BOISE — Ask a Good Por- Tion of the Idaho Legislature About Their Alma Mater, and They’Ll Give You a Stock Answer That Could Resemble a School Fight Song
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Nearly 20 percent of Idaho lawmakers don’t hold four-year college degrees, according to inter- views with legislators and the Idaho Blue Book, a 400- page guide to government published by the state. Of more than two dozen legislators interviewed for See DEGREES, Main 2 Avalanche kills 3 on border of Wyoming, Else Martindale, a bartender at Nelson’s Café & Pilot’s Lounge in Burley, makes a drink recently for a customer. Staff at the establishment say business has been slow, so Sunday sales of liquor would help both the lounge and the café where they serve meals. Idaho By Matt Joyce URLEY — At first glance, selling liquor by the Associated Press writer drink on Sundays, especially when it’s already legal to sell beer and wine, doesn’t CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A B mile-long avalanche near seem controversial. It is in Burley. the Wyoming-Idaho state On May 6, citizens will vote on Ordinance 1249, line swept three snowmo- bilers to their deaths, which would allow the sale of liquor by the drink in authorities said Saturday. city limits on Sunday, Memorial Day and Lincoln County officials said the three victims were Thanksgiving. among four snowmobilers caught by the snow slide Friday near Alpine Mountain in the Snake Tawnya Hale, manager of from crops, holy wars, police inter- River Range. Sgt. Shane Nelson’s Cafe and Pilot’s Lounge, vention, accusations of persecu- Tindall said the fourth per- requested the change from the city tion from the religious community, son walked out and used last fall, which she said would allow and Biblical warnings against dese- his cell phone to call for the bar to compete equitably with crating the Sabbath. One citizen A selection of alcohol at Nelson’s Café & Pilot’s Lounge in Burley. help. others in the area. Rupert, for used a piece of petrified dinosaur The survivor, 53-year- instance, allows the sale of liquor dung to illustrate his point that the old Wade Clark of Soda by the drink on Sunday. laws were archaic. Power to the cities municipalities in the state to pro- Springs, told authorities Since the ordinance was first pre- Ultimately, the council voted 4-2 hibit sale by the drink on Sunday. that the snowmobilers had sented to the Burley City Council in to avoid the issue and place the Idaho code allows cities, whether Magic Valley towns have initiated dropped off a ridge line October, several meetings were ordinance on the ballot, thus allow- by council decision or popular vote, new trends in recent years. The and into a draw when they held that included comments ing a popular vote to determine its to establish the legal boundaries of about God withholding moisture fate. liquor sales. Burley is one of the last See LIQUOR, Main 7 See AVALANCHE, Main 7 Home, and then what? Pondering the ex-presidents By Ted Anthony amble through town in suit and a judge. But the slight more than 200,000 people and He mowed his own lawn,’’ says human history. Here, people Associated Press writer and Stetson hat, a snowy- man with the wooden cane saved uncounted others. Mary Sue Luff, 77, who don’t become monarch for haired Midwestern retiree on became much more. He Now he was an old man on a learned to give tours of the life. They don’t get overthrown INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — a morning constitutional to helped reconfigure Europe walk — to a library that bore Harry S. Truman Library and in coups and get exiled. They Each dawn through the 1950s the library where he volun- after World War II. He met his name and chronicled his Museum from the man him- don’t die in office — usually. A and into the 1960s, he would teered. Stalin and Churchill as an life. self. “He was just a person.’’ citizen emerges from among emerge from the house on He had been a farmer once, equal. On two August days in “I don’t think we thought of The American presidency North Delaware Street and and after that a haberdasher 1945, his decisions doomed him as leader of the free world. follows an arc unusual in See PRESIDENTS, Main 3 Crossword ......Classifieds 7 Jumble............Classifieds 5 Kids Only ........Family Life 6 AND NOW FOR THE REST OF THE STORY Dear Abby ......Classifieds 2 Movies ................Opinion 7 Sudoku ..........Classifieds 6 Horoscope ......Classifieds 2 Obituaries..........Business 6 Your Business....Business 2 Paul Harvey dies at age 90 > Business 7 Main 2 Sunday, March 1, 2009 Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho MORNINGMORNING BRIEFINGBRIEFING TODAY’S HAPPENINGS Pat’s Picks ... Pat Marcantonio ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT lic may attend both services), Life Church, 425 E. Nez Perce (100 South), Jerome, Three things to do today Twin Falls Senior Citizens Center dance, with LIFECHURCHMV.COM or (208) 324-5876. music by the Melody Masters, 2 to 5 p.m., at • The Company of Fools Fantastic Fashion Show and from your favorite Girl Scout, the center, 530 Shoshone St. W., $4 per per- TODAY’S DEADLINES and Barksdale Theatre pres- Tea,” from 4 to 6 p.m. at call 733-9623 or visit son, 734-5084. ent a funny biographical Wood River Community www.girlscouts-ssc.org. The “Souvenir: A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Meeting memo for March 2 meeting of the play, “Souvenir: A Fantasia YMCA in Ketchum. The cookie program runs Foster Jenkins” by Stephen Temperley pre- Magic Valley Region of the Idaho Chapter of on the Life of Florence Foster event includes a plastics through March 15. sented by Company of Fools and Barksdale the American Society of Farm Managers Jenkins,” at 3 p.m. at the fashion show and a “Bag It” and Rural Appraisers, with speaker Dr. Liberty Theatre, 110 N. Main project aimed at reducing Have your own pick you Theatre, 3 p.m., Liberty Theatre, 110 N. Main St., Hailey. Tickets are $25 for use of plastic shopping bags. want to share? Something St., Hailey, tickets: $25 for adults, $18 for Richard Allen, Ph.D., P.E.,on Water Resources in a Changing Climate, 7 a.m., Depot Grill, adults, $18 for seniors. Admission is by donation. that is unique to the area and senior citizens (62 and older) and $15 for • The Wood River Girl • Speaking of Girl Scouts, I that may take people by sur- children (18 and younger), 578-9122. 545 Shoshone St. S., Twin Falls, 733-0874 or [email protected]. Scout Troop 214 presents could go for some famous prise? E-mail me at Forever Plaid, 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 “I’m Not Plastic, I’m Girl Scout cookies. Buy some [email protected]. p.m.), Boiler Room, Sun Valley Village, $12, Meeting memo for March 3 NAIFA Southern 622-2135. Idaho monthly meeting, health insurance update by Steve Moore of Blue Cross, 11:30 a.m., Loong Hing Restaurant, Twin Falls, 208- BENEFITS AND FUNDRAISERS 737-4112. “I’m Not Plastic, I’m Fantastic Fashion Show Reservations deadline for March 3 Magic Degrees and Tea,” presented by Wood River Girl Scout Valley New Neighbors Club luncheon, with Continued from Main 1 stand the issues — including any time did I think I can’t Troop 214; fashions modeled by Daisy, program: yoga by Vicki Roper, 11:30 a.m., this article, most said a the the recent controversial bills. compete without one.” Brownie and Girl Scout troops from Wood Jerome Country Club, 649 Gulf Course Road, ability to be a successful leg- “That’s part of the whole Indeed, lawmakers appear River Valley, 4 to 6 p.m., Wood River commu- Jerome, $12, 734-8418. islator is unrelated to educa- point of why we’re placed on to reflect the voters who nity YMCA, Warm Springs Road, Ketchum, Reservation reminder for March 7 Magic tional background. Rather, committees,” she said. “It’s elected them. In Idaho, 21.7 the make-up of the our job to help get legislators percent of Idahoans at least refreshments served, donations (to off set Valley Gobblers Chapter of the National Wild cost of purchasing reusable bags), 726- Legislature simply reflects to understand.” 25 years old hold a bachelor’s Turkey Federation 10th annual banquet, the choice of voters, legisla- Of course, Chavez said, it degree, compared to the 24.4 4333. 5:30 p.m. doors open and 7 p.m. dinner tors and political observers goes both ways. She said she percent national average, 12-Step Recovery raffle, for 1989 Mustang served, Rupert Elks Lodge, 670-9201, 300- agreed. relies on colleagues who according to the 2000 GT Convertible until June 21, car available for 0225 or 431-1355.