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78 / 49 VILE VOLES Increased numbers of tiny rodent eating way through crops. Partly sunny. AGRIBUSINESS 1 Agribusiness 4 TIGER TURF >>> Jerome senior spearheads funding for new field, SPORTS 1 TUESDAY 75 CENTS September 8, 2009 MagicValley.com GUNS GALORE Telecommuting... Antique rifle wins ‘Best of Show’ at Twin Falls County Fair; new AR-15 raffled off through Filer Police By Andrea Jackson shotgun with Damascus Times-News writer Twist barrels made in the late 1800s by the Union Guns, both new and old, Machine Company of were the prize and prize Belgium. winner at this year’s Twin The gun is in good condi- Falls County Fair. tion but that’s not why it An AR-15 rifle was raffled beat out valuable books off Monday through the going back as far as the Filer Police Department 1600s to snag top slot for reserve unit, while only a antiques at the fair. few yards away an antique The weapon fires off rifle took Best of Show. some family history, too. The county fair’s antique In the old portrait dis- division had some kick this played behind the winning year, along with some gun- gun, Hirum Chamberlain powder. Winning the top ribbon was a 12-gauge See FAIR, Main 2 ASHLEY SMITH/Times-News Judge Roger Harris uses video to complete arraignments Thursday in a Twin Falls courtroom. Officials say the move will help lower county costs. New technology helps cut costs for Twin Falls County courts ...to court DREW GODLESKI/For the Times-News Filer Police Chief Cliff Johnson and captain of the reserves Lee By Andrea Jackson Baker raffle off an AR-15 rifle during their annual fundraiser at the Times-News writer Magicvalley.com WATCH a video about the new courtroom camera system and changes to security at the Twin Falls County Fair Monday. Twin Falls County is now county judicial building. arraigning its inmates by video from the jail to the ments for quite some time, Other counties in the dis- tal video recorder, a security courtroom, becoming the but waited until now to find trict that do video arraign- monitor and nine cameras. fifth of eight counties in the the right technology with ments include Blaine, Six cameras, two reused and Flu trackers encourage 5th Judicial District to boast fully synchronized audio and Minidoka, Cassia and four left from a separate remote appearances before a video. Jerome. Lincoln, Camas and project, were also wired in, judge. The system cost $17,318, of Gooding remain without it. authorities said. patients to blog about it Absent now is a wave of which the county sheriff’s Aside from its video A flat-screen television is shackled people moving in a office paid $6,806. arraignment expense, the now mounted near the By Michael E. Ruane gy’’ might help forecast strictly monitored line The district court paid for sheriff’s office spent about entryway of the courthouse The Washington Post and track a flu epidemic the through the courthouse, the remainder, or $10,512, $5,000 to install a more by the metal detector and way experts monitor the since the new video arraign- through a fee-driven court impressive video security flashes images of each WASHINGTON — Think weather. ment system started up last facilities fund, said Linda system that lets court secu- courtroom. you have the flu? In some As health officials gear week. Wright, the trial court rity watch each courtroom Sheriff’s office authorities places, you can now go up for the flu season amid Authorities said they have administrator for the 5th remotely. directly to the Internet and the global H1N1 pandemic, wanted to do video arraign- Judicial District. That includes a new digi- See COURTS, Main 2 report your symptoms to technology and new forms officials eager to spot out- of Internet social interac- breaks. tion are transforming how Say you feel sick, but such outbreaks are moni- before you see a doctor you tored. Hartgen plans for second try on Internet bill search the Web for infor- “All these things really mation, or blog or Twitter change the way that we can By Jared S. Hopkins to expand harassment laws incident prompted that legislators applauded his about the flu. Your worries manage diseases,’’ said Times-News writer so they apply to online com- state to update its laws. idea but raised worries will be detected by compa- Alessandro Vespignani, munication including e- “There have been quite a about its enforcement. He nies prowling the Internet professor of informatics at Rep. Stephen Hartgen, R- mails, text messages and few cases this year of cyber- said he was trying to for disease trends. Indiana University.“It’s not Twin Falls, says he plans to posted comments on per- bullying noted around the upgrade the state’s laws to If you actually come just ... a passive approach, re-introduce legislation at sonal blogs and related Web country of one kind or existing technology. down with the flu, and the where we just wait for the the 2010 Legislature target- sites. Hartgen has cited the another,” he said. “You’d “Everybody is Twittering, doctors want to know who disease and then try to do ed at prohibiting harass- 2006 case in Missouri in like to have a tool in place Face-booking, YouTubing, you’ve been in physical something.’’ ment on the Internet, which a 13-year-old girl that could deal with that.” Myspacing and e-mailing contact with, your trusty Currently, most disease including social networking committed suicide after Last year, Hartgen’s effort each other. I read the other cellphone could soon tell tracking is done through sites. receiving online taunts from fell flat amid concern from day the average teenager has them. doctors reporting cases of Hartgen, a former news- a woman posing as a attorneys on the House And someday, scientists paper publisher, still wants teenager on MySpace. The judiciary committee. Those See HARTGEN, Main 2 hope, this “infodemiolo- See FLU, Main 2 Day of service remembers the civilians who acted on Sept. 11 By Samantha Gross have sneaked into the official What was I thinking? Associated Press writer supply center and put himself to work, two days after • • • NEW YORK — Weeks into the attacks. No obvious the tragedy, when Angelo J. explanation how he’d ended In the days, weeks and Guglielmo Jr. would get calls up staffing a tent right at months after Sept. 11, great in the middle of the night ground zero, offering sup- attention was paid to the asking for clean, fresh boots plies and assistance to those nearly 3,000 dead in the — or find himself walking on working on the pile. attacks and to their stricken unsteady rubble to carry Now Guglielmo found survivors. And much was water to recovery workers, himself gathering supplies made of the professionals he never stopped to ask him- in an unstable building, who worked hour after hour self: Why am I here? looking up to see jagged at ground zero — construc- Guglielmo had not lost shards of glass hanging tion workers who dug in any friends or loved ones in precariously above his the rubble, the firefighters AP photo the attacks on the World head. There he was, too and police officers who Angelo J. Guglielmo Jr., a filmmaker who became a 9/11 volunteer, poses in New York,Wednesday. Trade Center. There was no busy to doubt. It was only Guglielmo joined thousands of volunteers in the recovery and cleanup in the aftermath of Sept. 11. They are clear reason why he should later that he wondered: See SERVICE, Main 4 now the inspiration for a new way of marking the anniversary of the attacks. Comics ..............Sports 4 Crossword ..........H&G 10 Opinion ..................Main 8 Jumble ..................H&G 5 Dear Abby..............H&G 9 Sudoku ..................H&G 8 PAS DE BISOUS (THAT MEANS NO KISSING) Community ..........Main 5 Obituaries..............Main 7 Today in History....H&G 9 French discourage kisses in face of swine flu > Agribusiness 4 MORNINGMORNINGMain 2 Tuesday, September 8, 2009 BRIEFINGBRIEF- TN Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho Pat’s Picks TODAY’S HAPPENINGS ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT Three things to do today Snake River Grill, 837-9131. exercise program designed specifically for Magic Valley Little Theatre auditions for “Jekyll Hailey City Council, 6 p.m., City Hall, 115 Main Medicare beneficiaries’unique health and Pat Marcantonio and Hyde” on stage Oct. 29-31, directed by Lori St. S., 788-4221. physical needs, 11:15 a.m. to noon,Twin Falls Henson at College of Southern Idaho; no roles Twin Falls City Planning and Zoning YMCA, 1751 Elizabeth Blvd., no cost for • Are you the Dr. Jekyll or Contributing photographer for children, 7 to 9 p.m., First Baptist Church, Commission, 6 p.m., 305 Third Ave. E., 735- Humana-insured or YMCA members and $5 Mr. Hyde type? Find out at is Doug Maughan, College 910 Shoshone St. E.,Twin Falls, 420-4169. 7267. per class for uninsured, 733-4384. auditions for the Twin Falls of Southern Idaho public Blaine County School Board, 6:30 p.m., district Adult Children Anonymous (ACA) meeting, for Magic Valley Little Theatre relations director, who has CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS office, 118 W. Bullion St., Hailey, 578-5000. individuals recovering from alcoholic or dys- production of “Jekyll and photographed rock art sites Cassia County School Board, 7 p.m., central functional family environment, 6 p.m., Canyon Hyde” from 7 to 9 p.m. in Idaho and Nevada. The Burley Rotary Club, noon, Burley Inn, 878-8382. office, 237 19th St., Burley, 878-4367.

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