Home & Shedding light on the new bulb law Garden 1 TUESDAY June 28, 2011 TIMES-NEWS 75 CENTS Court: States One nice yard deserves can’t ban violent Summer another in Filer. game sales to kids HOME & Console gaming, Main 7 spruce-up GARDEN 1 Magicvalley.com Push to recall Luna falls short Foes of education plan also tried to oust Boise Republican “Reforming education has never overturn the laws met a June dead- What’s next? been about me; it’s about giving line to gather enough signatures to lawmakers Sen. Mitch Toryanski and Rep. Julie Ellsworth our students more opportunities,’’ put three repeal measures on the Reforms go Luna said. “Our focus and priority November 2012 ballot. By Jessie L. Bonner Luna needed to submit 158,107 has been and will continue to be The recall group had also aimed to voters Associated Press writer valid signatures from registered implementation of the laws.’’ to oust state Sen. Mitch Toryanski voters to succeed in its push for an Under the changes backed by and Rep. Julie Ellsworth, both Re- A group of parents and teachers who want to BOISE — A group seeking to re- August special election. But or- Luna and Gov. C.L. “Butch’’ Otter publicans from Boise, for their “Reforming education overturn the educa- call public schools chief Tom Luna ganizers said they had collected this year,Idaho will restrict educa- support of the new education tion reform laws has over his new education laws failed only about 50,000 signatures. tion union bargaining rights, in- changes — but those campaigns has never met a June deadline to to meet a Monday deadline to col- Foes of the plan dubbed Stu- troduce teacher merit pay and shift also fell short of the required num- been about gather enough signa- lect nearly 160,000 voter signa- dents Come First tried to “make it money from funding for salaries to ber of signatures. me.” tures to put three re- tures. personal,’’ Luna said Monday in a classroom technology. A group of — Idaho schools peal measures on the The Committee to Recall Tom statement. parents and teachers who want to See RECALL, Main 2 chief Tom Luna November 2012 ballot. 100 MILES Political 100 PERCENT boundary meetings hit valley By Ben Botkin Times-News writer South-central Idaho will cameo in a gripping political drama this week, and you have the chance to play a part. The six-member committee charged with setting Idaho’s new political boundaries holds the first of three local meetings tonight to gather public input on its work. Here’s what you need to know: What is redistricting? The once-a-decade redistrict- ing process will redraw the bor- ders of the state’s legislative and DREW NASH/ congressional districts to reflect These ‘ultramarathon’ men have learned Times-News population changes. It follows the ABOVE: Twin 2010 Census, which shows where Falls physician the state has grown and where it that running 100 miles is all in your head Rick Sandison, has remained stagnant. A majori- ty of the state’s six-member By Amy Huddleston — an ultramarathon across miles of 53, trains for Commission on Redistricting Times-News writer extreme Colorado Rocky Mountain ultramarathons must sign off on a new plan, a de- terrain. The “Race Across the Sky” at Devil’s Corral cision that comes after hearings Rick Sandison realized he was out winds up mountain passes with al- north of Twin throughout the state. The com- of shape in his mid-40s, so he start- titudes as high as 12,600 feet. Par- Falls on Sunday. mission has three Republican ed running. He could only run a sin- ticipants will watch the sun rise and members and three Democrats. gle block on his first day due to a set over the course of the run, and ASHLEY SMITH/ foot injury. But he kept going, gain- some won’t finish in the 30-hour Times-News ing distance one mailbox at a time. cutoff. LEFT: Burgess What’s at stake? It was on those runs that he de- As Sandison trains for his next Harmer is seen cided he wanted to be a marathon trial,another Twin Falls man has al- reflected in the For south-central Idahoans, re- runner. But a marathon wasn’t long ready conquered Leadville seven out glass of a photo districting could ultimately mean enough for Sandison. A decade lat- of 10 times. Burgess Harmer, a 69- fewer legislative districts repre- er, the 53-year-old Twin Falls year-old former ultrarunner, can of him compet- senting the region’s interests. physician is training for his third describe the curves of the roads and ing in the 1989 That’s because stagnant or 100-mile race in August. Western States sparsely populated rural regions The race is the Leadville Trail 100 See 100 MILERS, Main 2 Endurance Run. will lose influence, with more clout going to areas with the most growth like the Treasure Valley and eastern Idaho. 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The con- soldier Bergdahls capture Jerome. Cant carry a tune? Come and watch — there is no The Twin Falls City Coun- tract between People for Pets cil on Monday voted to extend and the city also requires the Times-News in Afghanistan on June 30, cover charge. 644-1111. its contract with People for organization to euthanize cats 2009, and has since been a Pets/Magic Valley Humane and dogs in a “humane man- Wood River Valley resi- prisoner of the Taliban. Society to manage and oper- ner,” holding each animal for dents will mark the sec- Still the only U.S. service ate the citys animal shelter. an average of seven days. ond anniversary of U.S. member currently cap- Recall The councils vote was 5-0, The total fee the city will Army Sgt. Bowe tured in the Afghan war, with Councilman Will Kezele pay for the coming fiscal year, Bergdahls captivity on it’s unclear where he is be- Continued from Main 1 resents the number of absent. 2012, is $232,000, an amount Thursday with a noon ing held. Nancy Berto, a Boise res- votes Luna, a Republican, The five-year extension that hasnt changed since fis- gathering at Zaneys River Hailey Mayor Rick ident and former secretary received last November keeps in place the shelters cal year 2010. In fiscal year Street Coffee House, 208 Davis will read a state- at the Mountain Home Air when he beat Stan Olson current operator, which is re- 2009, the city paid slightly N. River St. in Hailey. ment Thursday from the Force Base, formed the with 60.5 percent of the sponsible for maintaining, more — $240,252. Bergdahl went missing Bergdahl family. committee to begin col- vote to secure a second lecting enough signatures term. to recall Luna. She spoke The failure of the recall with other supporters of effort “confirms that the the recall effort Monday will of the people was made 100 milers afternoon on the front known in the 2010 elec- Continued from Main 1 steps of the Idaho Capitol. tions, a year that proved the sharp incline of the Rock- “None of us have ever most successful for the ies that tower over racers. been involved in a recall candidates of the Idaho Re- Harmer said the first time before. This was a first for publican Party,’’ said state he didnt finish the race was us and the first in many GOP chairman Norm Se- due to his character — an years in Idaho,’’Berto said. manko in a statement. overestimation of abilities. “It was trial-and-error on Morgan Hill managed The second time, doctors many levels. Still, we’re The Committee to Recall pulled him from the race after very proud of what we ac- Tom Luna and said the he fell.The Rockieshigh alti- complished.’’ group would use their net- tude sidelined him the third Even if the group had work of supporters to form time. Fluid built in his lungs succeeded in getting the a nonpartisan watchdog in the thin mountain air, measures on the ballot, organization. threatening Harmer with Idaho law would have re- “It would be irresponsi- pulmonary edema, a malady quired them to secure at ble to shy away from this that’s killed some of the least 268,852 votes in favor high level of public enthu- worlds most experienced of ousting Luna. That rep- siasm,’’Hill said. mountain climbers. These races arent for the WHAT THEY SAID weak of mind or body. Ultramarathon runners What local legislators said right thing when it came to share a saying that goes about the failed effort to the education reform.