of Christian his sentencing hearing in Walther ordered jurors back Otero. He grew up and at- Otero of Twin Falls; and his Wilma Eilene Thompson of Burial at 11 a.m. Monday at protest Friday,after reading to court Saturday to contin- tended schools in Colorado. three brothers, Robert Buhl, funeral at 11 a.m. today the St. Nicholas Catholic a statement he claimed was ue hearing testimony but In 1944, Leroy married Otero, Pete Otero and at the Farmer Funeral Chapel Church in Rupert; rosary at from God. The statement indicated it still may be sev- Vivian Enriquez in Fruita, Howard Otero, all of Twin in Buhl. 7 p.m. Sunday at the Hansen promised a “whirlwind of eral days before the case will Colo.; together they had two Falls. He is also survived by Mortuary Rupert Chapel. judgment” on the world if be handed back to them to children, Marie and Betty. five grandchildren, six Charlene Baker Banner of God s “humble servant” decide the punishment. Vivian passed away Oct. 8, great-grandchildren and North Salt Lake, Utah, and Helen Fern Curtis Miller of wasn t set free. Walpole said he didn t 1981. Later on, he met Maria three great-great-grand- formerly of Burley,funeral at Twin Falls and formerly of Warren Jeffs, 55, repre- know if Jeffs would be pres- Balles and together they children. He was preceded 11 a.m. today at the Foxhill Rupert, funeral at 11 a.m. sented himself during an ent in the courtroom Satur- raised their son, John. in death by his parents; his LDS Ward Chapel, 200 S. Monday at Rosenau Funeral eight-day trial that ended day. Walpole wouldn t say In 1969, Leroy and his wife, Vivian Otero in 1981; Eagle Ridge Road in North Home and Crematory in with his conviction on two whether he planned on call- family moved to Rupert for and one brother, Fred Otero. Salt Lake, Utah; visitation Twin Falls, with reception counts of sexual assault. ing any witnesses, but told a time and then to the A celebration of Leroy s from 10 to 10:45 a.m. today following; burial at 10 a.m. The same jury must now jurors to keep in mind that Kimberly-Hansen area, life will be held at 2 p.m. at the church (Russon Broth- Wednesday at the Mead- decide his punishment — Jeffs was raised in a strict, where he worked for many Monday,Aug. 8, at Reynolds ers Bountiful Mortuary in owview Cemetery in Man- which could be up to 119 fundamentalist communi- years in the bean ware- Funeral Chapel, 2466 Addi- Bountiful, Utah). hattan, Mont., with recep- years to life in prison. ty that hasn t changed in house. He eventually son Ave. E. in Twin Falls, tion following at the Com- But before the punish- centuries. moved to Twin Falls and with Pastor Paul Springer Wayne Stiles Walker of fort Inn in Bozeman. ment phase began and ju- “He s a product of his en- worked as a laborer for officiating. Burial will follow Kimberly, memorial service rors had even been brought vironment,”Walpole said. many farms in the valley. at Twin Falls Cemetery. A at 11 a.m. today at Parke s Leslie Odell Chatfield of back into court Friday, Jeffs Jeffs is the ecclesiastical On the side, he picked fruit viewing for family and Magic Valley Funeral Home, Jerome, funeral at 11 a.m. said, “I request the full re- head of the Fundamentalist for Richard Kelley at Kelley friends will take place from 2551 Kimberly Road in Twin Tuesday at Farnsworth Mor- moval of myself as an objec- Church of Jesus Christ of Orchard. He found much 5 until 8 p.m. Sunday at Falls. tuary, 1343 S. Lincoln in tion to all that has been pre- Latter Day Saints, which enjoyment being in the Reynolds Funeral Chapel. Jerome; graveside service at sented.” believes polygamy brings outdoors, whether it being Services are under the di- Kathryn “Kathy” Jean 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Rich- He asked to keep serving exaltation in heaven. The picking fruit or working in rection of Reynolds Funeral Fitzgerald, memorial service field Cemetery; dinner fol- as his own attorney, but more than 10,000 FLDS his yard. Chapel in Twin Falls. at 11 a.m. today at the Buhl lows the burial at the Rich- state District Judge Barbara members nationwide see Leroy enjoyed gardening, Condolences may be left Church of the Nazarene field Senior Center. Walther said he couldn t Jeffs as a prophet who is fishing and going to Jackpot for the family by visiting leave and continue to repre- God s spokesman on Earth. and visiting with friends, www.reynoldschapel.com. sent himself at the same Jeffs had asked to be tak- time. Instead, she ordered en back to jail, but Walther DEATH NOTICES two lawyers who had been said that would make it too Jeffs standby counsel,Der- difficult for his lawyers to SUBMITTING OBITUARIES Sondra Carpenter Alan Parsons ic Walpole and Emily communicate with him.In- Munoz Detoto, to represent stead, he was placed in a For obituary rates and information, call 735-3266 Monday JEROME • Sondra Sue HAMMETT • Alan Wayne him. room near the court and will through Saturday. Deadline is 3 p.m. for next-day Carpenter, 70, of Jerome, Parsons, 72, of Hammett and “Mr. Jeffs, I know this is be allowed to return to the publication. The e-mail address for obituaries is died Friday, Aug. 5, 2011, at formerly of Wendell, died difficult for you to under- hearing whenever he [email protected]. Death notices are a free service her daughter s home in Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011, at a stand, but you do not have chooses.The judge said Jeffs and can be placed until 4 p.m. every day. To view or submit Boise. Kuna care facility. control over these proceed- won t be able to dismiss his obituaries online, or to place a message in an individual Arrangements will be an- Arrangements will be an- ings,”Walther said.Jeffs of- attorneys again and go back online guestbook, go to www.magicvalley.com and click nounced by Hove-Robertson nounced by Cremation So- ten stands in court and to defending himself, how- on “Obituaries.” Funeral Chapel in Jerome. ciety of Idaho in Boise. waits up to a full minute be- ever.
Bachmann Says Turning Around Woman Dies in N.C. Flood Economy Won t Take That Long While Running from Police BY RYAN J. FOLEY “Barack Obama is ripe for Associated Press the picking. In fact, I would CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) • say politically you could stick Amid heavy downpours,two NEWTON, Iowa • Michele a fork in him, Pawlenty said. women suspected of Bachmann declared Friday “it “The main way we re going to shoplifting at a Charlotte won t take that long for her goof this up as Republicans is coat store ran into a swollen, to start turning the ailing to nominate the wrong can- fast-moving stream. One economy around as president didate. woman drowned and the as she competed against oth- Of the straw poll, Pawlen- other was missing, authori- er GOP presidential rivals to ty said: “It s going to have a ties said. build support ahead of a key big impact on this race, so I The torrential rains caused GOP straw poll in Iowa next hope that you will help us. flash flooding, swamped week. The dinner at Clear Creek drivers and forced residents Four of Bachmann s oppo- Amana High School capped a to evacuate neighborhoods. nents in the Aug.13 straw poll day of hectic campaigning Crews rescued motorists and in Ames — Tim Pawlenty, ASSOCIATED PRESS across Iowa that was expect- residents by boat, and were Newt Gingrich, Rick Santo- Republican presidential ed to continue until the straw searching the stream for the rum and Thad McCotter — candidate Rep. Michele poll,the first test of candidate other shoplifting suspect. later took turns bashing Pres- Bachmann, R-Minn., support in the state with the “Tragically, today we had ident Barack Obama s record speaks June 29 in first-in-the-nation caucus- some people who were at a Republican Party dinner Charleston, S.C. es. caught in very dangerous at a high school in Tiffin and Speaking to supporters water conditions, Fire De- pitching themselves as best would narrow the field and earlier in the day, Bachmann partment Capt. Rob Brisley suited to defeat him. he urged them to give his said the event would be his- said. Earlier in the day in New- struggling campaign a boost. toric. Police identified the dead ton,Bachmann told reporters He accused the media of ig- “That is the day we will woman as Gracie Nell John- the economy would start to noring him because he would make a down payment on son, 43, but did not provide improve almost immediately be the strongest GOP candi- taking our country back and the name of the missing after she becomes president date. making Barack Obama a one- woman. Johnson and two because she would imple- Pawlenty said Republicans term president, she said. others were at a Burlington ment conservative economic were poised to take back the Speaking in the parking lot Coat Factory in the city when policies to slash the nation s White House because of of a Pizza Ranch in Newton, a store employee called po- ASSOCIATED PRESS debt, stop tax increases and Obama s increasing unpopu- Bachmann said Friday s re- lice to report shoplifting,ac- Jason Dickson, with the Charlotte Fire Dept. Swiftwater cut regulations. larity and “Iowa has to get it port that 117,000 jobs were cording to a statement from Rescue Team, carries a one-year-old child as residents “It won t take that long if right in nominating the best created in July showed Oba- police. are evacuated from apartments Friday in Charlotte, N.C. we send signals to the mar- GOP candidate. He said vot- ma had created far more One of the trio was taken ketplace, she said, standing ers should consider his con- campaign donors than jobs. into custody, while Johnson Johnson s body was found Police and firefighters by an earlier comment that servative economic and social She also said this week s and another woman ran. A after a search. planned to continue the the improvement would be- record as governor of Min- plunge of the stock market store employee chased them, “It s tragic when you go to search as long as conditions gin within the first quarter. nesota and be wary of candi- was proof that an agreement and all three plunged into a many, many calls and save remained safe. Reflecting the stakes of the dates who can give great to raise the nation s debt ceil- creek near the shopping cen- many, many lives that you Firefighters and other straw poll,Santorum told the speeches but aren t strong ing and cut spending that she ter. The worker made it out, have a call where you can t emergency responders began Friday night dinner crowd of leaders — which he said de- voted against was “a stinky but Johnson and the other save a person s life, Brisley heading out on flood-related about 400 activists the event scribed Obama in 2008. deal. woman were swept away. said. calls around noon. Progressive Voice and PEACE CORPS CONDEMNS ALLEGED ABUSE BY VOLUNTEER Conservative BY JOHN ually abusing children at a Breuer s attorney, federal tolerance for abuse of any CHRISTOFFERSEN center in Greytown, which public defender Sarah Merri- kind,and our deepest sympa- Corner blogs. Associated Press helps AIDS victims. Author- am,declined to comment. thies are with the victims, the ities say Osmun molested five The Peace Corps said it was agency said in a statement. NEW HAVEN, Conn. • The children under the age of 6, made aware of the allegations In 2007, former Peace Demaray Funeral Service, Inc. Peace Corps said Friday that a some multiple times, and after Osmun resigned in May. Corps volunteer Timothy former volunteer s alleged gave them candy during a pe- The humanitarian agency, Ronald Obert of Santa Cruz, • Full Traditional Funeral Services sexual abuse of young girls in riod between 2010 and this which is celebrating its 50th Calif., was sentenced to more South Africa is “reprehensi- year. anniversary, said it immedi- than four years in prison after • On Site Crematory ble and the agency supports “Mr. Osmun is charged ately notified authorities and admitting he had sex with a • Pre - Arranged Planning Services the vigorous prosecution of with a shocking breach of the will continue to cooperate 14-year-old Costa Rican boy. • Grave Marker Sales & Servicing the case. power entrusted to him as a with them. Obert was fired from the Thirty-one-year-old Jesse Peace Corps volunteer, As- Every applicant undergoes Peace Corps. Osmun of Milford was ar- sistant Attorney General Lan- a background check, the or- Osmun was charged with “Easing your burden, in your time of need” rested Thursday in Connecti- ny Breuer said upon Osmun s ganization stressed. engaging in illicit sexual con- Gooding Shoshone Wendell 934-4406 cut on federal charges of sex- arrest. “The Peace Corps has no duct in foreign places. www.demarayfuneralservice.com Se Habla Español Main 8 • Saturday, August 6, 2011
“This individual considers himself to be the prophet. Every- thing he did ... he was required to keep a record of that.” Texas prosecutor Eric Nichols, explaining in closing arguments why polygamist Warren OPINION Jeffs meticulously documented the sexual assaults that led to his conviction
CHEERS AND JEERS Hiring Again, C3 a Godsend to Local Economy
CHEERS:To Florida-based C3, The company opened its during the Great Recession. and charter schools that failed measuring a school s profi- for increasing employment at Twin Falls call center last year, In fact, since the first of to make AYP, for dismissing ciency this year at last year s its Twin Falls call center by pledging to bring as many as those three projects — the hos- its significance. levels: 85.6 percent for reading one-third. 1,200 jobs to the Magic Valley. pital construction — got under- Just 62 percent of Idaho and 83 percent for math. That s C3 announced this week it It laid off 100 employees in way in early 2008, Twin Falls schools made adequate yearly coming as Luna works toward would add 300 workers to its February, citing a reduction in County unemployment has av- progress on student tests. It s a growth-based model for ac- 600-employee operation. call volume. eraged 15 percent less than the the same level of overall countability. The company expects 50 of Three projects — C3, the statewide rate, according to school success as 2010. That s a step in the right di- the new workers to be season- construction of the new St. the Idaho Department of La- But the 62 percent level of rection, but administrators at al. Positions to be added in- Luke s Magic Valley and the bor. 2010 was actually a dip from several south-central Idaho clude full-time customer serv- federal stimulus-funded U.S. 2009, when 66 percent of Ida- that fell short of AYP down- ice representatives and man- Highway 93-30 bypass com- CHEERS: To the Murtaugh, ho schools made AYP, the played its significance in re- agement. pleted last year —- directly and Castleford and Bliss school highest level in the state s his- marks to the Times-News this C3 expects to begin hiring indirectly generated several districts and Xavier Charter tory. The latest results come week. immediately. The seasonal em- thousand jobs. School for making Adequate amid a recent push by public As a measurement, AYP ployees will work until late De- They re significantly respon- Yearly Progress under the No schools chief Tom Luna to not flawed — but still important. cember or early January 2012, sible for the western Magic Child Left Behind Act ... increase the benchmarks used Schools should be held to ever- though they ll be given first Valley avoiding the double- for measuring a school s escalating standards for stu- consideration to stay on for digit unemployment that the and JEERS: To some of the 21 progress. dent achievement, and parents permanent jobs that open up, Treasure Valley experienced south-central Idaho districts Idaho froze its targets for should insist upon it.
LETTERS OF THANKS
Thanks to All makes it the exceptional place that it is. Who Helped SUSAN ASH Evening of Jazz Director, Twin Falls The Jazz in the Canyon Public Library Committee would like to thank the more than 100 Refugee Quilt people that supported mu- sic education July 14 at the to be Raffled Off Magic Valley Center for the On behalf of the Magic Arts. We had a fabulous Valley Arts Council, I dinner prepared and would like to thank the fol- served by Elevation 486. lowing for their support of The beverages supplied by the Refugee Art Classes Cold Springs Winery and and Quilt project titled Watkins Distributing “The Place I Left Behind” helped our guests relax and that is currently on display enjoy the evening. at the Twin Falls Public Li- Special thanks to our brary through Sept. 2. sponsors: Falls Brand/In- Art class instructor: dependent Meat Co., Rose Fisher. Clear Springs Foods, Lytle Refugee student artists: Signs, Magic Valley Print- Kamala Bista, Aita Biswa, ing, First Federal Savings, Hari Biswa, Demanti Dar- Jeff/Evin Fox, Chris/Anna jee, Tulasi Darjee, Thein Scholes, Jan/Mike Hta, Anhar Kaaed, Arther McBride, Kent/Nancy Kaaed, Hendan Kaaed, Taylor,High Spirits LLC, Nayzak Kaaed, Manisha Magic Valley Arts Council, Kami, Peh Reh, Alaa Saedi, Watkins Distributing, Sarah Shaoo, Karam Talib, Bob/Francie Barton and Aiham Talib, May Zun Barton s 93 Club, Rotary Thu, Isaiah and Gyan- Noon Club, Ralph darshika Koirala. Lehrman, Rudy s – A Quilt sponsors: Toni Cook s Paradise, and Puri- Hughes, Anna Scholes, ty Spa and Salon. Dani Alexander,Susan Thanks to all who pur- Stallings, Phyllis Fletcher, chased tickets and partici- Britta Hubbard. pated to help us raise more And a special thanks to than $20,000 for our those that helped with the “Evening of Jazz.”We look quilt: Judy Snider,Sue debt-ceiling debate showed forward to next year and a Pack, Glenda Miller,Bar- that more people are de- full schedule of events in bara Powers, Rosemary Don t Blame Tea Party manding their government July 2012 under the banner Stoker,Heather at the live within our means. We of “Jazz in the Canyon.”We Quilt Barn and Hancock are tired of spending money all build an endowment for Fabrics and especially to Terrorists for Debt Dispute we don t have on things we music through our efforts. Michelle Pospichal, Match don t need. Thanks again to all who Grant coordinator for CSI Instead of hacking away helped make “Evening of Refugee programs for co- ccording to the want to make their govern- at defense, should this “bi- Jazz” such a success. ordinating getting the stu- website Politico, ment accountable again and partisan commission” not MIKE MCBRIDE dents to the Twin Falls A Vice President Joe Cal for this they are called “ter- reach the bill s spending Twin Falls Center for the Arts for the Biden agreed “with Thomas rorists“? targets, how about closing art classes. a line of argument made by Senate Minority Leader the Department of Educa- Volunteers Help Raffle tickets are still Rep. Mike Doyle (D-Pa.) at a Tribune Media Mitch McConnell acknowl- tion, which does not edu- available for a chance to two-hour,closed-door De- edged there would not have cate, the Department of En- Library to Bloom win the quilt by calling mocratic Caucus meeting” our leaders to serve us. We been a deal in which taxes ergy,which produces no On behalf of the Twin Falls 734-2787 or Michelle at that congressional Tea Par- are not their slaves. are not raised and spending energy,and the Department Public Library Board of 736-2166. ty members “acted like ter- The arrogance in the re- curtailed had it not been for of Housing and Urban De- Trustees and staff, we CAROLYN WHITE rorists” in the way they ported slander by Biden and Tea Party members. He is velopment, which builds no would like to thank those Program director, Magic stood against attempts to Doyle is what voters hate right. Asking career politi- homes? who helped plant the Valley Arts Council raise taxes and force spend- most about many politi- cians not to spend other Far from being a spent flower garden in front of Twin Falls ing reductions as part of the cians. They see them as out people s money is like ask- force, as many predicted, the Library. debt-ceiling deal. of touch and unwilling to ing Lady Gaga to sing from individual citizens are re- First, a special thanks Many to Thank Biden denied making the face challenges average citi- the Great American Song- discovering a power many goes to Moss Greenhouses comparison. Given the zens must confront when it book, dressed in conserva- may have thought they no for supplying the beautiful for Paint Magic heated rhetoric behind and comes to their personal tive clothing. For her,that longer possessed. Heading flowers. We also want to I d like to thank Paint Mag- in front of the scenes, the budgets and behavior. would be an unnatural act. into the 2012 election, this thank Susan Kelley-Har- ic, the US Bank crew and use of such a phrase, partic- It is not Tea Party people What we are witnessing renewed sense that the ble, Mary Lou Webb, Heidi especially Rod Burk, David ularly in light of Biden s who are the “terrorists.”A in America is a re-awaken- power to make or break a Calhoun and Phyllis Lotz, Bowen and Columbia Paint known salty language, has terrorist seeks to destroy. ing to the idea that the peo- nation does not reside in who volunteered their time Co. Also, the members of credibility. Who is the real destroyer in ple own the power and do Washington, but rather in to plant the flowers on a my family that helped on Apparently Tea Party the debt-ceiling debate? not have to sit idly by while the hearts and minds of its blustery spring afternoon. the house. critics are constitutional il- Who wants to continue the country they love and citizens, will add to a sense Please come visit us at Thank you for selecting literates. The Preamble to spending money we don t often sacrifice for is torn of hope that real change is the library and see the bril- my house to be a part of the U.S. Constitution be- have, borrowing it from na- apart by irresponsible polit- about to happen. liant display of flowers. We Paint Magic 2011. Very gins,“We the people.” tions like China that would ical leaders who wouldn t appreciate everyone in the much appreciated. Rights come from God, not be happy to destroy us if our have their jobs if the rest of Syndicated columnist Cal community who is so sup- MARY ELLEN PARTIN politicians who think they politicians don t do it first? us weren t paying their Thomas can be reached at portive of the library and Twin Falls are God. We grant power to Tea party people simply salaries and benefits. The [email protected].
Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau Mallard Fillmore by Bruce Tinsley Saturday, August 6, 2011 Main 9 OTHER VIEWS
Yosemite: The quate protections in place. project. A fund for safety Nature of Danger Families of the three Vernal I’m Walkin’ Here! Don’t retrofits should be part of Falls victims hired a con- the transportation bill un- MCT NEWS SERVICE sultant who, after viewing der consideration. the site, announced to the Prosecuting people like The following editorial ap- Sacramento Bee,“I’m not Prosecute Pedestrians Raquel Nelson, who truly peared in the Los Angeles content with that skimpy are the victims of poor Times on Thursday: little rail.’’Rangers said planning and bad design, is their preventive measures eople across the those who live, work and like closing the barn door There were times when the are adequate and they have country were walk in these areas. People and then burning the barn trail up Half Dome was so no plans to change them. P shocked last week David are being punished and down. One crosswalk with crowded it looked like a hu- As saddening as the to learn that a Goldberg killed simply for being traffic signals would save man freeway at rush hour. deaths were, the rangers are Georgia pedestrian who pedestrians. Our research more lives, and in all likeli- So much so that last year, right. The guardrail is did not even own a car Washington Post shows that thousands of hood cost less money,than Yosemite National Park clearly there to keep people could be convicted of ve- lives could be saved — and this hurtful prosecution started issuing permits for out of the river,along with hicular homicide in the them to persist. millions more lives im- cost the taxpayers of Geor- the climb because of basic dramatically worded signs death of her 4-year-old Nelson was found guilty proved — by retrofitting gia. Fixing thousands of safety concerns. Vernal in multiple languages. A son, who was killed by a of killing her son by cross- these dangerous roads, as these deadly mistakes Falls is another hugely pop- sign also warns Half Dome hit-and-run driver. ing the road in the many communities are try- across the country would, ular spot for tourists. hikers not to attempt the Her crime? After a long “wrong” place. But what ing to do. in the long run, save both This summer,those cable climb during wet bus trip with her three about the highway de- Some in Congress, such lives and dollars. landmarks also were the weather.Could more be young children in April signers, traffic engineers, as Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., sites of four deaths within done? More could always 2010, Raquel Nelson did transit planners and land- are attempting to kill the David Goldberg is commu two weeks. Three people be done. The park could what other bus passengers use regulators who placed small slice of funding dedi- nications director for died July 19 when they re- keep people out of the did that day,and had done a bus stop across from cated to projects that make Transportation for Ameri portedly climbed over the rivers with extensive fenc- so many days before: She apartments but made no it safer to walk or bicycle. ca, a coalition of national, guardrail at the top of Ver- ing, perhaps with peep- attempted to cross the provision whatsoever for a As the vast majority of state and local organiza nal Falls and waded into the holes for viewing the scenic road from the bus stop, safe crossing? Those who these dangerous roads were tions advocating safer river,where they were wonders of the park. It which is directly opposite ignored the fact that built under federal pro- roads and travel options. swept over the falls. A could litter the trails with her apartment complex, pedestrians always take grams, fixing them to be He wrote this commentary woman died Sunday when signs and barriers. But then rather than walk a third of the shortest possible route safer should be a national for The Washington Post. she lost her footing near the visitors might as well be on a mile to a traffic light, but somehow expected top of Half Dome, despite a freeway. cross five lanes and walk a them to walk six-tenths of the cables that were in- Some tourists are injured third of a mile back, lug- a mile out of their way to stalled as handrails. or killed because they pur- ging tired children and cross the street? Those There are a dozen or so posely seek out risk; others groceries. who designed this road — deaths each year in innocently or ignorantly The family walked which they allowed to be Yosemite, but so far this think a river or an animal or without incident to the flanked by apartments year there have been 14 — a hillside can’t be more three-foot median in the and houses — for speeds more than twice the usual dangerous than it looks. road. As they waited on of 50 mph and more? And number at this point. The Some people enter wilder- the median for a break in those who designed the increase in deaths may be a ness areas woefully unpre- traffic, Nelson’s son A.J. entire landscape to be coincidence, or it may be pared, without water, followed other adults who hostile to people trying to that the park is more dan- wearing flip flops, and go crossed ahead of them. He get to work or carrying gerous this year.The off-trail. And some visitors was hit by a motorist who groceries despite having swollen rivers are faster; don’t do anything wrong, fled and later admitted to no access to a car? Are rain fell in the park Sunday but bad things still happen. having been drinking and they not culpable? morning, and signs warn We can’t guard against it all taking painkillers. The This phenomenon is hikers away from the cable and shouldn’t destroy sce- driver spent six months in not unique to metro At- hike in wet weather,when nic beauty in an effort to jail and is serving the re- lanta. Transportation for the rock is slick. fend off liability.Nature has mainder of his five-year America researched 10 Predictably,questions a power and thus an unpre- sentence on probation. years’ worth of pedestrian have been raised about dictable danger all its own; Nelson was sentenced last fatalities nationwide and whether the park has ade- that is its very attraction. week to 12 months’ proba- found this pattern again tion, fines and communi- and again. The bodies line ty service. She was given up like soldiers along cer- the option of a new trial, tain corridors — the first LETTERS OF THANKS which she announced clue that the roadway is Thursday that she would not designed for the safety Kudos to Paint Chapter are greatly appreci- seek. of the pedestrians who are ated. The prosecution of this obviously using the road. Magic Volunteers The money raised at the grieving mother was This is a major issue in We would like to thank Fun Shoot will benefit the shocking. In truth, inner-ring suburbs across the team of Magic Valley NWTF Wheelin’ Sports- though, no one should be the country,places origi- Paint magic for painting men program which pro- surprised that tragedies nally built as auto-only homes for special seniors. vides people with disabili- like this are happening suburbia that now are Their dedication is amaz- ties the opportunity to par- every day across America: home to many lower-in- ing, especially in 90-de- ticipate in outdoor activi- Transportation officials come families who don’t gree heat which they ties. and local planners rou- have access to cars. Nei- seemed to ignore with eyes WAYLON KLUNDT tinely create the very con- ther the public trans- focused on 15 or more NWTF South Hills Strut- ditions that underlie these portation system nor the homes they intended to ters “accidents” and allow highway designs work for paint. Kudos to each and Twin Falls every one. We believe some people The Letters of Thanks col like these teams live by the umn will publish letters of PROOST FAMILY FARMS Golden Rule. Let it be said up to 150 words from: Fresh Natural Produce Picked Daily that life was good to us but Organizations thanking rather we were good to life. contributors or supporters. r$PSO r1FQQFST JEAN CARRINGTON Individuals thanking r(SFFO#FBOT r4RVBTI DIANE, TINA, MIKE public agencies and busi MEGAN, BILL, BAR- nesses for extraordinary r5PNBUPFT r$VDVNCFST BARA service. r.FMPOT "OE.VDI.PSF Twin Falls Send letters to letters@ magicvalley.com or call 2 Locations - Corner of Blue Lakes & Falls Fun Shoot Was Ellen at 735 3266. If you would like to purchase a or 2794 Addison Ave. E. (1/4 mile W of D&B) Huge Success classified ad to express 420-9195 On behalf of The National gratitude of a personal . m Wild Turkey Federation rather than public nature, South Hills Strutters Chap- call The Times News Cus ter,I would like to thank tomer Service department everyone involved in mak- at 733 0931, ext. 501. ing the NWTF Wheelin’ Sportsmen Fun Shoot held July 23 at The Twin Falls Rod and Gun Club a huge Hey . . . success. Special thanks to Falls- It’s the Annual Brand/Independent Meat, Watkins Distributing,Al- bertsons, Barger Mattson Auto Salvage, Twin Falls JARBIDGE Rod and Gun Club and the many shooters that partici- pated. DAYS I would also like to thank South Hills Strutters com- th th th mittee members John and AUGUST 12 , 13 & 14 Patty Howard, Heidi Deters and Julie Klundt for helping FEATURING: with the Fun Shoot. 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AP Aerospace Writer two planets away but alto- out of corn rations to Soma- “Will there be losses? gether different from Earth lis trying to survive a famine Sure. Will there be some CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. and next-door neighbor turned deadly Friday after looting? Of course there will A sun-powered robotic Mars. government troops opened be. What we have to do is try explorer named Juno is Juno is solar powered, a fire, killing at least seven, to minimize it,’’said WFP rocketing toward Jupiter on first for a spacecraft meant witnesses said. spokesman David Orr.“This a fresh quest to discover the to roam so far from the sun. Residents of Mogadishu’s is the highest risk environ- secret recipe for making The three huge solar panels largest famine refugee camp ment in the world ... the planets. popped open an hour into accused government soldiers safety of our staff and get- Hundreds of scientists the flight,each one stretch- of starting the chaos by try- ting food into the right hands and their families and ing as long and wide as a ing to steal some of the 290 are our highest priorities.’’ friends — among thousands tractor-trailer. Previous tons of dry rations that aid Friday’s food distribution of invited guests — cheered spacecraft to the outer workers were trying to dis- was organized by Mo- and yelled “Go Juno!’’as the planets have relied on nu- tribute there. Then refugees gadishu’s mayor, and had unmanned Atlas rocket clear energy. joined in the scramble, been delayed two days as of- blasted into a clear midday With Juno, scientists prompting soldiers to open ficials tried to shore up secu- sky Friday. It will take five hope to answer some of the fire, the witnesses said. rity arrangements. Orr told years to reach Jupiter, the most fundamental ques- “They fired on us as if we The Associated Press that solar system’s most massive tions of our solar system. were their enemy,’’ said the food distribution started and ancient planet. “How Jupiter formed. refugee Abidyo Geddi. smoothly at around 6 a.m. “Next stop is Jupiter,’’ex- How it evolved.What really “When people started to but degenerated a couple ulted Scott Bolton, Juno’s happened early in the solar take the food then the gun- hours later. principal investigator and system that eventually led fire started and everyone was “We got reports of trou- an astrophysicist at South- to all of us,’’Bolton said ear- being shot. We cannot stay ble, looting. The trucks were west Research Institute in lier in the week. here much longer. We don’t overwhelmed by a mob of San Antonio. Bolton said Jupiter is like get much food and the rare people. There were reports “It’s fantastic!’’ said Fran a time capsule. It got most food they bring causes death of some shots fired,’’ said Bagenal, a planetary scien- of the leftovers from the and torture.’’ ASSOCIATED PRESS Orr, who said he could not tist at the University of Col- sun’s creation nearly 5 bil- The chaos underscores Dahabo Osman, 60, from Somalia, queues for soap and confirm any death tolls. orado at Boulder,who is also lion years ago — hence the the dangers and challenges cooking oil after registering Friday at UNHCR’s Ifo One of the camp’s part of the NASA project. planet’s immense size — of getting help to a nation Extension camp outside Dadaab, Kenya, 60 miles from refugees, Muse Sheik Ali, “Huge relief all around.’’ and its enormous gravity that has been essentially the Somali border. said soldiers first tried to Within an hour of liftoff, field has enabled it to hold ungoverned for two decades steal some of the food aid, Juno hurtled out of Earth’s onto that original material. and now has a severe famine over how to help the starving 1992 famine that prompted and that other refugees be- orbit at 24,000 mph on a Jupiter is so big it could sweeping through it. There without helping gunmen deployment of a U.S.-led gan to take the food. roundabout course for contain everything in the are 9,000 African Union who either prey on the multinational force to safe- “Then soldiers opened fire Jupiter. It was expected to solar system, minus the soldiers in the capital, but refugees, compete for secu- guard the delivery of food to at them, and seven people, whip past the orbit of the sun, and still be twice as their main mission is to fight rity contracts to guard the Somalia’s starving. That in- including elderly people, moon in half a day, or early massive. Astronomers say al-Qaida linked Islamists, food, or steal it and take a ternational intervention col- were killed on the spot. Then Saturday morning. it probably was the first not safeguard humanitarian share of the profits when it’s lapsed in 1993 after two U.S. soldiers took the food and It is the first step in Juno’s planet in the solar system to aid. sold at market. Black Hawk helicopters were people fled from the camp,’’ 1.7 billion-mile voyage to form. Aid workers are puzzling The situation echoes the shot down and 18 service- he said.
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EVA’S FINDS 3 Creative Carryalls for Outdoor Fun Are you trying to get out of the house this summer but finding it hard to spot a tote that fits your outdoor needs? Well,you’re in luck now.A few local stores of- fer bags that will do more than look nice on your arm. The Clever Cooler Going out for a picnic and don’t want to carry that old, ugly cooler? This Mudpie Bag Lady tote looks like a purse but Ebooks is actually cleverly insulated. Use it to chill drinks while heading out to a baseball game at the park, or pack your lunch Open a New Chapter for a hike in the hills. Either way, its spacious interior will hold every- DREW NASH TIMES NEWS thing you need to stay hydrated and cool out in the sun. You As more readers turn to ebooks for entertainment, should (ABOVE) Library page can find this bag — also in a couple of similar styles — for we fear the demise of printed books? 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With its bright, flowery patterns you might not think of it as a rough-and-tumble bag, but the sturdy construction and extra pockets make it perfect for pack- DIY ing outdoor essentials in style. Ve- ra Bradley designs can be found at Cobble Creek in the Lynwood Shopping Center.This one is $50. — Eva Stutzman. Photos by Aircraft Ashley Smith Times News After a few years of inactivity, the Twin Falls chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association is back in business. Here’s one of the men whose Run, Walk and plane-building passion is the club’s reason for being. ASHLEY SMITH TIMES NEWS Don Chapton spent more than 1,200 hours building this kit plane, a replica Feast on Pancakes BY MELISSA DAVLIN of a Piper Super Cub, in his hangar at the Twin Falls airport. He painted the [email protected] aircraft to mimic an Australian military observer plane of the early 1950s. The Distance4Diabetes fun Children’s races for age 3 run and cycling events will and older start at 10 a.m. If you’re looking for Don Chapton on a other plane-building enthusiasts. Chapton’s parents both flew.He took be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Other activities include sunny summer afternoon, he’s likely Councilman Will Kezele, who also flies, his first flying lessons at 15, but the Cal- Aug. 20 at Centennial Wa- bounce house, mini-work- either in the skies or working on planes estimates there are 20 to 30 active ifornia native would have rather surfed. terfront Park in Twin Falls. shops, face painting, dia- to help himself get there. members in the group. He picked up flying a little later in life Registration opens at betes education center and The Twin Falls man spends his time After a few years’ hiatus, club mem- and hasn’t stopped for the past 35 6:45 a.m. The 40K-cycle vendor booths. flying experimental aircraft, or hand- bers are getting back to the hangars at years. event begins at 7:30 a.m., Cost to participate in the built planes. Anyone with mechanical Twin Falls’ airport for meetings and Chapton has two hangars at the followed by 10K run, 5K run events: $25 for adults and $5 experience can put a kit plane togeth- fly-ins. Twin Falls airport — one for his work- and 5K walk at 8 a.m. to $15 for children. Proceeds er,he said. But it takes a special kind of “It’s been fairly inactive, really not shop and and another to house the RV- A pancake breakfast will go for diabetes awareness dedication to devote tens of thousands much going on with it,”EAA chapter 7 and back-burner projects. Chapton be served at 9 a.m. for $5, and community education. of dollars and more than 1,000 hours to president Josh Kenyon of Twin Falls visits his workshop almost daily in the and it’s open to the public. Information: distance4dia- build it. said Friday.“We’ve been trying to push summer and outfitted it with a refrig- Breakfast is free for regis- betes.org or 293-4428. Experimental aviation gives pilots a it back into the active category.” erator,a heater and an air conditioner. tered participants and for — Times-News way to acquire airplanes less expen- Even when the club was dormant, “It stays pretty nice in there,” he children younger than 3. sively than buying them. Most experi- the builders weren’t. said. mental aviators build planes from kits, Chapton has worked on several His other hangar is toastier in the which include all the needed parts ex- planes and has built two from kits in summer.Along with the RV-7,it has ra- cept the engine. the past decade. One, an RV-7,took 16 dio flyers (“That’s my other sickness,” Chapton isn’t the only plane builder months. The newest plane, a Piper Su- he said) and partially constructed T.F. Reformed Welcomes New in Magic Valley. He’s a member of the per Cub replica, took 2 1/2 years, partly wings for an airplane he and another Associate PastorPage P2. Experimental Aircraft Association’s because Chapton got distracted flying friend are building from scratch. The Twin Falls chapter,which is made up of his first plane. Please see AIRCRAFT, P3 Pursuit 2 Saturday, August 6, 2011 Got church news? The Times-News welcomes news of church events. Send information to Ellen Thomason at [email protected]. Deadline is 5 p.m. Wednesday RELIGION for publication on the Saturday religion page. Reach Religion Editor Andrew Weeks [ 208-735-3233 [email protected] ]
T.F. Reformed Welcomes New Associate Pastor Group Aims to Dispel Mormon Myths BY JENNIFER DOBNER Chet Carlson re- and his wife, Associated Press cently joined the Heather, have two staff at Twin Falls children, Hallie, 4, SALT LAKE CITY A non- Reformed Church and Seth, 15 profit group that defends as Pastor of Disci- months. Chet said Mormon beliefs to critics on pleship. he and his “are Thursday launched a new Carlson and his looking forward to organization and website de- family moved to Carlson getting to know signed to help journalists, Twin Falls from the Magic Valley political operatives and oth- Apple Valley, Minn., community and would ers better understand the where he served as youth love to get together with faith. pastor in a Reformed you soon. I am passionate The Mormon Defense Church for the past five about encouraging others League aims to dispel myths years. He has been in min- to know and serve Jesus and explain the history,the- istry for nine years and is Christ and I hope you can ology and other aspects of excited to serve at Twin join us at TFRC in our The Church of Jesus Christ Falls Reformed Church as journey as we do life to- of Latter-day Saints, co- one of its pastors. gether,and share the good founder Scott Gordon said. Carlson has a Bachelor’s news of the love of God.” The all-volunteer organi- degree in Pastoral Min- Carlson can be reached zation is an extension of the istry and will soon gradu- at the church, 1631 Grand- group FAIR, the Foundation ate with his Masters of Di- view Dr. N., Twin Falls, for Apologetic Information vinity from Bethel Semi- 733-6128, ext. 105, or & Research. Gordon, FAIR’s COURTESY PHOTO nary in St. Paul, Minn. He [email protected]. president since 2001, an- A nonprofit group that defends Mormon beliefs to critics has launched a new nounced plans for the league organization and website designed to help people better understand the faith. during the opening session of FAIR’s 13th annual confer- In recent years, the Utah- history, doctrine and cul- “The problem is that you ence in Sandy, Utah, Thurs- based church, which has ture, Gordon said. can take any religion or be- day morning. more than 14 million mem- He said a team of Mormon liefs and look at the doctrine The idea for the Mormon bers worldwide, has been in- Defense League volunteers and find ways to make them Defense League grew out of creasingly in the spotlight. will post articles and ex- look silly,”he said. “We’re VOICES OF FAITH what Gordon said were vol- Romney is again seeking the plainers to the organization’s going to try and fill in the umes of misinformation GOP presidential nomina- website, MLD.org; will context and the gaps.” I don’t believe there is an People pray because it is about the church that circu- tion, as is former Utah Gov. answer questions through Neither FAIR nor the old man with long white the most effective way to lated in 2008 when Mormon Jon Huntsman. Broadway is email exchanges or inter- Mormon Defense League are hair and beard sitting on a express their care, concern, Mitt Romney sought the GOP home to the Tony Award- views; and will monitor affiliated with or sanctioned throne pointing his finger hope, love and desired out- presidential nomination. winning “Book of Mormon” news about the church to by the Mormon church, down at the Earth. God come for others. It is some- “What we’ve seen is that musical, and the church watch for missteps. although church spokesman doesn’t cause disasters. thing a person can do when as the church becomes more played a central role in a “If you come out with an Eric Hawkins told The Natural disasters are not feeling helpless in every and more in the limelight, 2008 political battle over gay article that says Mormons Associated Press the faith evil or a failure of God. other way. Prayer does people say and report things marriage in California. believe Jesus and Satan are favors “sincere efforts to Earthquakes are a part of have an effect. Prayer is the that are often bigoted or Misinformation or mis- brothers, we’re going to say, correct misconceptions and the processes that keep the sacred touch that turns false,” Gordon said. “We perceptions about Mor- ‘OK, this is why you’ll find inaccuracies.” Earth living and suitable worry,fear and anxiety into wanted to provide an organ- monism — including that Mormons objecting to that Nothing about the Mor- for life. There are natural strength, confidence and ization that could assist faithful Latter-day Saints characterization,”said Gor- mon Defense League is in- disasters; there are natural courage. journalists and others get the wear “magic underwear” don, who explains that such tended to replace the work of disasters caused by man; —The Rev. Duke Tufty, story right and offer some or still practice polygamy — statements are considered the church’s paid public re- there are no natural disas- Unity Temple on the Plaza, gentle correction when they stem from a lack of under- code for suggesting Mor- lations staff, Gordon said. ters caused by God. Kansas City, Mo. didn’t.” standing of the church’s mons are not Christians. CHURCH NEWS MagicMV Valley Church Directory Magic Valley day.” He also assisted The King Witnesses invited to participate in Chuck Missler with his ra- currently consists of six games, crafts, Bible sto- Bible Church dio ministry in the late members. It has produced ries and snacks from 6:30 Changes 1980s. 17 recording projects and to 8:30 p.m. Monday Location Safe Harbor ministries traveled throughout the through Friday. Families is currently doing a five- Northwest and California. are invited to a conclud- The Magic Valley Bible part series on Bible Pastor Jim Pollard in- ing program Friday Church is temporarily prophecy in light of cur- vites all area residents to evening. Bussing is avail- meeting at a new location rent events worldwide come and enjoy a Sunday able by calling Bud at 308- at 229 Second Ave. W. in with an emphasis on the worship that will be fun 9007. Twin Falls (services were uniqueness of the nation and light hearted. Information: 326-4490. formerly held at the First of Israel. The church is Christian Church). named Safe Harbor, which Ascension Vacation Bible Worship begins at 9 speaks of a fellowship a.m. Fellowship and Sun- where people can come Episcopal School starts day school start at 10:30 and feel safe and be them- Members Attend Monday a.m. Awana and Wednes- selves. The emphasis is Camp Rock Creek Community Doctor Jeffery K. Cooper, Senior Pastor day night ministries will “The Bible, the whole Church, 262 Fifth Ave. E. begin in September. Bible and nothing but the Many members of As- in Twin Falls, will hold Va- 910 Shoshone Street East, Twin Falls Information: 733-5248. Bible,” so everyone is en- cension Episcopal Church cation Bible School from 733 2936 www.fbctwinfalls.org couraged to bring one be- will go to camp at Par- 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday Sunday Worship Services 9:30 & 11:00am DVD Series cause they will need it. adise Point in McCall this through Friday. weekend, gathering with The theme is “God and Concludes at Church on a parishioners from other Me at Sea.” Children ages Interim Pastor Ralph Neil Methodist churches in the Central 3 to 12 are invited to par- 1231 Washington St. N., Twin Falls Church Mission Moves Deanery. ticipate in Bible lessons, Meeting Sunday morning prayer songs, crafts, games and 733 6610 www.tfnaz.com “Faithfulness, Gentle- Location services will be held at 8 snacks. ness and Self-Control,” the and 10 a.m. at the church, Information: Mary Jo, Sunday blended worship service 9:30am final sermon of a DVD se- Church on a Mission is 371 Eastland Drive N. in 420-7322. Progressive worship service 11:00am ries by the Rev. Adam now meeting at Heritage Twin Falls. Healing sta- Sunday evening traditional/casual service 6:00pm Hamilton of the United Assisted Living on Filer tions will be available at Methodist Church of the Avenue. both services. No Wiggle Hansen Church Greg Fadness, Lead Pastor Resurrection in Leawood, The service begins at Worship this week. Ascen- Plans Vacation Lighthouse Kan., will be presented at 10:30 a.m. This week, Pas- sion Cafe meets at 9 a.m. Church 960 Eastland Dr., Twin Falls 10 a.m. Sunday at First tor Paul Jordan will con- Information: www.as- Bible School 733 4667 United Methodist Church, tinue the voyage into the cension.episcopalidaho.or Hansen Baptist Fellow- & School 360 Shoshone St. E. in “Beatitudes” from the Ser- g or 733-1248. Ascension is ship will hold its Vacation lighthousetwinfalls.com Twin Falls. mon on the Mount, handicap accessible. Bible School from 5:30 to Saturday “Elevation Service” 6pm Vibey acoustic based worship Holy Communion will “Blessed are the Merciful!” 8 p.m. this Monday-Thurs- Sunday “Celebration Services” 9 & 11am Full blown worship be celebrated with the Filer Church day at Hansen City Park. Rev. William Lineberry King Witnesses A program will be held presiding. Hosts Vacation from 6-8 p.m. Friday at the Lighthouse School PreK 12th Grade. Call 737 1425 Donation of food bags Perform in Twin Bible School park. will be taken to Valley Falls “Mission to MARS The theme of the House. “The King Witnesses” (meet a risen savior)” is church’s VBS is “Heroes Apostolic Rock Church Information: 733-5872 or will sing during worship the theme for Vacation of the Faith.” Parents and www.tffumc.com. at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at the Bible School planned for families are invited; re- of Kimberly Magic Valley Worship this week at the Filer freshments will be served New ministry Center, 302 Third Ave. E. Church of the Nazarene, after the program. in Twin Falls. located at the corner of Information: Roger and “Search for Truth” starts in Jerome The group will present Fifth and Yakima streets. Dell Baker at 423-4055. Safe Harbor Ministries the gospel through south- Children ages 5 Personal In home has started Sunday servic- ern-style gospel music. through sixth grade are es in Jerome every Sun- Bible Study day. Meetings are held at 4 p.m. at the Sawtooth Call Pastor Mel Kirtley Best Western Inn, 2653 S. Jesus Is Lincoln. The Answer Christian Counseling Center 280-3004 Pastor Lew Phelps “For Solutions That Make Sense” comes from Pocatello each Sunday to conduct SMILE GOD Anger Issues Violence Issues Share your worship celebrations, the service. LOVES (Spousal, Teens, Family) Perpetrator service times and community Phelps is a Calvary YOU Chapel ordained pastor & Victim and more outreaches here! who began his ministry in PSALMS 126:3 Costa Mesa, Calif., work- The Lord Hath Done Call Tammy Parker at Great Things For Us. 208-599-2623 ing for Pastor Chuck CallC ll forf an appointmentpp i t today!y Dr. Anthonyy Enos Smith in his radio min- 735 3276 for more information istry, “The Word for To- J.C.H.T.M.R.K. 155 2nd Avenue North, Twin Falls Saturday, August 6, 2011 • Pursuits 3 Walking Counts as Rompers Are Exercise Big Again BY ELLEN WARREN Chicago Tribune Wearing rompers is snapped you into those “People try all these in- easy -- no matching sweet little cotton onesies, sane diets, then give up worries! -- but that's you can slip into a romper when they don t lose and be fully dressed. No weight and don t feel any exactly why critics need to worry if your top better, says Vik Khanna, find them fashionably matches your bottoms. executive director of questionable. And that s among the rea- Health and Wellness for sons some find them fash- Mercy Health Ministry in BY ADRIENNE JOHNSON ionably questionable. Or ASHLEY SMITH • TIMES-NEWS Chesterfield, Mo. MARTIN worse. Don Chapton has been flying single-engine aircraft for 35 years. Instead, Khanna rec- McClatchy Newspapers “I despise them — if you ommends baby steps to talk to people in fashion, fitness — as in walking. As a restaurant hostess, Re- they will tell you it s a fashion Aircraft Take to the Air “It s one of the things becca Elcan works a kind of victim getup, said Sarah Continued from P1 Interested in joining the Experimental Aircraft Associa- that is very underrated, runway as she leads diners to Haver, a New York stylist wooden frames are propped tion s Twin Falls chapter? Anyone can join, but it s easi- Khanna says.“Walking is their seats, and so looking and founder of focuson- against a back wall, where er to participate in the club s fly-ins if you have your the universal best exer- cute matters. As a 20-year- style.com. they ve stayed for years. Af- own plane. Meetings are 10 a.m. on the third Saturday of cise. It s accessible. Most old student, being on trend ter the friend moved, the every month at the Twin Falls airport s restaurant. There of us can do it into our does too. “If you re really project has been relegated are no official dues, but club leaders sometimes collect 80s and 90s. So on a recent day, Elcan to the back burner. money for events. Not only will you feel chose a romper, her first — a curvy, you can t All experimental aircraft Contact: Josh Kenyon, 539-2856. better, you can also im- strapless number printed wear them, Bear must be labeled as such, prove your memory and with fanciful palm leaves, said. “The whole and the RV-7 sports a He received the Piper Su- and wheel it out of his shop. maybe even live longer. bought from Forever 21. warning in the cockpit: per Cub replica kit on His hobby isn t cheap. How s that for multi- “My roommate has always point is the long “This aircraft is amateur Memorial Day of 2008 and The kit for the Piper Super tasking? pulled them off really well, line. built and does not comply finished it earlier this year. Cub replica cost $45,000. A study published ear- but some on me have been with federal safety regula- He received its Air Worthi- That doesn t include en- lier this year in the Pro- baggy, she said.“I really like “Can anyone over 25 wear tions for standard aircraft.” ness Certificate on March 1. gines, custom interiors, ceedings of the National them because they re very in them with confidence at Chapton agreed: “It s not The plane, which he co- buying or renting hangar Academy of Sciences style. all? asked Susu Bear, of build to certified standards. owns with another pilot, is space, gas and other ex- found that regular walk- Indeed, rompers are big scoopcharlotte.com.“I think It s built better than certi- meant to resemble an Aus- penses, which add tens of ing improved older peo- this season, and they re not of them as a summer fling. fied standards.” tralian observer plane from thousands more. ple s ability to remember the only one-piece looks They re cute, but not fash- It takes a huge time in- the Korean War era. “If it weren t for planes, things. Also, says Khan- luring the stylish. Model/en- ion-forward. vestment to build planes. In “It weighs a little over I d be a rich man,” Chapton na, “studies show that trepreneur Iman and singer Rompers do, however, those 16 months he spent 1,200 pounds empty,” he said. older adults who walk Gwen Stefani have stepped have a long past. on the RV-7, it consumed said, but with a pole at- But the freedom granted faster live longer. out recently in sparkly vin- The look started out as between 20 and 25 hours a tached to the plane s back by clear skies and windless So, once you get up tage-style jumpsuits, prov- men s underwear in the early week. wheel, he can maneuver it days is reward enough. and start putting one ing the 70s revival has made part of the 1900s; by the foot in front of the other, that look chic again. 1920s, women athletes wore then pick up your speed. At the recent BET Awards, them, and by the 30s, they “The problem is, most singer Mary J. 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