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35 / 18 ‘THE HEALING TOUCH’ HOPE ON THE HORIZON? Realtors expect home Ketchum hospital getting good results prices to grow modestly with alternative medicine, RELIGION 1 next year, BUSINESS 1 Morning snow. SPORTS 6 WILL STREAKS END TODAY? >>> BSU Broncos, Idaho Vandals play for more than just bragging rights, SPORTS 1 SATURDAY 75 CENTS November 14, 2009 MagicValley.com THE ECSTASY AND THE AGONY Grant for fire station hinges on legal advice ing residents in rural Twin Commissioners Falls and Cassia counties hinges on a decision next worried that fire week by the Twin Falls County Commission. Commissioners are con- district board cerned, though, that Rock Creek Rural Fire Protection breaches rules District might be on shaky legal ground. They said By Andrea Jackson Friday they will seek legal Times-News writer advice before making a deci- sion, though the grant appli- KIMBERLY — Twin Falls cation is due on Nov. 20. County commissioners on Coordinated through Friday declined to offer their Region IV Development, the full support for a grant appli- fire district wants to apply for cation to build a new rural fire a federally funded block grant station without hearing first to help buy a new, larger fire from the county’s attorneys. station within about two The application for a years. $500,000 grant to build a $2.4 million fire station serv- See GRANT, Main 2 Photos by MEAGAN Magicvalley.com THOMPSON/Times-News WATCH a video from Friday’s meeting ABOVE: Twin Falls High School student Jazlyn Nielsen reacts to a play on the field as she talks on her cell phone during Friday’s Class 4A State Football Championships semifinal game against Blackfoot at Bruin Stadium in Twin Falls. LEFT: Nielsen, center, and classmate Mary Toft, right, react as the Bruins lose control of the ball early in the first half of the game against Blackfoot. For all the high school football results, see SPORTS 1 ASHLEY SMITH/Times-News Former Jackpot resident a finalist in Mike McAuley, manager of Spoke and Wheel Bike Shop in Twin Falls, works on a bicycle Friday at the store. Spoke and Wheel employees will repair bicycles for free that are donated to refugees through the Victoria’s Secret modeling contest College of Southern Idaho Refugee Center. By Andrew Weeks HOW TO VOTE CSI Refugee Center Times-News writer You can vote for your favorite model on Kylie Bisutti is missing out on a deer Monday at vsallaccess.com. hunt in Nevada right now, but she’s Also, see videos of Kylie Bisutti at looking for bicycles not disappointed. www.cbs.com/specials/victorias_secret/ The former Jackpot, Nev., resident model_search/finalists/finalist_1/bio.php By Damon Hunzeker “Our hope and goal is is in New York as one of five finalists in Times-News writer basically to get new and a Victoria’s Secret modeling competi- gently used bikes from the tion. experience — 4 a.m. photo shoots and If you’re sick of your bike, community and find them a Bisutti, now of Simi Valley, Calif., last-minute press conferences — but give it to a refugee. new home where they’ll be arrived in New York on Oct. 27 after fun, Bisutti said. College of Southern Idaho treasured,” said Michelle being chosen as one of 10 models out One lingerie shoot took place in honors students have initi- Pospichal, the center’s of 15,000 who competed in Chicago, Grand Central Station with “quite a ated an effort to collect new match-grant coordinator. Los Angeles, Miami and New York. few people watching,”she said Friday and used bicycles for people “It’s the only way some of Public online voting narrowed the in a telephone interview. “It was kind served by the CSI Refugee the refugees have of getting pool to five, including Bisutti. of funny.” It didn’t make her too Center — many of whom to work or school.” America will have the chance to uncomfortable, though, because the have no other mode of trans- The center served 365 vote again Monday, narrowing the photographers were professional. portation once they arrive refugees last year and contest to two. Bisutti began modeling at age 16 here. expects to serve 300 to 400 At 19, she’s also the youngest of the after a talent scout approached the Courtesy photo The effort will involve help this year,Pospichal said. She models in the Angel Boot Camp trying long-legged teen during a trip to Las from the Twin Falls Rotary emphasized that many of Kylie Bisutti, formerly of Jackpot, Nev., is one to make the cut for the Victoria’s Vegas. Then the world opened up to Club, and Spoke and Wheel them are families and that Secret Fashion Show, to be broadcast her. of five finalists in a Victoria’s Secret model- Bike Shop has agreed to vol- the kids usually want bikes. Dec. 1 on CBS television. ing competition. Here she’s seen in July at a unteer time repairing and The boot camp has been a grueling See MODEL, Main 2 resort in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. tuning up donated bicycles. See BICYCLES, Main 2 NASA deems the moon ‘alive’ with water By Mark K. Matthews water vapor in dust kicked gallons of water were pres- attention but was something The Orlando Sentinel up by the impact. Agency ent in the roughly 100-foot of a public-relations dud officials said the discovery crater created by the impact. when it failed to produce the WASHINGTON — NASA raises the possibility that “The amount of water ... predicted 6-mile-high dust scientists announced Friday astronauts one day could use is wetter than some deserts plume that NASA officials that they had found a “sig- lunar water when exploring on Earth,” said Colaprete, had said would be visible to nificant” amount of water at the moon. who compared the lunar amateur astronomers on the moon’s south pole — as “Indeed, yes, we found impact site to the Atacama Earth using home tele- much or more than what’s water. And we didn’t find Desert along the Pacific scopes. available in Earth’s driest just a little bit. We found a Coast of South America, The first SUV-sized desert. significant amount,” said which gets less than an inch spacecraft — an empty rock- The findings were Anthony Colaprete, the of rain a year. “It is on par or et hull — slammed into the announced a month after mission’s principal investi- maybe a little bit wetter than lunar surface at about 6,000 NASA/AP file photo the agency slammed two gator at NASA’s Ames that desert.” mph. Detail, lower left, shows a plume created by the impact of an empty probes into the lunar surface Research Center in San Jose, The Oct. 9 crash of two rocket hull about 20 seconds after it hit the moon Oct. 9. so scientists could look for Calif. He estimated that 24 probes attracted worldwide See MOON, Main 2 Comics ............Classifieds 6 Crossword ......Classifieds 7 Obituaries ............Religion 4 Commodities ......Business 2 Dear Abby ........Classifieds 7 Opinion ......................Main 4 IN THE SHADOW OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER Community ........Business 3 Movies ................Business 4 Sudoku ............Classifieds 9 Trial of 9/11 suspects poses legal risks > MAIN 6 MORNINGMORNINGMain 2 Saturday, November 14, 2009 BRIEFINGBRIEF- TN Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho Pat’s Picks TODAY’S HAPPENINGS Three things to do today ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT proceeds from store to CWF ministries, silent auction, door prizes, seed exchange Idaho Music Teachers Sonatina Festival, 436-0449. and noon sandwich-and-salad buffet, 8 a.m. Pat Marcantonio competition with local piano students per- Harvest Dinner, traditional Thanksgiving (registration) to 3:30 p.m., Herrett Center, forming, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., College of turkey dinner with raffle for half a pig and Twin Falls, $30 at the door, space permit- • Set out nonperishable from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Southern Idaho Fine Arts Center; playoff games for all ages, 5 to 8 p.m., Buhl ting, 208-320-3975. food for the Scouting for Burley High School’s Little competition recital, 4:30 p.m., free admis- Catholic Parish Hall, 1631 Poplar St., Buhl, Food event that helps stock Theater, 2100 Parke Ave. sion, 732-6769. $10 adults, $6 children 6 to 12, no cost for HOBBIES AND CRAFTS local food pantries. You Ages 5-10 are encouraged to younger children, 208-543-4215. Auditions for the children’s choir for musical Make-n-Take crafts, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Twin should have received a bag come prepared to sing. “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor from area Boy Scouts last • The Idaho Gourd Falls Creative Arts Center, 249 Main Ave. W., Dreamcoat,” for ages 5 to 10; come pre- CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS $5 per person, tfcreativeartscenter.com or Saturday, so put the filled Festival, “The Secret Life of pared with song (1 1/2 minutes or less); bag on your doorstep this Gourds,”will be held from Christian Men’s Fellowship and no-host 737-9111. piano/CD player available, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., breakfast, 7 to 8:30 a.m., Depot Grill, Twin Teen Bookmaking Workshop, in conjunction morning and you can feel 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Edwards Burley High School Little Theatre, 2100 good for the rest of the day. Greenhouse off Hill Road in Falls, no cost, 733-5501. with “Prospects: An Exploration of Mining,” Parke Ave., 878-0403. Back Country Horsemen of Idaho state con- students create handmade books inspired • The Mount Harrison Boise.