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Protestors are excited to learn a Senate committee has agreed to consider changes to a bill intended to make them pack up and leave.
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BOISE • Supporters of Occupy Boise s encampment across from the DREW NASH • TIMES-NEWS Idaho Capitol were elated Wednes- (ABOVE) Twin Falls High School science teacher Jo Dodds teaches students during a Wednesday lab session in Twin Falls. Dodds is one day after a Senate committee agreed of 26 U.S. teachers selected by NASA to participate in upcoming research flights. (BELOW) Dodds points out the lines dividing the to consider changes to a bill meant to Earth s continental plates on a map Wednesday. oust them, including delaying when protesters must pack up their tents and giving them more time to reclaim any property they leave behind. “This is exciting, Monica Hopkins, director of the American Civil Liber- ties Union office in Idaho, said as she T.F. Teacher Selected stood in the Capitol hallway after the State Affairs Committee voted 7-1 to open the measure to possible amend- ments. The bill would ban camping from state-managed properties. Last week, the bill blasted out of for NASA Program the Idaho House on a near party-line 54-16 vote, giving the impression it Jo Dodds, a longtime science teacher at Twin Falls High School, will take flight on faced smooth sailing on its way through the Republican Senate to a scientific trip to research astronomy. Gov.C.L.“Butch Otter s desk. But after about 2½ hours of testi- BY JULIE WOOTTON mony,almost all of which came from [email protected] supporters of the free-speech vigil at the old Ada County Courthouse that TWIN FALLS • About 15 years ago, Twin Falls began in November,Senate President High School teacher Jo Dodds heard about a Pro Tem Brent Hill said he was open NASA program for educators just as it was to allowing protesters to remain un- ending. til July 1. The Rexburg Republican The FOSTER program — or Flight Opportu- said he believed the tents pose no im- nities for Science Teacher EnRichment — minent threat. came to a close in the 1990s. Since then, Dodds The measure would go into effect has been hoping for a similar research oppor- immediately,should Otter sign it as- tunity to arise. is after it clears the Senate. “I ve been waiting ever since,”she said. Idaho Falls Republican Sen. Bart She doesn t have to wait anymore. Dodds is Davis, a lawyer, said the existing bill one of 26 U.S. teachers selected to participate adequately protects free-speech in research flights over the coming year aboard rights but he remains “high-cen- NASA s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared tered on how it treats any property Astronomy. left behind as “litter. As part of the Airborne Astronomy Ambas- Davis brandished a draft amend- sadors program, she ll work alongside profes- ment designed to give protesters at sional astronomers and participate in public least seven days to reclaim belong- outreach efforts. ings before they re discarded. “I m just so thrilled,”she said one week after “What I do feel uncomfortable Please see NASA, A2 with is the seizure and littering com- ponent, he said, adding that he feared it would run afoul of protec- tions of due process for private prop- erty in the U.S. Constitution s Fifth and 14th amendments. The Senate will schedule a session JFAC TO HEAR to consider changes to the bill. Mule Deer Beat Please see OCCUPY, A10 $5.7M MILLENNIUM Odds after Blair Fire FUND REQUEST Boise State, ISU, Fish and Game officials feared stroyed 39,500 acres north of Glenns BY MELISSA DAVLIN U of I Announce the animals would suffer after Ferry and left the herd of 5,000 mule [email protected] the summer 2011 fire, but a deer without their winter habitat. Signing Classes At the time, biologists from the Ida- BOISE • The handlers of a state endowment to help pre- mild winter has helped the ho Department of Fish and Game vent underage smoking will pitch a request to spend Page S1. 5,000-head herd survive. thought this would cause the herd to $5.7 million of Idaho Millennium Fund money in the com- head south, increasing the chances ing fiscal year. BY KIMBERLEE KRUESI that more of the animals would be hit The Joint Millennium Fund Committee based its recom- [email protected] while crossing Idaho s roads and dam- mendations on an estimated $9.1 million in available rev- age cultivated fields in search of food. enue. Twelve programs requested appropriations for serv- Shooting Brings GLENNS FERRY • The fear that once But it hasn t happened. Mild winter ices related to tobacco cessation and education, including surrounded an eastern Elmore Coun- conditions allowed the deer to remain in the Idaho Supreme Court for use in youth courts, the These M.V. Women ty deer herd is slowly dissipating. parts of their range that didn t burn,said American Cancer Society for the Idaho Women s Health Not too long ago, a 2011 summer Randy Smith, Fish and Game regional Check, and the American Lung Association for youth to- Confidence wildfire had wildlife officials prepar- wildlife manager based in Jerome. bacco prevention and cessation programs. ing for the worst. The Blair Fire de- Please see FIRE, A2 Please see MILLENNIUM, A2 Page O1.
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TIMES-NEWS topics in the Legislature. “Idaho Reports” is an BOISE • Rep. Maxine Bell, hour-long program dedi- Departments Laud Successes R-Jerome, Sen. Dean cated to covering state pol- Cameron, R-Rupert, and itics during the legislative Times-News reporter session. Bell, Cameron The state s ag department is seeking $175,000 aquatic weed control. Gov. participation, there is no Melissa Davlin will appear and Davlin are joining for the expansion of a Twin Falls food quality lab. C.L. “Butch” Otter recom- money, but that doesn t af- on Idaho Public Televi- Lewiston Tribune reporter mended $36.3 million for the fect other programs, Fisher sion s “Idaho Reports” this Bill Spence and program BY MELISSA DAVLIN The DEQ supported the department for fiscal 2013. said. week to discuss the new host Greg Hahn. The pro- [email protected] governor s recommendation The governor recom- The office also lost $1.2 state map of legislative dis- gram airs 8 p.m. Friday and of a $61.3 million depart- mended a $13.3 million ap- million from fiscal 2011 for tricts impacts on south- 11 a.m. Sunday on Idaho BOISE • Despite budget mental budget. During her propriation for the Office of wolf management, monitor- central Idaho and other Public Television. cuts, Idaho s agriculture and presentation to the Joint Fi- Species Conservation, a 42.4 ing and depredation mitiga- environmental agencies are nance-Appropriations percent drop from the $22.9 tion. The office is still work- still trucking along. And in Committee, Director Toni million appropriated this ing with the federal govern- some cases, they re seeing a Hardesty cited recent suc- year. ment to provide support for lot of success. cessful programs, including Almost all of that lost ranchers who lose cattle to On Wednesday, the Idaho settlement ponds in Twin money is from the Bon- the predators, Fisher said. State Department of Agri- Falls that reduced water pol- neville Power Administra- “The state of Idaho feels WASHINGTON WOMAN culture, Soil and Water Con- lution and drinking water tion for salmon recovery ef- that wolves were forced on servation Commission, Of- loans that made it possible forts, said office administra- us by the Endangered fice of Species Conservation for small communities to tor Nate Fisher. The money Species Act,”Fisher said. Be- HOSPITALIZED AFTER and Department of Environ- update their water systems. goes to projects to improve cause of that, he added the mental Quality all presented Agriculture s budget re- habitat for salmon — for ex- federal government should TUESDAY CRASH their budget requests to leg- quest included a one-time ample, building fences be the one compensating islators. While funding cuts supplemental request of around creeks on private ranchers for cattle and sheep TIMES-NEWS Stenerson s vehicle rolled have forced some depart- $175,000 for expansion of property to prevent cows loss. and came to rest on the ments to find alternative the Idaho Food Quality As- from trampling through the But, he said, the division is TWIN FALLS • Idaho State west shoulder of the road. funding sources and re- surance Lab in Twin Falls, water,Fisher said. still focused on efforts to Police and Twin Falls County She was transported by structure their programs, $89,700 from the dedicated That money is project- keep sage grouse from being sheriff s deputies investigat- ground ambulance to St. Wednesday s presenters said fund for poultry inspection, specific and depends on par- listed as an endangered ed an injury accident involv- Luke s Magic Valley Med- they re still making progress and an ongoing general re- ticipation from landowners. species and restoring habitat ing a semitrailer Tuesday ical Center in Twin Falls, on their goals. quest of $900,000 for When there isn t interest in for steelhead and salmon. night in Twin Falls County. where she was listed in fair Police say Charisse Sten- condition Wednesday af- erson, 50, of Lynnwood, ternoon. Wash.,was traveling north Southbound traffic on on U.S. Highway 93 when the highway was blocked her vehicle crossed the cen- for about an hour while of- ter line into southbound ficers investigated the traffic at about milepost 15. crash. Stenerson s vehicle collided Both Stenerson and Lun- with a Freightliner semi stad were wearing seat belts. driven by Douglas Lunstad, It is unknown if alcohol was 37,of Fairview,Mont. a factor in the crash.
fields to prevent damage Fire from the deer. Continued from the front page However, the area burned is far from recov- “The weather has al- ered. The fire wiped out the lowed them to stay a little majority of the abundant bit higher,” Smith said. amounts of bitterbrush and “There s still quite a bit of sagebrush in the area, two deer, but it s not the bad plants mule deer rely on for scenario we were antici- food. pating.” The U.S. Bureau of Land DREW NASH • TIMES-NEWS At one time, Fish and Management has a two- Twin Falls High School science teacher Jo Dodds poses Wednesday next to several 4-inch reflector telescopes her Game officials considered year rehabilitation plan in former students made Wednesday in Twin Falls. Dodds is one of 26 U.S. teachers selected by NASA to participate in posting signs along Inter- progress, but the area will upcoming research flights. state 84 to warn people to never quite be the same, slow down, but they were said Joe Russell, a BLM fire ticipating in the program. she doesn t know the loca- gram, which allows high never needed. ecologist. NASA Research flights will be tions of the flights yet or how school juniors to take an on- Elmore County Sheriff Close to 24,000 sage- Continued from the front page aboard the SOFIA, a modi- many will be scheduled. line space exploration class. Rick Layher didn t return brush seeds have been fied Boeing 747 that can In addition to conducting The class, developed by calls on Wednesday re- planted, but the area won t finding out she was selected. reach an altitude of 45,000 research, two-person teams NASA, is delivered through garding vehicle-animal be bountiful for another 10 Beth Pendergrass, spokes- feet. of teachers will be responsi- the Idaho Digital Learning collisions in eastern Elmore years, he said. The BLM al- woman for the Twin Falls The plane is also equipped ble for organizing public Academy. County. so plans to plant 50,000 School District, said she with a telescope that s 100 outreach activities. Dodds Dodds said she plans to To reduce the damage bitterbrush seeds every thinks it s a first for the dis- inches in diameter. It s pri- will work with Ralph Peter- incorporate new ideas from caused by deer feeding on year for the next three trict to have a teacher partic- marily used for infrared ob- son, who teaches at North the NASA research project farmland, Fish and Game years. ipate in a NASA program. servations. Gem High School in Ban- into the astronomy lessons helped cover seed costs in “It s going to be a long- Dodds — an Earth science “It sees more than the eye croft. she teaches at Twin Falls the northern farmland term issue in this area,” teacher who has taught in can see,”Dodds said. They re co-teachers thr- High. closest to the burn areas. Russell said.“Things don t Twin Falls for 27 years — will She said the aircraft can go ough the Idaho Science and “It s just going to enrich Farmers planted feed crops get better right away. The continue teaching while par- anywhere in the world, but Aerospace Scholars pro- everything I do,”she said. outside of their normal land changes slowly.”
SNOWPACK CORRECTION Seasonal percentage No Comment to Be Taken at Gay Watershed % of Avg. peak Rescue Group to Hold Pet Food Drive Salmon 84% 51% Rights Bill Hearing Big Wood 85% 54% IDAHO PRESS-TRIBUNE number and assigned to a Little Wood 69% 42% BY LAURIE WELCH holding a February pet food Dog and cat food can be committee — likely back to Big Lost 64% 38% [email protected] drive to benefit animals and dropped off at either the NAMPA • Idaho Sen. Curt Senate State Affairs. If Little Lost 62% 37% the seniors who love them. Minidoka County Senior McKenzie, R-Nampa, will that s the case, McKenzie Henry's Fork/Teton 88% 55% BURLEY • A Mini-Cassia an- “We think it will be a good Center, 702 11th St., Rupert, hold a print hearing in the said he won t schedule a full Upper Snake Basin 90% 56% imal rescue group is working thing and a way to help the or Golden Heritage Senior Senate State Affairs Com- hearing for the bill,in which Goose Creek 98% 65% to help homebound seniors seniors in both counties,” Center, 2421 Overland Ave., mittee on a proposed bill the committee would vote Salmon Falls 76% 48% feed their pets this winter. said Deb Hopkins, member Burley, from 8 a.m. to noon, that would ban discrimi- to drop the bill or send it to As of Feb. 1 Waggin Tails Rescue is of Waggin Tails Rescue. weekdays through Feb. 29. nation based on gender the Senate floor. identity or sexual orienta- “It s not because I favor tion. But, contrary to an or disfavor this bill or any Idaho Press-Tribune arti- other bills that I hold in the cle printed Monday in the drawer,”McKenzie said.“If Times-News, the print I don t think that it s going After considering three al- that the $2 million recom- “This is a conservative out- hearing does not allow for to get a majority to get all Millennium ternative appropriation pro- mended appropriation fit,”he said. public testimony. the way through the Continued from the front page posals, the committee voted wouldn t be enough to fully Leftover money will stay If the committee ap- process to the governor s to adopt one submitted by fund the department s pro- in the account. The proposal proves the proposal s print- desk, I don t have a hearing The requests, plus an on- Rep. Dennis Lake, R-Black- grams, which include Project now goes to the Joint Fi- ing, it will be given a bill on it.” going $80,000 consultant foot. 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promoted at the Feb. 13 Twin Falls City Council CONGRESSIONAL TFPD Announces meeting. Both promotions were prompted by Sgt. Mark Marvin s retirement. STAFF VISITATION The 34-year law-enforce- Promotions of Allen, Heil ment veteran, who runs the department s evidence de- TIMES-NEWS Veterans Affairs and Social partment, is retiring in just Security Administration, as BY ALISON GENE SMITH served parts of his time six years, said he looks for- a few weeks and Sgt. Ryan JEROME • Field representa- well as provide constituents [email protected] since October 2007 in the ward to approaching law Howe will be the new evi- tives of Idaho Republican an opportunity to express crime prevention unit, enforcement from a proac- dence custodian, Allen said. Sen. Mike Crapo, Sen. Jim concerns about federal issues. TWIN FALLS • Changes serving as the community s tive perspective. Though he s enthusiastic Risch and Rep. Mike Simp- Traveling district hours are are on the horizon at the primary contact person “Helping people see law about his new position, Heil son will host a “Traveling 9-11 a.m. Monday at Jerome Twin Falls Police Depart- within TFPD. enforcement in a positive said he ll miss some parts of District Office” event Mon- City Hall, 152 E. Ave. A, and ment. Soon, Crime Preven- “It s been a really good way,” he said. “So they being a patrol officer. day in Jerome. 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday tion Officer Luke Allen will opportunity to develop a know police are here to “I ll miss the camaraderie At the event, the field rep- at the Jerome Senior Center, be promoted to patrol ser- different kind of relation- serve them in any way we of working with other offi- resentatives will answer 520 N. Lincoln Ave. geant and Officer Dan Heil ship with the community,” can.” cers,”he said. questions about specific Information: Crapo s of- will take his place. he said. After going through a rig- Getting together at the problems with federal agen- fice, 735-2515; Risch s office, “I m really excited to do In crime prevention, orous interview process, end of the night to talk cies such as the Internal Rev- 734-6780; or Simpson s of- it,” Allen said. “I m at a rather than just taking calls Heil was offered the job. about the calls he and his enue Service, Department of fice, 734-7219. place in my career where I for service, officers address “You have to go through a coworkers took, what they think it s a good move for different kinds of issues and period of observation, accomplished and new me and I think I m ready to teach people how to avoid there s an oral interview and ideas is something Heil pass on the crime preven- being victimized, Allen you have to make a resume won t be able to do as much tion torch.” said. Still, he s looking for- showing what you ve done of in his new job. Allen has been with the ward to managing the street in the police department,” “At the same time, it s department since July 1999, division. he said. “You have to show going to be exciting to when he started out in the Heil, who has been a TF- what you re capable of.” branch out and try some- patrol division. Allen has PD patrol officer for nearly Allen will be formally thing different,”he said.
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BY CRISTINA SILVA can officials have said they Associated Press will ensure that no one votes twice. But concerns AP PHOTO • KEITH SRAKOCIC LAS VEGAS • This was remain that the procedures In this Feb. 2, 2011, file photo, Punxsutawney Phil, the weather-predicting groundhog, center, stands on the shoulder supposed to be the Nevada and the delay in reporting of one of his handlers, John Griffiths, while looking at other handler Ben Hughes in Punxsutawney, Pa. GOP s year of redemption, the results will diminish the a chance for Republicans to attention the contest re- BY LEANNE ITALIE “Of course,the groundhog s volving groundhog misbehav- “Phil is not a pet.Phil is tru- have a prominent role in ceives from East Coast- Associated Press most glaring offense is that its ior on the big day,when desig- ly not as warm and cuddly as picking a challenger for based media outlets, given legendary weather predictions nated groundhogs — and some perhaps you would want him President Barack Obama the three-hour time differ- NEW YORK • They ve bit- are complete bunk, said Lin- notable surrogates — are sup- to be.Phil is,in fact,a wild ani- four years after bungling its ence. ten their handlers, refused to da Lombardi, a former posed to step into the sun each mal, said Mike Johnston,vice first attempt to turn the “We need to look like we budge from their beds and lost zookeeper who has a blog and Feb. 2 and predict six more president of Phil s Inner Circle state into a major player in know what we are doing, their shadow-casting jobs to a book called “Animals Behav- weeks of winter, or not. Leg- in Punxsutawney, where presidential politics. said David Buell, chair of potbellied pigs. And it turns ing Badly. end has it that if the ground- Groundhog Day began. But 2012 has not gone as the Washoe County GOP, out,not all groundhogs are re- The National Oceanic and hog sees his shadow, winter Sound familiar, Mayor planned. It s now anyone s who has called on party ally that good at predicting the Atmospheric Administration will last for six more weeks. Michael Bloomberg? guess as to how soon a leaders to release the results weather. analyzed the forecasts of As always, the biggest Charles G.Hogg,aka Staten Nevada victor will be de- as they trickle in. Not even Bill Murray as a groundhog prognosticators Groundhog Day ruckus (today Island Chuck,chomped on the clared after Saturday s The Nevada GOP last movie weatherman escaped a from 1988 to 2010 and con- will be the 126th) centers on mayor s left index finger in caucuses. week announced a partner- couple of nips from the furry cluded there was no correla- prima donna Punxsutawney 2009 when Bloomberg tried to Voting in all but one cau- ship with Twitter and rodents on the set of his popu- tion between predictions and Phil, the seer of seers, sage of coax him into the open using cus — a special, late- Google in hopes of allowing lar “Groundhog Day that put the length of winter weather in sages,prognosticator of prog- an ear of corn. evening one for Jewish vot- the party to release results the annual shadow or no a given year. nosticators in Pennsylvania. “We try not to speak of it, ers in Clark County that is instantly on the Internet. shadow ritual on a loop in Bad forecasting aside,histo- But not even Phil has kept his said Mary Lee Montalvo with expected to draw fewer than In contrast to this year s 1993. ry has a few ugly moments in- pointy nose clean of misdeeds. the Staten Island Zoo. 300 people — will end by 3 plans, the results of the p.m. Pacific time. Most of 2008 caucuses were largely Nevada s counties will be known before sunset. through with voting by The caucus count is just noon. the latest bit of trouble for a But the state GOP does- GOP contest that has been n t plan to release any re- plagued by a year of mis- Taliban Deny They Are Ready for Afghan Peace Talks sults until 5 p.m., which steps and party turmoil, could raise questions about prompting Republicans KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) got a big boost from Pak- ter Hina Rabbani Khar said Afghan-backed.” the validity of the count. here to lower expectations • The Taliban dismissed re- istan s top diplomat who de- she was visiting Kabul to de- She said the Afghans It also won t release re- just as the contested nomi- ports they are preparing to clared her nation s support liver the strong message that should determine the way sults from Clark County, nating fight turns to Neva- talk peace with the Afghan for an Afghan-led reconcil- Paki-stan would stand be- forward and then nations in the state s most populous da. government, and a NATO iation process. hind any peace initiative the region and the greater and home to more than half Party officials say they report leaked Wednesday Still, steps toward finding that was widely supported international community of all Republicans, until af- expect no more than shows captured insurgents a political resolution to the by all ethnic groups in should back the plan. ter 7 p.m. 60,000 voters — out of full of confidence they will 10-year-old war continue to Afghanistan. “This is the way the direc- The special caucus itself 468,000 registered Repub- seize power after interna- be bogged down in discus- “Our only prerequisite to tion should be seen, rather has the Mitt Romney and licans in Nevada — to par- tional troops leave. sions among the U.S. and its be supportive of an initiative than the other way around Ron Paul campaigns inquir- ticipate. That would be While both were setbacks partners over venues, agen- is that it should be Afghan- where others determine the ing with the state party 16,000 more than the num- to President Hamid Karzai s das and conflicting inter- led,”she said. “It should be direction, and the Afghans, about the possibility of vot- ber that voted in 2008 s quest to broker peace with ests. Af-ghan-owned. It should we feel, are sometimes left er fraud. Nevada Republi- non-binding contest. the Taliban, his government Pakistan s Foreign Minis- be Afghan-driven and to follow,”she said. SENIOR Challenge to Schools: Embracing Digital Textbooks Q. Adult children who want to help their aging parents can use a simple three-ring notebook to BY KIMBERLY HEFLING dents. ing around with 50-pound collect information and documents about their parents’ Associated Press Digital learning environ- backpacks and every book personal and fi nancial affairs. In addition to Medical ments have been embraced in those backpacks costing and General Contacts sections, what else might be included in this book? WASHINGTON • Are in Florida, Idaho, Utah, and 50, 60, 70 dollars and many Lifestyles hardbound textbooks going California, as well as in in- of them being out of date? A. The notebook or master binder can include sections for: the way of slide rules and dividual schools and dis- Or, do we want students 1) Personal/Family—for birth and marriage certifi cates, Social typewriters in schools? tricts such as Joplin, Mo., walking around with a mo- Security numbers/cards, driver’s licenses (numbers, expiration Education Secretary where laptops replaced bile device that has much dates) military records and so on; 2) Financial/Insurance—for Arne Duncan and Federal textbooks destroyed in a more content than was income sources and fi nancial and other assets, real estate, Communications Com- tornado. But many schools even imaginable a couple liabilities, and insurance policy details (with company name and mission chairman Julius lack the broadband capaci- years ago and can be con- contact information; 3) Legal—for wills, powers of attorney, Genachowski on Wednes- ty or the computers or stantly updated? I think it s advance medical directives, trust agreements; and 4) Other— for things like family historical records, burial instructions, day challenged schools and tablets to adopt the tech- a very simple choice, information about safe deposit boxes, and tax records. companies to get digital nology, and finding the Duncan said in an inter- Additional sections can be added that fi t your parents’ situation. textbooks in students money to go completely view. The binder is never really complete as you will want to update it hands within five years. The digital is difficult for many Tied to Wednesday s an- as needed. Your efforts should result in a good summary of your Obama administration s schools in tough economic nouncement at a digital parents’ personal, fi nancial, and legal affairs—which will make push comes two weeks after times. And, in some places, town hall was the govern- it easier for you to help them. Good luck! Apple Inc. announced it adopting new textbooks is ment s release of a 67-page would start to sell electron- an arduous process. “playbook to schools that BRP Health Management Systems, Inc. Oak Creek Rehabilitation Center, Kimberly, AP PHOTO • JAY LAPRETE ic versions of a few standard At a time when technol- promotes the use of digital Mountain View Center for Geriatric Psychiatry, Kimberly, 022 In this Jan. 12, 2012, file high-school books for use ogy has transformed how textbooks and offers guid- Lincoln County Care Center, Shoshone, Desert View Care Center, Buhl, photo, Education Secretary on its iPad tablet. people interact and even ance. The administration Mini Cassia Care Center, Burley, Arne Duncan speaks in Digital books are viewed led to social uprisings in the hopes that dollars spent on Benevolent. Responsive. Professional. Please email any questions or concerns you would like to see addressed in future articles to senior- Gahanna, Ohio. as a way to provide interac- Middle East, education has traditional textbooks can [email protected]. BRP Health Management is parent company to Oak Creek Rehabilitation tive learning, potentially too often lagged, Duncan instead go toward making Center and Mountain View Center for Geriatric Psychiatry in Kimberly, Lincoln County Care Center in Shoshone, Desert View Care Center in Buhl, and Mini Cassia Care Center in Burley. The information save money and get updat- said. digital learning more feasi- provided is offered as a public service, and is not meant to replace the advice or counsel of family legal ed material faster to stu- “Do we want kids walk- ble. or medical professionals. Thursday, February 2, 2012 • A 5
THE DIGIT Microsoft Slams Google $320.1 Million User Data Policy in Ads Las Vegas Sands Fourth-quarter Profit • Casino- resort developer Las Vegas Sands Corp. said its LOS ANGELES (AP) • Microsoft Corp. slammed search fourth-quarter net income rose 17 percent to rival Google Inc. with full-page newspaper ads Wednes- $320.1 million as the company set an internal day, saying that recent changes at Google that allow it to record for revenue, thanks mainly to more people internally merge the data it collects on user activity across gambling at its resorts in Macau and Singapore, services such as YouTube and Gmail are meant to allow ad- company officials said Wednesday. The company s vertisers to better target customers. billionaire CEO, Sheldon Adelson, who has made Google has touted the overhaul it announced last week headlines recently for his and his wife s combined as a simplification of detailed but obtuse policies and a way donation of $10 million to a political action com- to provide a better user experience. mittee supporting GOP presidential candidate MONEY+AGRIBUSINESS Microsoft offered up its own Web-based alternatives, Newt Gingrich, said the company is seriously con- saying for instance that users of its free email service, Hot- sidering building resorts in Japan, Korea, Taiwan mail, don t have to worry about the content of their emails and Vietnam. being used to help target ads.
Market report sponsored by: Status Update: Facebook to Go Public, Raise $5 Billion BY BARBARA ORTUTAY and MICHAEL LIEDTKE Associated Press THE MARKET AT A GLANCE NEW YORK • Facebook made a much- anticipated status update Wednesday: Stocks Rise on Manufacturing Data The Internet social network is going pub- lic eight years after its computer-hacking NEW YORK (AP) • U.S. stocks had a big January, CEO Mark Zuckerberg started the service and they re starting February strong, too. The Dow at Harvard University. Jones industrial average rose 83.55 points, or 0.7 per- That means anyone with the right cent, to close at 12,716.46. Earlier in the day, the Dow amount of cash will be able to own part of was up 151 points. But it moved less than 100 points a Silicon Valley icon that quickly trans- for the day for the 20th consecutive trading session. formed from dorm-room startup to cul- The Dow s highest close since 2008 is 12,810, in April tural touchstone. 2011. The broader Standard & Poor s 500 index rose If its initial public offering of stock 11.68 points, or 0.9 percent, to close at 1,324.09. All 10 makes enough friends on Wall Street, categories in the S&P 500 rose. The biggest gainer Facebook will probably make its stock- was financial stocks, up 1.6 percent. The Nasdaq rose market debut in three or four months as 34.43 points, or 1.2 percent, to 2,848.27. one of the world s most valuable compa- nies. Facebook, which is now based in Feb. 1, 2012 13,000 Menlo Park, Calif., hopes to list its stock Dow Jones 12,500 industrials 12,000 under the ticker symbol, “FB, on the 11,500 New York Stock Exchange or Nasdaq ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO +83.55 11,000 Stock Market. A sign is pictured in December 2011 at Facebook headquarters in Menlo 12,716.46 10,500 In its regulatory filing with the Securi- Park, Calif. Facebook, the social network that changed friend from a noun AS O N D J Pct. change from previous: +0.66% High12,784.62 Low 12,632.76 ties and Exchange Commission, Face- to a verb, filed Wednesday to sell stock on the open market. book Inc.indicated it hopes to raise $5 bil- Feb. 1, 2012 3,000 lion in its IPO.That would be the most for shares are liked to be valued at on the open play on Facebook.Zynga s stock fell 5 per- Nasdaq 2,750 an Internet IPO since Google Inc. and its market. Facebook employed 3,200 peo- cent below its IPO price on the first day of composite 2,500 early backers raised $1.9 billion in 2004. ple at the end of last year. trading. The final amount will likely change as Depending on how long regulators take Facebook stands apart, though. As it +34.43 2,250 Facebook s bankers gauge the investor to review Facebook s IPO documents,the rapidly expands,people from Silicon Val- 2,848.27 2,000 AS O N D J demand. company could be making its stock mar- ley to Brazil to India use it to keep up with Pct. change from previous: +1.22% High2,855.73 Low 2,825.19 Joining corporate America s elite would ket debut around the time that Zucker- news from friends and long-lost acquain- give Facebook newfound financial clout berg celebrates his next birthday in May. tances,play mindless games tending vir- as it tries to make its service even more When most companies go public,they tual cities and farms and share big STOCKS OF LOCAL INTEREST pervasive and expand its audience of 845 let Wall Street investment banks handle news or minute details about their million users.It also could help Facebook everything. That means the days. Politicians, celebrities and AlliantEgy 1.80f 15 42.82 +.43 -2.9 Kaman .64 14 32.37 +1.20 +18.5 fend off an intensifying challenge from initial stock price is reserved businesses use Facebook to con- AlliantTch .80 7 60.40 +.99 +5.7 Keycorp .12 8 7.85 +.08 +2.1 AmCasino .50f 15 20.94 +1.38 +21.1 LeeEnt h ...... 1.34 +.01 +90.1 Google,which is looking to solidify its sta- for big institutional in- nect with fans and the general Aon Corp .60 18 49.37 +.94 +5.5 MicronT ...... 7.70 +.11 +22.4 tus as the Internet s most powerful com- vestors, shutting out the public. BallardPw ...... 1.20 +.01 +11.1 OfficeMax ... 10 5.62 +.09 +23.8 BkofAm .04 ... 7.36 +.23 +32.4 RockTen .80 23 63.39 +1.53 +9.9 pany with a rival social network called average investor. It s becoming more difficult to ConAgra .96 15 26.77 +.10 +1.4 Sensient .84 17 40.68 +1.06 +7.3 Plus. The IPO filing casts a tell whether going to Facebook is Costco .96 25 83.22 +.95 -.1 SkyWest .16 27 13.19 +.39 +4.8 Diebold 1.12 17 32.70 +1.01 +8.7 Teradyn ... 14 16.52 +.17 +21.2 The intrigue surrounding Facebook s spotlight on some of Facebook s a pastime or an addiction. In the DukeEngy 1.00 17 21.46 +.15 -2.5 Tuppwre 1.44f 17 61.38 -1.46 +9.7 IPO has increased in recent months, not inner workings for the first time. Among U.S., Facebook visitors spend an av- DukeRlty .68 ... 13.57 +.18 +12.6 US Bancrp .50 12 28.56 +.34 +5.6 Fastenal s .68f 39 47.07 +.39 +7.9 Valhi .50 35 55.23 +1.33 -8.7 only because the company has become a other things, the documents reveal the erage of seven hours per month on the Heinz 1.92 17 52.07 +.22 -3.6 WalMart 1.46 14 62.18 +.82 +4.0 common conduit —for everyone from amount of Facebook s revenue, its major website each month,more than doubling HewlettP .48 9 28.76 +.78 +11.6 WashFed .32f 15 15.94 +.18 +13.9 HomeDp 1.16f 19 44.47 +.08 +5.8 WellsFargo .48 11 29.89 +.80 +8.5 doting grandmas to sassy teenagers— to shareholders, its growth opportunities from an average of three hours per month Idacorp 1.32f 13 42.82 +.67 +1.0 ZionBcp .04 21 17.02 +.19 +4.5 share information about their lives. and its concerns about its biggest com- in 2008, according to the research firm Zuckerberg,27,has emerged as the lat- petitive threats. comScore Inc. est in a lineage of Silicon Valley prodigies The documents show,as expected,that More than half of Facebook users log on GRAINS & METALS REPORT who are alternately hailed for pushing the Facebook is thriving. The company to the site on any given day.Using soft- world in new directions and reviled for earned $668 million on revenue of $3.7 ware developed by outside parties — call INTERMOUNTAIN GOLD Selected world gold prices, Wednesday. overstepping their bounds. In Zucker- billion last year, according to the filing. it the Facebook economy — they share GRAINS London morning fixing: $1744.00 unchanged . berg s case,a lawsuit alleging that he stole Both figures nearly doubled from 2010. television shows they are watching,songs POCATELLO (AP) — Idaho Farm Bureau London afternoon fixing: $1740.00 off $4.00. Intermountain Grain Report for Wednesday. NY Handy & Harman: $1740.00 off $4.00. the idea for Facebook from some Harvard “The company is a lot more profitable they are playing and photos of what they POCATELLO — White wheat 6.20 (up 10); 11.5 per- NY Handy & Harman fabricated: $1879.20 off $4.32. cent winter 6.64 (up 2); 14 percent spring 8.13 NY Engelhard: $1743.63 off $3.98. classmates became the grist for a book than we thought, said Kathleen Smith, are wearing or eating. Facebook says 250 (up 8); barley 9.27 (up10); hard white 7.14 (up 2); NY Engelhard fabricated: $1874.38 off $4.31. BURLEY — White wheat 6.10 (up 15); 11.5 percent NY Merc. gold Feb Wed. $1747.10 up $9.30. and a movie that was nominated for an principal of IPO investment advisory firm million photos alone are posted on its site winter 6.25 (up 6); 14 percent spring 8.09 (up 8); NY HSBC Bank USA 4 p.m. Wed. $1746.00 up $6.00. barley 9.50 cwt (steady); hard white 7.05 (up 11); Academy Award last year. Renaissance Capital. each day. OGDEN — White wheat 6.40 (up 10); 11.5 percent Following the model of Google co- Although she considered Facebook s To make money, Facebook sells the winter 6.52 (up 7); 14 percent spring 8.32 (up 14); SILVER barley 11.00 (up 10); corn 12.00 (up 5); NEW YORK (AP) — Handy & Harman silver founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, numbers “very impressive, she said promise of highly targeted advertise- PORTLAND — White wheat 6.98 (up 30); 11 per- Wednesday $33.815 up $0.835. cent winter 7.56-7.61 (up 7 to 10); 14 percent H&H fabricated $40.578 up $1.002. Zuckerberg set up two classes of stock Facebook needs to talk more about where ments based on the information its users spring 9.82 (up 9); corn 274.00-274.25 (up 1.00 to The morning bullion price for silver in London 1.25); $33.800 up $0.200. that will ensure he retains control as the it sees its growth coming from. share,including interests,hobbies,private NAMPA — White wheat 9.92 cwt (up 25); 5.95 Engelhard $33.750 off $0.050. sometimes conflicting demands of Wall “What new areas of business is it ex- thoughts and relationships.Though most bushel (up 15); Engelhard fabricated $40.500 off $0.060. NY Merc silver spot month Wednesday $33.778 Street exert new pressures on the compa- pecting to pursue beyond display ads? of its revenue comes from ads, Facebook INTERMOUNTAIN up $0.545. ny.He will have the final say on how near- What s not in the documents, yet, is also takes a cut from the money that apps LIVESTOCK NONFERROUS METALS ly 57 percent of Facebook s stock votes, Facebook s market value. That figure make through its site.For every dollar that LIVESTOCK AUCTION — Blackfoot Livestock NEW YORK (AP) — Spot nonferrous metal prices. Auction on January 27. Utility and boner cows Aluminum -$1.0239 per lb., London Metal Exch. according to the filing. could hit $100 billion, based on Face- “FarmVille maker Zynga gets for the vir- 66.00-78.00; cutters and canners 62.00-74.00; Copper -$3.8488 Cathode full plate, LME. Even before the IPO was filed,Zucker- book s rapid growth and the appraisals tual cows and crops it sells, for example, slaughter bulls 73.00-95.00; heavy feeder steers Copper $3.8385 N.Y. Merc spot Wed. 120.00-146.00; light feeder steers 138.00- Lead - $2251.00 metric ton, London Metal Exch. berg was shaping up as his generation s that steered investors who bought stakes Facebook gets 30 cents. 186.00; stocker feeder steers 170.00-215.00; Zinc - $0.9630 per lb., London Metal Exch. heavy holstein steers 88.00-103.00; light hol- Gold - $1740.00 Handy & Harman (only daily quote). Bill Gates — a geek who parlayed his love while the company was still private. For all of Facebook s success,the com- stein steers 90.00-114.00; heavy feeder heifers Gold - $1747.10 troy oz., NY Merc spot Wed. 112.00-142.00; light feeder heifers 132.00-169.00; Silver - $32.815 Handy & Harman (only daily quote). of computers into fame and fortune. Facebook heads a class of Internet pany has had its share of troubles.It went stocker heifers 155.00-209.00; heiferettes n/a; Silver - $33.778 troy oz., N.Y. Merc spot Wed. Forbesmagazine estimated Zuckerberg s startups that have been going public dur- through a series of privacy missteps over bred cows n/a; cow calf pairs n/a; wiener pigs Platinum -$1614.00 troy oz., N.Y. (contract). n/a; lambs n/a; Remarks: Cows 8 better, feeder Platinum -$1623.20 troy oz., N.Y. Merc spot Wed. wealth at $17.5 billion in its most recent ing the past year. the years as it pushed users to disclose cattle steady. n.q.-not quoted n.a.-not available r-revised survey of the richest people in the U.S. A The early crop has included Internet more and more information about them- more precise measurement of Zucker- radio service Pandora Media Inc.,profes- selves. Most recently,the company set- berg s fortune will be available once the sional networking service LinkedIn tled with the U.S.Federal Trade Commis- IPO is priced and provides a concrete Corp. and daily deals company sion over allegations that it exposed de- benchmark for determining the value of Groupon Inc. Most of those In- tails about people s private lives without his nearly 534 million Facebook shares ternet IPOs haven t lived up to getting legally required consent. And the The IPO will also mint their lofty expectations. The legal fights over Facebook s origins have Microsoft Cuts about 200 hundreds of Facebook em- list of disappointments in- been embarrassing and sometimes dis- ployee as millionaires because cludes Zynga Inc.,which has tracting, though Zuckerberg has consis- they have accumulated stock at built a profitable business by tently denied allegations that have de- Marketing Employees lower prices than what the creating a variety of games to picted him as a ruthless weasel. LOS ANGELES (AP) • Mi- mond, Wash.-based com- crosoft Corp. said it laid off pany said it was taking steps some of its marketing staff to improve the effectiveness on Wednesday as part of an and efficiency of its market- effort to restructure its op- ing operations. erations. “Some of these changes Labor Names New Burley, Bellevue, Mountain Home Managers The company did not involved the reduction of a specify how many of its small percentage of market- TIMES-NEWS providers. Prior to joining the depart- The new manager in the Mountain 92,000 employees were let ing positions to better align ment, she worked in retail manage- Home office is Katie Eiden, who as the go, but a person familiar our resources with our busi- BURLEY • New managers have been ment for more than 10 years. office supervisor for the last two years with the software maker s ness needs and clarify roles named for three of the Idaho Depart- Carlos Hernandez, a veteran of more has developed strong relationships strategy said about 200 peo- across the marketing func- ment of Labor s local offices. than 20 years with the department, is with the local business community.Ei- ple lost their jobs. tion, the company said. Donna Fletcher, who has worked for the new manager of the Wood River of- den also worked in the Meridian office The person spoke on con- Last month, Microsoft the department for more than two fice in Bellevue. Hernandez has worked in employment services and unem- dition of anonymity because posted flat earnings for the decades, has taken over the Mini-Cas- in five of Labor s 25 local offices and has ployment insurance the two years prior they were not authorized to final quarter of 2011 and im- sia office in Burley.Fletcher has been an held management positions for the to moving to Mountain Home. Before disclose details of the re- proved sales of servers,Xbox office supervisor for the past 13 years past 10 years, most recently leading the joining the Department of Labor, she structuring effort. games and its Office pro- and has experience working with local department s statewide Employment held various management jobs in the In a statement, the Red- ductivity software. businesses and community service Services Work Team. private sector. A 6 • Thursday, February 2, 2012
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SOMEBODY NEEDS YOU Volunteers/drivers — In- are needed in Wendell, regular basis for one hour Want to Help? terfaith Volunteer Care- Gooding and Twin Falls. per day. Information: Gary, givers needs volunteers to Volunteers are reimbursed 734-5084. This public service col- Dinner And Raffle to do homemaker chores, as mileage and covered by ex- Volunteers — Hospice umn is designed to match handymen and for snow re- cess insurance. Informa- Visions seeks volunteers to needs in the Magic Valley moval for those unable to do tion: Edith, 736-4764. make a difference in the lives with volunteer help. If you Benifit Local Family this themselves. Drivers al- Drivers — CSI Office on of caregivers and those ex- need a volunteer, contact so are needed in the four- Aging s Retired and Senior periencing end-of-life is- the Retired and Senior county service area. Mileage Volunteer Program needs sues. Volunteers are needed Volunteer Program TWIN FALLS• A dinner and family will be shown during reimbursement and excess volunteers age 55 and older for companionship, bring- (RSVP) at 736-4764, before raffle will be held from 5 to 8 the dinner. auto insurance coverage to drive senior citizens to ing joy during difficult times noon Wednesday for p.m. Feb. 3 at the Canyon Donations for the raffle, available. Information: medical appointments and and easing burdens,includ- Thursday publication. Crest Dining and Event Cen- which include gift certifi- Karen, 733-6333. for grocery shopping. Dri- ing letter writing, singing, RSVP is a United Way- ter to help raise money for cates, baskets and more, Volunteers — A Promise vers are needed in Gooding playing cards and games, sponsored agency at the medical expenses of Brittney have came from many local of Hope Hospice needs vol- and Wendell.Volunteers are reading or being a friend.In- College of Southern Idaho. D Ambra and Stephan Bent- businesses including unteers to offer care, com- reimbursed mileage and formation: Flo, 735-0121. ley, parents of twin boys, Pomerelle Portrait Studio, passion and companionship covered by excess insur- Volunteers — Alliance Volunteers/donations — Tucker and Carter,who suf- B&B Apiaries, Dennis to those who need assistance ance. Information: Edith, Home Health and Hospice CSI Refugee Center has fer from moyamoya disease. Mitchell, Netz Welding, Pi- in the community.Informa- 736-4764. needs volunteers to help families in need of weekly Moyamoya syndrome is a oneer Credit Union, Wilsons tion: Verna Christensen, Drivers/volunteers — support patients at a critical volunteer support. The rare, progressive cerebrovas- Lube and Wash, Mane Way, 212-2345 or 737-4673. Twin Falls Senior Citizens point in their lives, give center also is assembling cular disorder caused by Chevron Twin Stop, Buhl Respite — CSI Office on Center needs drivers age 18 respite and support for cleaning kits for families blocked arteries at the base Winkles, CA Bull Elk Farms, Aging s Retired and Senior and older with vehicles for family members, or help in and needs mops, buckets, of the brain. The disease pri- Ballard Cheese, Clear Volunteer Program needs the home-delivered meals the office with clerical brooms, dust pans, mi- marily affects children, but it Springs Food, Heart and respite volunteers to sit with program. Routes take 40-70 work. Orientation and crofiber cloths, scrubbing also can occur in adults. The Dagger Tattoo, Kiwi Loco elderly homebound clients minutes each; mileage is re- training session are avail- pads and sponges. Informa- parents also suffered the loss and Back Stage. so their main caregivers can imbursed. Volunteers also able for volunteers. Infor- tion: Michelle, 736-2166, or of an infant last year. Dinner is $10 a plate; raffle take a break for two to four are needed to set the tables mation: Nicke Cutler or 1526 Highland Ave. E., Twin Dinner includes parmesan tickets are $5 each or five for hours per week. Volunteers and help serve meals on a Jeannie Benson, 733-2234. Falls. crusted chicken, parmesan $20. cream sauce, tossed salad, Information: Amber Hay- rice pilaf and seasonal veg- cock, 731-0450 or etables. A slide show of the [email protected]. Dancing to the Top
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“Mr. President, you were elected to lead, you chose to fol- low, and now it's time to get out of the way.” Mitt Romney unleashing a strong attack on President Barack Obama in remarks to OPINION cheering supporters after routing Newt Gingrich in the Florida primary.
Stopping Iran May Require an Attack
ne of several ca- sualties of the O vitriolic name- calling between Cal Republican presidential Thomas candidates Mitt Romney Tribune Media Services and Newt Gingrich is what to do about Iran. In interviews, Romney about the history of pre- has spoken about tougher emptive strikes that did sanctions, but it s been not materialize and the difficult to consider the consequences of waiting candidates positions on to be attacked before act- Iran — or much else — ing: http://www.israel- with the childish talk hayom.com/site/newslett about who is the bigger er-opinion.php?id1298. liar. Ettinger believes the James Clapper,director reluctance to engage in a of National Intelligence, pre-emptive strike on testified Tuesday before Iran s nuclear facilities “is the Senate Intelligence harmful, ignores prece- Committee. Clapper said dents, plays into Iran s that while American hands and threatens Is- sanctions are likely to have rael s existence” because a greater impact on Iran s it conveys “hesitancy, nuclear program, they are skepticism and fatalism, not expected to lead to the aiming to preclude pre- Richard Arum and the Uni- demise of Iran s leader- emption and assuming Are College Students Learning? versity of Virginia s Josipa ship. that Israel can co-exist Roksa recently tracked Clapper said,“We as- with a nuclear-armed several thousand under- sess Iran is keeping open Iran,”which of course it n his State of the Jonathan and helping them get jobs. graduates as they moved the option to develop nu- cannot, anymore than the Union address, Presi- Zimmerman There s no mention of through two dozen U.S. clear weapons, in part by United States could have I dent Obama proposed whether the students are universities. They found developing various nu- co-existed with Cuba several measures to New York University actually learning anything. that almost half of them clear capabilities that bet- when the Soviet Union lower college tuition. Uni- At most institutions, in- didn t significantly im- ter position it to produce placed nuclear missiles versity leaders responded up speech at the University cluding my own, we have no prove their reasoning or such weapons, should it there during the Kennedy cautiously,warning that of Michigan on Friday,he idea if they are. Sure, pro- writing skills during the choose to do so.” administration. cost-cutting reforms might called for a “college score- fessors assign grades in first two years of college. Given the apocalyptic The continuing prob- also cut into instructional card” that would rank insti- their courses, and students And after four years, sub- statements from Iran s lem for the United States quality. tutions according to cost, are asked to evaluate the sequent research showed, leadership, is anyone in is that every modern ad- But here s the big open graduation rates and future classes they take and the more than one-third of doubt about Iran s inten- ministration has falsely secret in American higher earnings. professors who teach them. students still showed no tions? Clapper said Iran is believed that what Israel education: Most institu- “If you can t stop tuition But neither measure gives significant gains in these expanding its capability to and America do or don t tions have no meaningful from going up, your funding us any real answer to the areas. enrich uranium and that do can deter the stated way to measure the quality from taxpayers will go $200,000 question: What Arum and Roksa based the end product can be objectives of radical Arab of their instruction. And the down,”Obama warned. knowledge or skills are stu- their conclusions on re- used for either civil or and Muslim leaders. president didn t ask us to “We should push colleges to dents acquiring in exchange sults from the College weapons purposes. The history and conse- develop one, either. do better; we should hold for the skyrocketing tuition Learning Assessment, or Clapper acknowledged quences of American and Instead, he suggested them accountable if they they pay? CLA, an essay test that “Iran s technical ad- Israeli reluctance to en- that the federal government don t.” And we now have some tries to measure the things vancement, particularly gage in pre-emption has tie student aid to colleges Fair enough.But look alarming national data to universities say they want in uranium enrichment, been chronicled by Et- success in reducing tuition again at Obama s criteria for suggest the answer: not students to learn: critical strengthens our assess- tinger.Here is one of sev- and in helping students “better”: holding down nearly enough. My New thinking, complex reason- ment that Iran has the eral examples: Oct. 5, move forward. In a follow- costs, graduating students York University colleague ing and written expression. scientific, technical, and 1973: Israeli Prime Minis- industrial capacity to ter Golda Meir rejected eventually produce nu- the option of a pre-emp- clear weapons, making tive strike against mobi- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR the central issue its politi- lizing Egyptian and Syrian cal will to do so.” troops. Meir didn t want The central issue for Is- to appear as the aggressor Ethics Needed on beer goggles firmly in place several months after the eliminate the line between rael and the United States and damage ties with the (or maybe he s just jaded), councilman s re-election. east and west, this is one is this: can Iran be U.S., which was pressur- County Level, Too he questioned my motives JOHN WALSH county.Deputies will be re- stopped by a pre-emptive ing Israel to do nothing, Your recent front-page sto- and chewed on me for hav- Burley sponsible to provide servic- attack, or must we wait probably out of fear the ries about how long it takes ing made some discreet in- es and patrol time to every until it launches — or incendiary situation to get a case through Idaho s quiries about his progress. Candidate Would corner of the county re- threatens to launch — a would be “inflamed.”Fol- judicial system and the ef- Additionally,ignoring the gardless of what areas pay nuclear missile at Israel, lowing the resultant Yom forts of Idaho s Democrats mind-boggling paper trail Expand Sheriff s extra and which do not. or explodes — or threat- Kippur War,many came to pass some “toothy” of corruption, he signaled Presence in Class distinctions will end. ens to explode — “suit- to view the cost of waiting ethics laws induced this let- his intention to sit on his County Currently,the city of case bombs” in U.S. as greater than it might ter. hands and do nothing by Jerome, which has its own cities? have been had Israel at- In July 2010, I gave Cassia hoping that my inquiries During my time with the police department, receives In the English edition of tacked first. County Prosecuting Attor- had not “muddied the wa- Jerome Sheriff s Office, I the majority of deputy “Israel Hayom,”the Now Israel and the U.S. ney Al Barrus several files ters.” had several homicide cases “face” time. The office, jail largest circulation He- face another choice: a involving obvious conflicts The most egregious case to investigate. Most of them and most residences are brew daily in Israel, for- pre-emptive strike, or of interest and other offens- involves the setting up of a were miles from my office. there. The deputies gravitate mer Israeli diplomat wait and see what might es by some of Burley s elect- company by the top man in The two most high profile, to the population center. Yoram Ettinger writes happen. ed and appointed officials. the councilman s company Steven Louder shot to death This can be countered. It is Barrus reviewed the files shortly before the city was by Jimmie Thomas in Hunt, the challenge of the sheriff and sent them to the attor- to apply for a $150,000 Meta Jones brutally killed by and his command staff to ney general s office. grant to buy equipment and Sandra Jonas at a home bor- create routines that meet the Claiming short-handed- supplies which are ancillary dering Minidoka County. needs of the communities ness, the attorney general s to those sold by the council- And like most Jerome law outside the city limits of John Pfeifer, Publisher office returned the files to man s company. enforcement, I was on the Jerome. Barrus with a request that The councilman s em- scene after two deputies As your sheriff, I will think The members of the editorial board and writers he find another agency to ployee s company was not and a suspect dead in a drug in broader terms when patrol of editorials are John Pfeifer, Victor Friesen, handle them. (How quickly registered with the secre- raid gone bad in Eden. Vio- schedules are made, deputies Nate Poppino and Jess Johnson. politics raises its ugly head.) tary of state, shared real es- lent crime happened in and supervisors will patrol Barrus sent the files to tate assets with the council- every corner of the county. schools and neighborhoods Jerome County Prosecuting man s company,used inter- In my decision to run for in Eden and Hazelton every ONLINE: Join our community of readers at Facebook.com/thetimes- day,not limited to 20 hours. news, or register an account at Magicvalley.com and respond to any Attorney John Horgan (who changeable magnetic signs Jerome County sheriff, I of the local opinions or stories in today s edition. owed Barrus a favor); how- on its and the councilman s looked at the services pro- As your sheriff I will in- ever,except for gathering vehicles, avoided the bid- vided to the communities of clude the residents in less- ON PAPER OR VIA EMAIL: The Times-News welcomes letters from dust for 18 months, nothing ding process (no surprise Eden and Hazelton. populated areas of the coun- readers, but please limit letters to 300 words. Include your signature, mailing address and phone number. Letters may be brought to our appears to have been done. there) and, in what can Hazelton pays for 20 ty in my service strategy. Twin Falls office; mailed to P.O. Box 548, Twin Falls, ID 83303; faxed Only one of my several (generously) only be de- hours of deputy time, but Visit www.chatterton to (208) 734-5538; or e-mailed to [email protected]. letters asking for updates scribed as a breathtakingly because of scheduling, that 4sheriff.com for more of my JOIN THE DISCUSSION: Voice your opinion with local bloggers: has been answered by Hor- stupid, incriminating coin- 20 hours is broken up and ideas. Progressive Voice and Conservative Corner on the opinion page at gan: More than a year ago, cidence, delayed billing the shorted even. As the sheriff DAN CHATTERTON Magicvalley.com. perhaps with his political city for the $150,000 until of Jerome County,I would Jerome
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Idaho s No Child Left Truckers Split on Higher Speed Limit
Behind Plan A bill to raise the limit to 75 diately in front of his truck. Praised, mph on rural interstates “It gets pretty hairy,” Forrester Truck Speeds faces a hearing today. said. Threading the needle and other in the West Panned risky interactions between cars and Half of the 10 Western states BY BILL ROBERTS trucks could be eased if Idaho al- have equal speeds for trucks and BY JESSIE L. BONNER Idaho Statesman lowed trucks to match cars 75 mph cars on rural interstates. Associated Press limit,according to Forrester and oth- State Truck Car BOISE • John Forrester, a Caldwell er backers of a bill to raise the limit. Arizona 75 75 BOISE • State education independent trucker, calls it The Senate Transportation Com- California 55 70 officials received more “threading the needle.” mittee will hold a hearing today on CHRIS BUTLER • IDAHO STATESMAN Colorado 75 75 than 50 public comments As he is driving his refrigerated the bill from its chairman, Sen. Jim Some truckers back a proposal to Idaho 65 75 on their plan to adopt a truck down a rural section of Idaho s Hammond,R-Coeur d Alene.A sin- let them head down rural Nevada 75 75 new five-star rating sys- interstates doing the maximum 65 gle limit would keep traffic moving at interstates in Idaho at up to 75 New Mexico 75 75 tem for schools while re- miles per hour for trucks, one car the same speed and reduce some of mph, the same as cars. It gets just Oregon 55 65 jecting the latest bench- passes him and stays in the passing the need for passing,Hammond said. dang tough to keep track of Utah 75 75 marks under the federal lane slightly ahead of him. A second His proposal, Senate Bill 1229, is everybody, said William G. Rode, Washington 60 70 No Child Left Behind law. car, eager to go 75, decides to pass, backed by the Idaho State Police,who a retired truck driver from Eagle Wyoming 75 75 A 21-day public com- comes up close to the first car, then say it would make for safer high- who has put 4 million miles on the Source: Federal Highway Administra- ment period ended darts back into the right lane imme- ways. road. tion Wednesday. As of Friday, about half of the com- ments were supportive of the state seeking a federal waiver to get around the latest testing require- ments under No Child Left Behind, which Fed. Judge Considers Lawmakers Seek Texting passed in 2001 with broad support but has since been widely panned if Pharmacies Must by critics. while Driving Ban — Again “A waiver will give the state of Idaho more flexi- Sell Contraceptives BOISE (AP) • Lawmakers Sen. Jim Hammond of it s dangerous to send them bility to address these are making another run at Coeur d Alene is sponsoring while behind the wheel. needs and lift restriction banning texting while driv- the bill that would put those He carves out an excep- of the law that most likely BY GENE JOHNSON 2007,finding that it would ing after legislation in past who review or manually tion for law enforcement will hamper continued Associated Press violate the plaintiffs free- sessions stalled. prepare texts on wireless and emergency personnel. academic improvement dom of religion. But a 9th The Senate Transporta- devices at risk of fines, if The closest a ban got to in Idaho, said Kasey TACOMA, Wash. • A fed- U.S. Circuit Court of Ap- tion Committee on Tuesday they re caught by law-en- passing Idaho s Legislature Teske, who is principal at eral judge is considering peals panel overruled him, voted to consider making forcement officers. was in 2010, when now- Robert Stuart Middle whether Washington state saying that he applied the texting while driving an in- Hammond says the ad- Congressman Raul Labrador School in Twin Falls. can require pharmacies to wrong legal standard and fraction. vent of text messages has succeeded in blocking a While several who stock and sell Plan B or that the rule appeared con- It s now due a full hear- been accompanied by similar measure on a proce- weighed in on Idaho s other emergency contra- stitutional because it was ing. growing recognition that dural move. plan offered suggestions ceptives, even in the face of neutral and did not directly for the proposed new religious objections by target religious views. school grading system, druggists who believe they The appellate court sent others bemoaned losses destroy human life. the case back to Leighton, to funding for education U.S.District Judge Ronald telling him to apply the and took direct shots at Leighton heard closing ar- correct standard. He held Superintendent of Public guments Wednesday in a an 11-day trial to flesh out Instruction Tom Luna, lawsuit that claims state the matter, and in court who introduced a polar- rules violate the constitu- Wednesday, he expressed izing education overhaul tional rights of pharmacists little patience for the state s that was signed into law by requiring them to dis- enforcement of the rules, last year. pense such medicine. The which he said reminded Luna touted his educa- state requires pharmacies to him of the federal govern- tion changes Tuesday, dispense any medication for ment s arbitrary enforce- saying Idaho is in a good which there is a community ment of the now-repealed position to receive a need and to stock a repre- rule against gays serving waiver from the latest No sentative assortment of openly in the military. 2012 Child Left Behind require- drugs needed by their pa- The issue is more im- ments. tients. portant than many other “This application for a Ralph s Thriftway in freedom-of-religion cas- SponsoredSpyponsored bbyy waiver of NCLB require- Olympia, Wash., and two es, such as those concern- ments is yet another in- licensed Washington phar- ing religious dress or oth- stance that Tom Luna has macists sued in 2007,say- er ceremonial matters, he no qualifications, said ing that dispensing Plan B said. Marilyn Ames, who iden- would infringe on their re- Leighton said he would tified herself as former ligious beliefs because it rule in a couple weeks, teacher.“Consider this a can prevent the implanta- and that he intended to no star patron endorse- tion of a fertilized egg. The frame his opinion in a way ment of this application for state says the requirements that would encourage the waiver and of the Luna are legal because they ap- 9th Circuit and the U.S. plan. ply neutrally to medicines Supreme Court to address February 2 - 4 The comments also in- and pharmacies, and that whether pharmacists cluded specific questions they promote a govern- have a due-process right Thurs & Fri: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm about how special educa- ment interest — the timely to refuse to provide medi- tion students will be treat- delivery of medicine, in- cine that they believe can Sat: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm ed under the new rating cluding Plan B, which be- take a life. system and what will hap- comes less effective as time “Somebody at higher Admission: $1 pen to schools that were passes. pay and higher station identified as needing im- The judge blocked the will decide this issue, he provement under No Child state dispensing rule in said. Left Behind, the nation s JOIN US FOR THESE INFORMATIVE SEMINARS governing education law. Sponsored by “Will they be able to earn a 4- or 5-star rating? Thursday, Feb 2 said Barney Brewton, a principal at Seltice Ele- 10:30 - 11:30 am: Rodent Control: mentary in Post Falls. Controlling Gophers, Voles and Ground Squirrels Under the new system, Governor Creates Panel Idaho will use standard- 1:00 - 2:00 pm: Pesticide Spills: What Businesses and ized test scores to gauge student academic growth to Push Nuclear Power Organizations Need to Know and proficiency in grades 2:30 - 3:30 pm: The Label is the Law, Sometimes...: 3-10, while factors like IDAHO FALLS (AP) • Gov. 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Idaho is embarking on energy mission alive and rel- It will provide recom- training for Idaho pesticide license holders. its own course after opting evant. mendations to Otter on how to ignore the latest require- Otter s executive order on the INL can continue play- ments for determining Wednesday reinforces his ing an important role in eco- Friday, Feb 3 school progress under No support of the industry s nomic growth and energy Child Left Behind,which is presence in eastern Idaho — security. 11 am – 1 pm: Idaho Power’s Energy Effi ciency Programs known primarily for its even amid concern that a The panel will also explore including examples of successful projects emphasis on standardized French company, Areva, ways to strengthen the tests and the labeling of could abandon plans to build broader nuclear industry in The new AMI (automated meter infrastructure) system and thousands of schools as a $3 billion uranium enrich- Idaho,as well as how to train new rate structure for irrigation failures. ment facility west of Idaho workers for jobs in the sector.
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JOHN MILLER • ASSOCIATED PRESS Idaho Senate President Pro Tem Brent Hill, left, and Senate Majority Leader Bart Davis, right, listen to testimony during a hearing on a bill to oust Occupy Boise tents from state land near the capitol in Boise, Wednesday. Hill and Davis opened up the measure, which has already passed the House, to changes that would allow protesters to keep their tents up until July 1 and give them time to reclaim any belongings they leave behind. BETTER SLEEP, BY DESIGN We Make the World’s Best Mattress
broad, if somewhat unfo- on the slow grind of mak- ho s duty to preserve the Occupy cused, message: Govern- ing public policy. highest aesthetic values Continued from the front page ment, in particular in “Participating in Occu- that many expect from Washington, D.C., ignores py Boise has demonstrated publicly owned ground. For two weeks, House average people and is a to me how difficult making When grilled by Sen. Assistant Majority Leader pawn of rich corporations. change is, Kuecken said. Edgar Malepeai, D- Delivery Queen Sets $ Removal of Scott Bedke s push to evict Wednesday s testimony Sen. Jim Hammond, the Pocatello, about what he Financing As Low As 299 Old Set Occupy Boise s tents has was no different. Bryan Senate sponsor, said noth- meant by “aesthetic val- Rest assured...because at Sleep Solutions, all they do is sleep. been one of the center- Walker, a Boise attorney, ing in the measure curtails ues, Hammond said “it piece spectacles of the said Bedke s bill has actu- free speech. “This bill does would be the green grass 2012 Legislature. Stern- ally added to the group s not silence anyone s that is intended to be OPEN SUNDAYS faced Idaho State Police resolve. “There s nothing voice, the Coeur d Alene there — not the image he troopers have been posted in this bill that could kill Republican said. “The believes is projected by Next to Idaho Joe’s outside hearing rooms, us, Walker said. voice of our citizens was cardboard signs and in the Lynwood Shopping Center supporters complained of Another supporter, heard in this auditorium makeshift facilities. 578 N. Blue Lakes • Twin Falls having their backpacks Kristy Kuecken, a social today. “The Capitol Mall is our (208) 733-9133 searched, and House worker, said joining the Rather, Hammond said front yard, Hammond Visit us at www.magicvalleysleepsolutions.com Speaker Lawerence Den- group has been a tutorial the bill underscores Ida- said. ney locked doors to repre- sentatives offices — just in case. Against this backdrop, a few homeless people, in- cluding registered sex of- fenders who say their op- tions for finding shelter elsewhere are limited, joined social workers, ac- tivists, physical therapists, computer programmers and an array of others to highlight the group s
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PHOTOS BY ED GLAZAR • FOR THE TIMES-NEWS Kris Rambur takes aim with her Glock 19 pistol Monday at the Twin Falls Rifle and Pistol Club as her friend Lisa Baily looks on. The women say that learning to shoot sparks more confidence and they feel better protected. CONFIDENT WITH GUNS These Magic Valley women say that learning to shoot brings them more confidence. They feel safer, and target shooting is just plain fun.
BY ANDREW WEEKS ranges at least three times a week. classes for the company where she [email protected] instructs military and law enforce- Bit by the Bug ment personnel as well as civilians TWIN FALLS • Kris Rambur has about proper gun handling and seen it before — a calendar full of On Monday, she and friend Lisa shooting techniques. Many of her attractive women dressed in bikinis Baily were at the Twin Falls Rifle students are women. and holding guns. and Pistol Club demonstrating Rambur recently relocated to The chauvinistic approach to their skills with firearms. Twin Falls, where the company women and guns makes her angry. Hitting a bull s-eye comes easy plans to move its headquarters, and “Those things get me so riled up to these women. Baily, a 39-year- she hopes to see the number of because those women don t usual- old Kimberly resident, started women gun users and concealed ly even shoot,”Rambur said. shooting about three years ago, carriers increase in the area. The Twin Falls woman wants to while Rambur,38, has been shoot- Baily,who owns several guns in- help change the perception that ing since she was 17. cluding an AR-22, said she d also guns are just a man s hobby.Not all Her dad taught her about guns, like to see more women gun users. women are ignorant of guns, she how to hold a pistol,how to aim.But For her, shooting is a stress reliev- said, just as not all men are gun he never let her load them. er, and it s always fun to target savvy. She encourages women to “He d do things with the gun and practice with other women. become acquainted with firearms then hand it to me,”she said. “I d “Women learn better from other and to practice shooting, even tak- shoot it down range and then hand women,” Rambur said.“If there s a ing classes to obtain concealed- it back to dad, who d reload it for female on the range, they can bet- Firearm enthusiast Lisa Baily checks the scope on her custom .22 carry permits. me. So I never learned the mechan- ter relate about how to stand, their caliber Ruger Pac-Lite target pistol during practice Monday at the There are at least three good rea- ics of gun fundamentals until I took posture, and emotionally they re Twin Falls Rifle and Pistol Club. sons: It helps women have more a class. That s when the drive be- not as intimidated.” confidence in themselves, she said, gan. I just got bit by the bug.” and gives them protection if they re Taking Guns Afield Taking Aim ever physically threatened by an at- Gun Confidence tacker.And the third: Having a gun Tyna Cummins of Twin Falls held Firearms training is offered through LMS Defense. Cost is $200 for hobby is just plain fun, said Ram- Rambur,an administrator for Reno, the record in her household for one eight-hour day. Those under 16 need a parent s permission. Infor- bur, who target shoots at local Nev.-based LMS Defense, teaches Please see CONFIDENCE, O2 mation: Kris Rambur at 731-3183 or lmsdefense.com.
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