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A former Southern Idaho Regional Comm- unications Center opera- tions manager says she lost her job in “a so-called reduction in force” and reorganization that appeared aimed at mak- ing Tom Mikesell, a Twin Falls County Comm- issioner and SIRCOMM board chairman, the cen- ter’s permanent director. Linda Lickley, 55, was a seven-year employee of the emergency dispatch By Ben Botkin center and was its sec- Times-News writer ond-in-command in April when Mikesell A new chapter in the history of Twin Falls informed her she was being laid off. She said public education begins Monday when the Mikesell intended to use doors of Canyon Ridge High School open for part of the money saved to increase the salary of the more than 900 students. center director — a job he It will be the first day of classes ever at the $47.4 SIRCOMM million, 220,000-square-foot high school, the See , Main 2 culmination of years of politics, financing, plan- Magicvalley.com ning and construction of the city’s newest land- READ Linda mark. Lickley’s first- But the future is just beginning for the second major hand account of high school in Twin Falls, which has the capacity to grow problems at the to 1,500 students as needed. Southern Idaho Regional Communications “It’s really neat to see how much excitement there is Center. about going to school,” said Brady Dickinson, principal of Canyon Ridge. And Canyon Ridge isn’t your grandfather’s high school. It has more than the traditional mix of classrooms, prin- cipal’s office and gymnasium. With more than 50 miles of Into the data cable and 400-plus computers, Canyon Ridge is wired with tools and technology for 21st-century students. wild blue See CANYON RIDGE, Main 5 yonder Former migrant worker about to Photos by MEAGAN THOMPSON/Times-News ABOVE: People take a peek at the new gymnasium in Canyon Ridge High School blast into space during its opening tour Aug. 14. Classes at the new Twin Falls high school begin Monday. By Marcia Dunn Associated Press writer TOP: A crowd gathers to celebrate the opening of the newly constructed Canyon Ridge High School Aug. 14 in Twin Falls. CAPE CANAVERAL, LEFT: Students try out the seats in the new auditorium during the opening tour Fla. — He toiled in at Canyon Ridge High School Aug. 14 in Twin Falls. California’s farm fields alongside his Mexican WATCH a video about Canyon Ridge High School. migrant worker parents READ Ben Botkin’s new School Zone blog on local education. and didn’t learn English MAGICVALLEY.COM until he was 12. Now Jose Hernandez, NASA astro- naut, is about to SKAGGS EVENT CENTER: THE $1.7 MILLION STADIUM rocket into orbit. the new Burley High School event facility, His par- By Damon Hunzeker which has operated under less-than- ents will be Times-News writer complete conditions for the past year, in Florida boasts some of the most advanced lighting next week BURLEY — Budge Field. Stadium. A and highest seating capacity in the state, for space Hernandez facility barely alive. especially for a relatively modest munici- shuttle Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have pality. Discovery’s launch, as will the donations. We have the capability to While most people imagine small-town his two older brothers and build the school’s first bionic football football games as dim, sparsely populated sister, who also worked field. Samuel M. Skaggs Event Center will affairs, the Skaggs Center seats well over the cucumber, sugar beet be that place. 4,000 people — possibly as much as and tomato fields back in Better than it was before. Better, 5,000, District Superintendent Gaylen the 1960s and 1970s. stronger, faster. Smyer said — but one of its unique fea- “A lot of kids loved All right, it’s not actually bionic – and, tures is the lighting. RYAN HOWE/Times-News summer vacation,’’ unlike “The Six Million Dollar Man,” it Burley High School football players run during a recent practice on the arti- only cost $1.7 million, so far. Regardless, See SKAGGS, Main 5 ficial turf of the Skaggs Event Center, which is encircled by a new track. See HERNANDEZ, Main 2

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It’s 18 low chair or blanket,6 to 8 p.m., Knob Hill, FESTIVALS AND FAIRS Times-News, P.O.Box 548, Twin Falls, ID long and 8 miles wide with miles southwest of Arco on Inn, Ketchum, $5 cover, beer and wine avail- 83303-0548. Deadline is noon, four days in half in Idaho and half in Highway 20/26/93. able for purchase, 208-721-1624, 208-788- The 10th annual Sawtooth Salmon Festival, advance of the event. Utah. You’ll also find a two- mile-long beach or you can Have your own pick you fish for native cutthroat or want to share? Something lake trout. It’s two hours that is unique to the area and PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORIES south of Pocatello. that may take people by sur- Information: 208-847- prise? E-mail me at 1045. [email protected]. Hernandez Continued from Main 1 than you will.’’ Hernandez said in a recent Each year, the Hernandez interview. “We dreaded it family would make the two- because we knew what that day car trip from La Piedad meant. That meant we were de Cavadas in the central going to be working seven Mexican state of Michoacan days a week in the fields.’’ to California in March, work- Hernandez, 47, vividly ing their way northward with recalls being dusty, sweaty the crops, until November. and tired in the back seat of Then it was back to Mexico the family’s car after a hard until the next March. The day of labor. Before starting parents insisted their chil- the engine, his father would dren always attend school. look back at his children and Hernandez, who was born tell them, “Remember this in French Camp, Calif., feeling because if you guys remembers asking his sec- don’t do well in school, this is ond-grade teacher for a cou- your future.’’ ple months’ worth of home- Photo courtesy Twin Falls Public Library “That was pretty power- work when it came time for In 1909, Walter Priebe — who lived to be 106 — started the ful,’’Hernandez recalled. the family’s annual pilgrim- All four took it to heart. age back to Mexico. The Southern Idaho Fish and Game Association to help conserve wildlife Each graduated from high teacher urged his parents to in the Magic Valley. During the early 1920s, the Association built the school, “a moral victory’’ for set down roots; his father Rock Creek Hatchery. This facility was used to stock fish in local third-grade educated eventually started a trucking lakes and streams. The Association was later named the Twin Falls Salvador and Julia business in Stockton. Wildlife Federation. From 1938 to 1977, the hatchery was run by the Hernandez, now 71 and 67 Two things pointed State Fish and Game Association. After that, however, the area was years old, respectively. Each Hernandez toward space. donated to the College of Southern Idaho for use with its aquacul- went to college, “the icing on During the Apollo moon the cake,’’ according to their landings, Hernandez would ture program. In 1991, the hatchery was officially named the Walter youngest child. hold the rabbit ears steady on Priebe Hatchery. ASHLEY SMITH/Times-News “And of course now being the family’s old black and an astronaut, to them that’s white TV for good reception. just unbelievable,’’ said the He likes to kid “it’s through soon-to-be spaceman. “I osmosis that I got to become SIRCOMM think they’re higher in orbit an astronaut.’’ than we’re going to be in.’’ Then, during his senior Continued from Main 1 with his wife, as well. Charlie Howell, another passing” suggested he Discovery is scheduled to year, he learned of NASA’s wanted. Mikesell was then “It was never offered to board member, asked him to should apply for the job. blast off in the wee hours of first Hispanic astronaut, temporary director of the me,’’ Mikesell said. “It was consider taking the direc- The fourth board mem- Tuesday. Seven astronauts Franklin Chang-Diaz, who troubled dispatch center, as suggested that maybe I tor’s job full time and said ber, Lincoln County will be on board for the space was born in Costa Rica. well as chairman of its should apply. I wasn’t going some police officers and Commissioner Charlie station supply run, including “I said, ‘Hey, if he came board, while also serving his to do that.” center dispatchers also sup- Ritter, said he has no recol- two Mexican-Americans, as from poor, humble begin- County Commission term. Names of applicants for ported him. lection of any discussion of it turns out, and a Swede. nings and he became an “He mentioned it to me; the job have never been Howell remembers it dif- a Mikesell candidacy. Those who deal with astronaut, if he can do it, why that he was considering it,” made public. ferently. Regardless of how the migrant farm workers also are can’t I do it?’ “ Hernandez Lickley said. “I thought the With a budget of around “Did he bring his name idea was raised, it wasn’t soaring. said. He gravitated toward idea was problematic.” $2 million, paid largely by forward saying he’d do the universally well received. “When we see an example math and science because of Mikesell said Friday that member counties and vari- job? Yeah.” Howell said. “Maybe he was serious, I like Jose, we are so happy,’’ his English limitations. Lickley actually encouraged ous fees, SIRCOMM han- “Nothing happened. It was don’t know.I never took him said Matthew Sheaff, a Hernandez ended up get- him to apply for the job after dles communications for never brought before the serious for the position,” spokesman for the ting bachelor’s and master’s director John Shearman was more than 40 police, fire board. It was kind of left at Faulkner said. “I just think Association of Farmworker degrees in electrical engi- ousted in mid-March. and EMS agencies in the that.” he has too many ties to Twin Opportunity Programs in neering and, in 1987, went to “I don’t remember that at Gooding, Twin Falls, Jerome Mikesell took the reigns of Falls County and it would’ve Washington.“It’s an example work for Lawrence all — it’s rather funny, actu- and Lincoln counties except SIRCOMM during a tumul- been hard for him to remain that anybody can break the Livermore National ally,’’Lickley said.“He men- for Twin Falls city emer- tuous time plagued by objective or to stay objec- cycle of poverty that they live Laboratory in California. He tioned that he wouldn’t be gency services. Its govern- problems with its finances, tive.” in.’’ became an expert in X-ray qualified under the back- ing board consists of one employee turnover and But Faulkner also said “It’s a great model for these physics, helping to develop ground requirements to be a county commissioner from struggles to upgrade equip- Lickley has an ax to grind. farm worker kids’’ just now the first full-field digital dispatcher. Second of all, I each of the four counties. ment. Shearman resigned “I’m sure she’s trying to heading home after picking mammography system. And felt they (the center’s board) Taking over SIRCOMM under pressure after just do anything she can to stir crops this summer, Sheaff during a stint at the were basically creating the would have meant a pay eight months on the job, things up,’’he said. added. Department of Energy, he position for him.” raise for Mikesell, who though officials have never Lickley spoke with the Children are, in fact, helped with the disposal of Lickley said she later makes $66,893 as a county said why he was ousted. Times-News last week and Hernandez’s focus. Russian nuclear materials. applied for the director’s job commissioner. The center’s Howell said Mikesell provided a written account He’s formed a “Reaching He moved to Houston in but did not get an interview. budget documents list the would’ve been a good fit after the newpaper contact- for the Stars’’ foundation in 2001 to work at Johnson In the reorganization rec- current director’s salary as because he was doing well as ed her. She has not previ- Stockton, Calif., his home- Space Center as an engineer, ommended by Mikesell, one $75,000. Mikesell said that the center’s temporary ously made public com- town, to inspire local young- working his way up to branch of Lickley’s former employ- Shearman was paid about manager. He said he could- ments about SIRCOMM. sters to excel in math, sci- chief. He was selected as an ees, John Moore, was pro- $63,000. n’t recall when he first spoke Jerome County Sheriff ence, engineering and tech- astronaut in 2004, after 12 moted from technical direc- “I know (Mikesell) felt with Mikesell about the job. Doug McFall also said he nology. years of trying. tor to interim director in that he could not take that Mikesell said any discus- approached Howell after Whenever he gives moti- Hernandez now has five mid-May, and later made (job) without more money,’’ sions were early in the Shearman’s departure vational talks, “I say, ‘Look, I children of his own, ages 6 to permanent director. Lickley said. process, before any applica- because he had heard can trade poor stories with 14. Wife Adela runs a Mikesell said the board Mikesell acknowledges tions from others were rumors that Mikesell want- the best of you here, and I’ll Mexican restaurant just out- considered Lickley’s job that he would have had to received. The board voted to ed the job. tell you that I’ll probably be side the Johnson gates, aptly unnecessary and cut it to resign from the County advertise for the position “I could tell you that we coming out on the called Tierra Luna Grill, save money. He said he Commission, but said he after a closed-door meeting never had an official discus- shorter end of the stick Spanish for Earth Moon Grill. never officially applied for never told his commission April 19, according to meet- sion but I can tell you, from the director’s position, and colleagues about his inter- ing minutes. myself, I wasn’t sure that that conversations about it est. Lickley said she was pres- Tom was qualified as far as CLARIFICATION never gained serious trac- “I never ever heard about ent when Howell tele- background and (in) public tion. No discussion of it is it,” said Twin Falls County phoned SIRCOMM to ask safety communications,” Incomplete information reflected in center board Commissioner Terry Moore his opinion about McFall said. Due to incomplete information provided to the Times- meeting minutes. Kramer. “He never made making Mikesell the direc- First elected in 2002, News, an article in Saturday’s paper about shop with a cop “Yes, I considered the job any comment that he was tor. Mikesell is in his seventh didn’t mention all the organizations that served the chil- in a fleeting minute,” considering it.” “It was a direction they year as a county commis- dren. Some children and their families were served by the Mikesell said, explaining How actively Mikesell were considering and at sioner. His current term will Idaho Department of Health and Welfare or the Ike Kistler that he considered it for a pursued the job remains some point they decided not be on the ballot in 2010. 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Three state legislators A sign sits outside the Stephen Hartgen, both focus on frustrations with “All that matters is that we attended a political rally and Twin Falls County Republican House members the federal government and get up and do something,”he town hall-style forum in Courthouse during a free- from Twin Falls, also urging people to take action. said. “We have got to save Twin Falls on Saturday to speech rally Saturday. addressed the crowd. Randy Golay, 53, of Burley, our country.” assure the more than 100 Hartgen told the audience people in the audience they More than 100 people lawmakers are preparing shared their frustrations attended the event, bills to respond to with the federal govern- where audience members Congressional efforts at ment. were invited to give five- cap-and-trade and health The event — dubbed minute speeches on any care reform. He cited the rts Physic Speech of Freedom and topic. 10th Amendment Reso- po al hosted by the Twin Falls- lution passed by the S s! based TEARS of the Patriots Legislature that asserted and — offered anyone to give a emphasized the sovereignty five-minute speech on any DREW GODLESKI/ of Idaho. topic on the lawn of the Twin For the Times-News “We feel, and I think as Falls County Courthouse. legislators, that those are But the format changed Magicvalley.com expressions of our opinion,” briefly about 30 minutes in he said. “If a right is not WATCH A video of Saturday’s rally and read Capitol when state Rep. Leon Smith, exercised, it’s lost.” Confidential, a political blog by Jared S. Hopkins. R-Twin Falls, began taking Patrick noted how the questions from the audi- Legislature accepted the ence. attorney who’s served for The event included bursts federal stimulus partly Upset with Congress and 11 years in the Legislature. of applause and audience because Idahoans have to the policies of the Obama But Smith pointed out his shouts of support,and it dis- pay it off in the long-term administration, many fired experience is in state gov- tantly recalled the atmos- even if it’s rejected. But he questions at Smith about ernment, not federal, and phere of the health care town told the crowd he shared what they called overbearing conceded he couldn’t hall-style forums elsewhere their frustrations and said policies that chew on state’s answer some of the ques- in the country, some of Idaho’s government is more rights. Smith, who praised tions. During one response, which have grown hostile. efficient than Congress. the organizers for organizing he said the state could prob- Organizers said the event “I don’t like what’s going the event, said he shared ably stop accepting federal was held partly because on back there (in their frustrations with the funding, but noted how it Idaho’s three Republican Washington, D.C.) any more federal government. pays for most of Idaho’s members in Congress — than you do,” he said. “It’s scary what’s happen- schools and transportation Sens. Jim Risch and Mike “They’re quite dysfunctional ing to the trend in this coun- system and Idaho’s become Crapo, and Rep. Mike where they can take a docu- End Your Pain! try, and I hope when we get too dependent on it. 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Photos by MEAGAN THOMPSON/Times-News The new nursing lab at Canyon Ridge High School will be available for students from both of Twin Falls’ high schools. ‘Please don’t bother our patients, they are very sick,’says a tour guide during the opening tour on Aug. 14. Canyon Ridge Continued from Main 1 ACADEMICS Photos by RYAN HOWE/Times-News In addition to traditional The lights at Skaggs Event Center were installed using laser aiming classes, Canyon Ridge offers to ensure full-field coverage. Burley High School’s new event center specialized vocational courses in manufacturing includes features like artificial turf football and soccer field, a rub- and engineering, health and berized track and seating for more than 4,000 spectators. medical, and business and finance. For students, it’s a way to gain an introduction and training in fields that Skaggs can lead to future careers. Continued from Main 1 MORE THAN THE Students in the health occupations program, for WELL ABOVE OBVIOUS example, will learn from After the track boosters surgeries observed via a live MINIMUM proposed repairing Budge video link with the new St. “It was engineered, Field in 2007, which is Luke’s Magic Valley Medical designed, and installed (by located at the old high Center. Mosco Lighting) using school and still used for “They will be able to laser aiming so that it cov- junior high games and access digitally surgeries at ers events on the field with practice sessions, a new the hospital,” said Lisa enough candle power that idea developed. Natural light spills into a hallway near the auditorium as students check out their new school Aug. 14 in Johnson, a school advanced we’ll always have enough The project became what health occupations special- Twin Falls. of a reserve,” Smyer said. is now a $1.7 million com- ist. “We haven’t been exorbi- plex (including the With two classrooms and BY THE NUMBERS tant, but we’ve gone well $100,000 the district is a seven-bed hospital lab, Canyon Ridge was built with: above the minimum.” soliciting), but it’s not students can take online When the lights go out exclusively about football courses, learn anatomy and More than 500,000 or just become less bright, and may end up contribut- work with mannequins of concrete blocks it shouldn’t require find- ing to the general culture of patients in a clinical setting. ing a bunch of money and the community. The learning tools are More than 245,000 a guy standing precari- “When people walk up, powerful in the manufac- squarefeet of metal roof decking ously on a fire truck to they’ll see some pink flags turing program, which will continue the game. where sprinklers are going have a mix of drill presses, “They’re expensive and to be and some exposed More than lathes and robotics equip- 190,000 they’re way up in the air,” grass,”Smyer said. “but it’s ment. The program’s squarefeet of singleply roofing Smyer said. “Over time, as like putting a kitchen in 25-unit computer lab is for bulbs become less brightly your home — it’s an expen- students learning comput- 7,000 cubicyards of lit, we’ll still have plenty sive proposition.” er-assisted drafting. concrete in building of candle power. By not It isn’t all about football, A 30-unit Idaho Digital Debbie Butler scopes out the new library on an Aug. 14 tour of the new going with the minimum though. Learning Academy com- 5,000 feet of concrete high school. ‘It smells good, looks good. The books smell new,’she level required, if we see “It’s up to people’s imag- puter lab also offers an irrigation pipe. says. ‘There’s nothing prettier than new books.’ some degradation in the ination, the collective alternative way for students light quality, we’ll have genius getting together,” to learn everything from 3,000 cubicyards of concrete At The Nest, students will of the school. plenty left until we have to Smyer said, referring to Mandarin Chinese to for sidewalk, curbs and streets serve iced coffee, hot “You don’t have to lug it replace them and get them what the complex could trigonometry. chocolate and snacks up three flights of stairs,” back to factory-installed become — potentially, he “It’s a great opportunity throughout the day. The Dickinson said. quality.” said, a general entertain- 1,812 panes of window glass for students,” said Shirley coffee and snack bar will be Wired with networked The night events will ment venue. Blakeslee, IDLA site coordi- staffed by special needs stu- sensors, Canyon Ridge has become something differ- Smyer talked about a nator. 700 tons of structural steel dents who will gain skills for no need for the old-style ent than the days of flit- festival — possibly of the Don’t call the school’s future employment, said manual alarms subject to tering illumination song and dance variety — media center a library. It, 117 tons of steel rebar Cristina Sartin, a paraedu- abuse by pranksters. offered. and welcomed the idea, as too, has 30 computers and cator at the school. Other sensors and con- “They can host events did Burley Mayor Jon some 7,200 books — a ratio And not all of the students trols offer environmentally whenever they need to Anderson. of about eight books per space to work in,” said Toni will be teenagers. One room friendly features. Large now. When lights weren’t “I know when they student. Whittington, an art teacher. is fitted out with four tables windows — 1,812 individual common, games took designed it, they were In the school’s career cen- Students — not just and 16 tiny chairs — none glass panes in all — flood the place on Friday afternoon working on making it ter, students can get infor- administrators — will be big enough for even the school with natural light or on Saturdays,” Smyer something more than a mation about financial aid getting the word out about most petite high schooler. while sensors automatically said, referring to, as the football field,” Anderson and research education Canyon Ridge events. Part of a child care lab, adjust electric lights kids say, “back in the day.” said, adding that the options for their post- Students will do in-school young subjects will visit according to the use of the The facility came to be Skaggs Center could Canyon Ridge life at 10 broadcasts from a dedicated from time to time but in the room and amount of avail- after the ALSAM become something more computers. television studio — weekly long term Dickinson said the able daylight. Foundation — created by than the obvious. They won’t be the only at first but daily as the pro- room may become a regular Even the lawn sprinklers Alene and Sam Skaggs of “I can envision some- ones. gram matures. day care for children of have sensors to gauge soil grocery-store fame — thing like concerts and “I want this to be a place “This makes it kind of school staff. moisture, automatically provided $900,000. theatrical productions,” where parents can come,” personal and fun for the In the family consumer shutting down when the Initially, the idea was that Anderson said. “It’s amaz- Dickinson said. kids,”Dickinson said. science room, teachers will adequate level is reached. the project would cost $1.2 ing to me that a lot of peo- Even in a high-tech instruct students with a million, and the commu- ple don’t even know it’s school the arts have their LIFE SKILLS demonstration table and ATHLETICS nity would contribute $1 there … We have one of the place,too.Canyon Ridge has stove. Students will use six for every $3 from ALSAM. premiere facilities for high- two art classrooms, one Students, as well as facul- stations, each with a stove, Canyon Ridge athletes Since then, only two years school athletics in the state with pottery equipment; the ty and staff, will provide oven, microwave and sink. will have the benefits of ago, ALSAM donated of Idaho, and it could other with tilt-top desks for customer service at Canyon having all their facilities on another $300,000. Nike become much more than drawing and painting. Both Ridge. The economics HANDY FEATURES the 55-acre campus. pumped in an additional that.” have projectors that allow department will run a stu- The athletic facilities $50,000. For the teenagers who the instructor to show Web dent store selling class sup- Walk into the main include a gymnasium with The district is still look- attend BHS, by the way, pages on wall-mounted plies and Riverhawks prod- entrance at Canyon Ridge, 2,200 seats, a 2,200-seat ing for about $100,000 for “The Six Million Dollar screens. ucts such as T-shirts and and visitors come directly to football stadium, two soccer completion of the field Man” was a popular TV “It’s great to have a huge key chains. the front office, where staff fields, and two practice house — which will show from 1974 to 1978. can see who enters and exits football fields. There also become a facility for con- the school. are softball fields, two base- cessions and teams to plan Damon Hunzeker may Around the corner, the ball fields, seven tennis the next battle strategy at be reached at dhunzek- hallway has three separate courts and two concession halftime. [email protected]. rollup windows marked for stands. bookkeeping, attendance From its start, Canyon and the registrar. For stu- Ridge will make sure that dents, it means quicker student athletic records are service and designated areas carefully kept, said Bill for paying fees, dropping off Hicks, the athletics director. a note from home or asking And this year, Canyon questions about classes. Ridge student athletes will Canyon Ridge has a mix- give a number of record- ture of technology and com- setting performances — monsense features in its there will be no past records design — all to avoid hassles to break. Shannay Rockstahl, 16, takes a seat in the new gathering area at the like hauling theater props “You can make history,” enterance to Canyon Ridge High School in Twin Falls. The cheerleader through the school hallways Hicks said. or suffering false fire alarms. was present with other members of her team and says she is excited Burley High football players run during a recent practice on the Those props headed for Ben Botkin may be for school to start. Rockstahl says the new school will help her branch the 350-seat auditorium reached at bbotkin@magic- artificial turf of the Skaggs Event Center, which is encircled by a out and talk to new people ‘and like all the new classes and stuff — have their own stage door, a valley.com or 208-735- new track. The Cassia County School District has spent $1.7 million that will help me too.’ large rollup one at the back 3238. so far on building Burley High School’s new event center. Main 6 Sunday, August 23, 2009 NATION Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho Health insurers explore savings in overseas care

By Tom Murphy spiraling out of control. recover,as more health insur- American providers. Associated Press writer The four largest commer- ers offer the option and as While employers or insur- cial U.S. health insurers — more people wind up with ers reap much of the savings, Elizabeth Kunz left her with enrollments totaling high-deductible plans. these lower costs can be the dentist’s office this spring nearly 100 million people — Health care costs for difference between a man- with a mouth full of problems have either launched pilot employers who offer insur- ageable expense and a bank- and no way to pay for them. programs offering overseas ance to their workers were breaker for patients with The South Carolina resi- travel or explored it. Several projected to rise 9.2 percent high-deductible plans. These dent went out of her way, lit- smaller insurers and brokers this year and another 9 per- increasingly popular plans erally, to find a solution, also have introduced travel cent in 2010, according to the can lead to out-of-pocket which turned out to be in options for hundreds of consulting firm expenses surpassing $5,000 Central America. Her trip to employers around the coun- PricewaterhouseCoopers. for individual coverage and the tropics is part of a health try. That could mean double- $10,000 for family plans. insurance experiment for Growth has been slow in digit percentage increases for High out of pocket costs trimming medical costs: part because some patients AP photo employees through higher also are common with dental overseas care. and employers have concerns Elizabeth Kunz, 47, poses outside her office building in Columbia, S.C. premiums, deductibles or coverage, which is one reason As Washington searches about care quality and legal on June 30. Kunz, with the help of BlueCross Blue Shield of South copays. dental care trips have proven for ways to tame the country’s responsibility if something Carolina, traveled to Costa Rica this spring to have dental work done Overseas care can lead to popular. escalating health care costs, goes wrong. Plus, patients for a fraction of the cost of the same work done at home. The work price breaks of more than Kunz, 47, initially doubted more insurers are offering who have traditional plans $40,000, not counting travel the potential savings she would have cost her $10,000 out of pocket back home, but she paid networks of surgeons and with low deductibles may costs,for procedures like knee might see from visiting a dentists in places like India have little incentive to take a just $2,800 after insurance. replacement surgery or heart Costa Rican dentist though a and Costa Rica, where costs trip. counter the foreign competi- mated that 6 million bypasses. Insurers, or program offered by her insur- can be as much as 80 percent But a growing number of tion. Americans would make med- employers who provide their er, BlueCross BlueShield of less than in America. consumers with high- This domestic competition ical tourism trips in 2010. But own insurance, can save South Carolina. But a little Until recently, most deductible plans, which make and the slumping economy Keckley has since shaved that between 50 percent and 90 comparison shopping — with Americans traveling abroad patients pay more out of have led to slower growth for projection to about 1.6 million percent on major medical help from the insurer — per- for cheaper non-emergency pocket, could make these medical tourism over the past people. Still, that more than claims, said Jonathan suaded her to get on a plane. medical care were either trips more inviting. year, as patients put off elec- doubles the roughly 750,000 Edelheit, president of the She had eight crowns uninsured or wealthy. But the In the meantime, the tive procedures that involve Americans who traveled Florida-based Medical replaced, a tooth filled and profile of medical tourists is insurance industry’s embrace big out of pocket costs, said abroad in 2007, the last year Tourism Association. A lower root canal. The work would changing.Now,they are more of overseas care has had a Paul Keckley,executive direc- for which Deloitte had actual cost of living and lower prices have cost her $10,000 out of likely to be people covered by pleasant side effect at home: tor of the Deloitte Center for numbers. for medical supplies and pocket back home, but she private insurers, which are some U.S. care providers are Health Solutions. Keckley expects the med- drugs help drive down care paid just $2,800 after insur- looking to keep costs from offering price breaks to Last year, the center esti- ical tourism industry to costs overseas compared to ance.

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PRICES EFFECTIVE MONDAY, AUGUST 24 THRU SATURDAY, AUGUST 29 — CLOSED SUNDAY Main 8 Sunday, August 23, 2009 Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho “I was not going to be the Federal Reserve chairman who presided over the second Great Depression.” After a year of crisis, Fed chief Bernake’s star rising. B SEE BUSINESS 3 Your Business, Business 2 / Nation, Business 5 / Obituaries, Business 6-7 / Weather, Business 8 Business SUNDAY, AUGUST 23, 2009 BUSINESS EDITOR JOSH PALMER: (208) 735-3231 [email protected] Federal assistance for small businesses off to slow start $255 million appropriation is He said small business to the aid of corporations SBA says most banks reluctant to take part in program exhausted. As of last week, must be 2 years old and be earlier when they needed a about $39 million had been able to prove that they have bailout. By Joshua Palmer gram, which was launched in government’s economic approved across the country, been profitable for one of The proceeds must be used Times-News writer June to help small businesses stimulus package,and is sup- according to the administra- those years. to pay down certain debts, struggling to stay afloat in a posed to assist viable, but tion. Grzadzieleski added that including mortgage and A federal program that was poor economy. temporarily struggling, small “What we have been told some banks are offering loans small business loans, as well designed to help small busi- However, in the first three businesses by offering them by the banking community is only to existing customers, as credit cards and lines of nesses is stalled because months of operation, only interest-free loans of up to that it’s too small of a loan and still might add restric- credit used for business. most banks are reluctant to about 20 loans have been $35,000 with lenient repay- and that businesses have not tions. Money is disbursed over six participate. issued in Idaho through the ment terms. Banks started made the changes to prove Some small business own- months, and payments are Tens of thousands of inter- program — nationwide, only accepting applications for they are viable,” said Rodney ers and their supporters say deferred for 12 months. est-free loans were supposed about 1,190 loans had been the government-backed Grzadzieleski, supervisory they are frustrated and dis- Borrowers have five years to to be made to small business- approved by the Small loans June 15. business development spe- appointed by the lackluster repay. es through the American Business Administration. The program runs through cialist for the Idaho Small response from banks, espe- Recovery Capital loan pro- The program is part of the Sept. 30, 2010, or until the Business Administration. cially when taxpayers came See ASSISTANCE, Business 2 C LUNKERS HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE Credit-card issuers prepared for this day By Don Lee and W.J. Hennigan Los Angeles Times writers

WASHINGTON — New federal protec- tions for credit-card users go into force Thursday, but in advance of the tougher rules banks have been raising fees and inter- est rates — hoping to ensure that one of their historically most lucrative lines of business remains that way. Since Congress approved the landmark credit-card overhaul legislation last spring, many plastic issuers have jacked up interest rates, switched accounts from fixed to vari- Photos by JONATHAN NEWTON/Washington Post able rates and raised annual fees and penal- A clunker hits the end of the line at Brandywine Automotive in Charles County, Md. This gritty side of the car business is largely unseen in a country where the ties for late payments. The actions will help dominant image of the automotive industry is pristine cars rolling down production lines. banks lock in revenue ahead of the new restrictions under the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act. Since April, the average variable rate on new cards has risen steadily to 11.22 percent as of this week from 10.69 percent, accord- ing to Bankrate.com, a consumer finance Web site.This comes even though the prime OUT OF SIGHT, rate, the index that card rates are generally pegged to, hasn’t moved during that period. “It seems (banks) are getting their shots in while they can,”said Greg McBride, senior financial analyst at Bankrate. The sweeping actions by banks — which must now give customers at least 45 days’ notice when making a significant change — signal a pro- found shift in the way banks and consumers OUT OF MIND deal with plastic. Bankers and others have argued that the new law will further crimp For killed clunkers, a long journey to auto heaven consumer spending by leading to reduced access to credit and higher interest rates for cardholders, thus hurting an economic By Michael S. Rosenwald recovery. The Washington Post Consumers say they are already feeling the pinch of higher credit card fees. WASHINGTON — Killing a Melody Davenport, 44, of Stockton, clunker takes patience and intestinal fortitude. Five minutes See CREDIT CARDS, Business 3 ago, a hulking Infiniti Q45 at Fitzgerald Auto Mall in Germantown, Md., guzzled a lethal dose of sodium silicate — liquid glass that hardens engine We may not be arteries. A technician keeps stepping on the gas. The Q45 keeps purring. out of this yet “She’s holding on,”says Scott Addison, a Fitzgerald manager ou’ve probably heard that the watching the execution while nation’s financial system is out of puffing a thick cigar. Then the Y the intensive care unit but still car begins coughing. “This is a requires enough support that it’s not terrible way to kill a car. This is ready to be released from the hospital. A suffering.” big reason: the fear of a relapse caused by The cough gets louder. “Here the collapse of the commercial real estate it goes,” Addison says. Silence. market. Time of death: 1:33 p.m. To understand the problem, think back Hundreds of clunkers surround Mark Rhodes, general manager of Brandywine Automotive in Charles County, Md., prepares to strip a clunker of parts. to the height of the credit bubble in 2007, him, awaiting their fates. Not Dismantlers can pull apart two cars a day. when $230 billion worth of office build- even “Obama ’08” bumper ings, hotels stickers can save these gas-guz- steel. Almost nothing is wasted. and shop- zlers from the 435,000-vehicle This gritty side of the car busi- “It’s sort of like ping cen- sell-off created by the presi- ness is largely unseen in a coun- ters were PEARLSTEIN dent’s “Cash for Clunkers” pro- try where the dominant image of flushing a toilet. financed gram. Addison calls this sea of the automotive industry is pris- through the Steven discarded vehicles Clunkerville, tine cars rolling down produc- This aspect of the magic of Pearlstein but this is no car’s final destina- tion lines. But the Cash for securitiza- tion. Even after their engines are Clunkers program,which has gas recycling industry tion — that process in which loans were silenced, the inhabitants face a guzzlers piling up at dealerships assembled into packages and sold off in long journey to auto heaven. around the country, is bringing is often out of sight, pieces to investors. Dead clunkers embark on an into focus the $22-billion-a- out of mind for the Back then, the loans originated by odyssey through family busi- year auto recycling business and banks and investment houses would typi- nesses nearly as old as the car its many colorful characters. general public.” cally be made at 80 percent of the market industry.Auctioneers in Elkridge People wonder: Where does value of a property, at rates as low as 1.5 in Howard County, Md., shout all this stuff go? “It’s sort of like — David Simon, president of percentage points over the Treasury’s 10- “$25, $25, $25, do I hear $50?” to flushing a toilet,” said David Baltimore Scrap, one of the year borrowing rate. There was often a salvage buyers who then take Simon, the president of region’s largest car shredders second mortgage, known as a mezzanine their winnings to junkyards to be Baltimore Scrap, one of the A jug of clunker bomb, a liquid glass loan, to cover an additional 10 percent of picked over for parts. Junkyards region’s largest car shredders. ure that assures the old cars can- used to destroy the engines of cars the original purchase price. And to make eventually sell what’s left of the “This aspect of the recycling not be resold — clunkers are things even easier, many of the loans were purchased in the Cash for Clunkers clunkers to processors, who use industry is often out of sight, out either trucked to auctions or sold interest-only, on the theory that com- mammoth shredders to chew of mind for the general public.” by dealers directly to outfits like program. After the cars’ engines have mercial property values could only go up. the cars into tiny pieces of scrap After the government-man- been destroyed, they journey to auc- metal that are later recycled into dated engine killings — a meas- See CLUNKERS, Business 2 tions and scrapyards. See PEARLSTEIN, Business 3 Business 2 Sunday, August 23, 2009 BUSINESS Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho YOURBUSINESS

MILESTONES CAREER MOVES Susan F. Brown G RAND OPENING Susan F. Brown, associate broker with Canyonside Irwin Family Health Services and St. Luke’s Magic Valley celebrated the Realty, Twin Falls office, just completed her education to receive the ABR grand opening of the Magic Valley Behavioral Health Clinic and cut the Designation (Accredited Buyer’s red ribbon assisted by the Twin Falls Area Chamber’s Ambassadors. Representative). The clinic is a collaboration to provide seamless, quality behavioral The course gives Brown an edge when it health care to area patients. The new clinic is located at 1102 Eastland comes to assisting her client-buyers in pur- Drive N. and for appointments or more information: 734-1281. chasing property. She has been a profes- Pictured are Lynn Hudgens, CEO; Talia Serra, PA; Paul Harman, LCSW; sional Realtor for almost nine years and also holds the designation of GRI (Graduate of Lilia Montes, Lucas Bossard, psychologist; James Tyson, psychologist; Brown the Real Estate Institute). Shana Stevens, office manger; Kenya Balderas, Susan Carpenter, psy- chiatrist; Scott Albright, psychiatrist; Susan Sanden, LCSW Karen Martinat BH staff also attending: Chris Hanks, LPN; Tamara Wilkinson, LCSW; Esmeralda Salinas, regional operations manager; Phyllis Newton. The Idaho End-of-Life Coalition invited Idaho hospices to nominate individuals who are champions for hospice and a better end- of-life. Hospice Visions announced that Courtesy photo Karen Martinat, LMSW, was honored for her outstanding service to individuals deal- ing with end-of-life issues. CONTRIBUTIONS Martinat received the Dream Team Bereavement Counselor Award for 2009. Martinat Higgins gives Smith’s Food & Drug WATERTECH Sarah Benson scholarships donates to T.F. ClearRock Capital, headquartered in Ketchum, announ- Success Martial Arts of animal shelter ced that Sarah Benson has joined the firm as Director of Twin Falls has given more Smith’s Food & Drug Business Development. She will help guide the firm’s con- than $170,000 in 825, one- donated $2,961 to the Twin tinued growth serving high-net-worth individuals, fami- month scholarships, to Falls Animal Shelter from lies and endowments. schools, and other groups proceeds received from Prior to joining ClearRock, Benson was founder and chief throughout the Magic customer support of executive officer of Solutions, Inc., a technology executive Valley. Brian Higgins, senior Smith’s Pet Club program. recruiting firm. instructor, The shelter will use the feels an obli- funds to pay veterinarian Amy J. Barendregt and Angela Hickmon gation to costs for spay and neuter- provide sup- ing of animals, the treat- Republic Mortgage announced the hiring port to, and ment of fox tails, ear infec- of Amy J. Barendregt and Angela Hickmon work with tions and ear mites and will as loan officers in its Twin Falls office, 1111 other organi- support the agency’s pet Blue Lakes Blvd. N., Suite EE, in the Center zations to adoption program. Point Plaza. help main- Higgins The donation represent Barendregt was previously a senior tain and Smith’s commitment to account executive with HFC/Beneficial in teach personal responsibility injured or homeless ani- Twin Falls specializing in mortgage refi- to our children. Both to mals by donating $1 to local nances and personal loans. She has been in Barendregt help them learn how to pro- animal support organiza- Courtesy photo the mortgage business for the past five years tect themselves from vio- tions for every $100 a cus- and has won numerous awards including WATERTECH, Inc. presented a contribution collected at the 10th lence and to learn not to be tomer spends on pet sup- the President’s Council award for being a top the cause of social disorder plies at Smith’s stores. Annual Customer Appreciation golf tournament from WATERTECH producer in the western division. Hickmon themselves. Shoppers wishing to management to Council Executive of the Snake River Council, Boy was previously employed by Higgins has provided sim- become a Pet Club partici- Scouts of America. From left to right: HFC/Beneficial as a branch manager. She ilar opportunity three times pant simply link their On Aug. 13, WATERTECH, Inc. held its 10th annual customer apprecia- has more than six years of mortgage lending every year, for more than 13 Smith’s Fresh Values Card tion golf tournament at Canyon Springs Golf Club. All of the sales of experience and has worked in the Magic years. with the program at the mulligans were collected as a contribution to the new Bath House Valley for the past 16 years. Hickmon has Higgins owns Success check stand and points been the recipient of numerous awards rec- Project at the Snake River Council’s Camp Bradley north of Stanley. Hickmon Martial Arts. He has also accumulate on the grocery ognizing her for sales excellence and cus- reached more than 6,000 store receipt. Each individual contribution was matched by WATERTECH and at the tomer service. Magic Valley children with Smith’s Pet Club mem- end of the day the total contribution included $1,500 cash, three his free “Dangerous Grown- bers in Idaho generated a washing machines, four dryers and a commercial water softener, all Terry Winkle ups” program that has pre- total of $4,516 in donations for the utility room in the new bath house at Camp Bradley. vented at least one con- that will be given to the Pictured are Donovan Lindsay, central regional manager; Nathan Terry Winkle has made a real estate career firmed abduction attempt in Twin Falls Animal Shelter, Nickels, southern regional manager; Luke Mickelson, vice president move over to Prudential Idaho Homes and Twin Falls. Bannock Humane Society Properties in Twin Falls. marketing; Alfred Nickels, president; Paul Tikalsky, council executive; Information: www.you in Pocatello and the Winkle has been a resident of the Twin tube.com/user/coachhig- Bonneville Humane Byron Nickels, executive vice president; Wade Burnham, vice presi- Falls area for most of his life and has been a gins. Society in Idaho Falls. dent sales. licensed Realtor for the past six years. Winkle We want Oprah Winfrey, Dr. Oz sue 3 Utah companies YOURBUSINESS news The Associated Press “We know that thou- really (Internet scammers) sands of people have been trading on our good name,’’ SALT LAKE CITY — misled by these marketing said Devin Thorpe, the We welcome announcements about new busi- Oprah Winfrey and Dr. practices,’’ said attorney company’s chief financial nesses as well as employee changes or Mehmet Oz have sued three Marc Rachman, who repre- officer. advancements. Utah companies, saying sents Winfrey and Oz. 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Continued from Business 1 at viable, but troubled, Clunkers The government pays businesses, just when fed- interest to the banks at a eral regulators are paying Continued from Business 1 stantly rotating.” If you are lasts 30 days or so around the surgeons remove the rate of 2 percentage points more attention to the qual- Crazy Ray’s in Jessup, Md. not out by 5:15 p.m., the here. Here’s a guy bringing guts: starters, tail lights, above the prime rate. If ity of loans that lenders Crazy Ray’s is what’s prices double. up a rear seat. That’s 25 calipers, batteries, mirrors, borrowers default, banks make, Seiwert says. known as a you-pull-it Duff runs a tight opera- bucks.“ doors. A dismantler can must try to collect the debt “Banks don’t want to operation, meaning that tion. He has to, he said, Other junkyards are take apart two cars a day, before being fully reim- add to their problem-loan customers dive into the because of the shenanigans slightly more orderly. and the parts can fetch any- bursed by the government. list,”he says. heap and find their own some parts hunters pull. Fitzgerald sold the Q45, where from $35 (Q45 Zions Bank is currently Banks also complain spare parts. The owner is Not long ago, a man walked circa 2000, for about $150 starter) to $800 (’98 the largest lender of ARC that it takes as much Joe Duff, a bubbly fellow up to the cash register, all to Brandywine Auto, which Corvette door) and beyond, loans in Idaho, approving paperwork to make one with a heavy Baltimore hunched over. He put a towed it 53 miles to the turning clunkers into about 70 percent of appli- small ARC loan as it does accent, who sits at a desk on cylinder head on the count- company’s 40-acre facility potential ATMs for cations. to make a $2 million SBA a slightly elevated stage. er but remained hunched in Charles County. Brandywine. But it has come with a loan, he says Outside, sweaty men haul over. The attendant asked Brandywine Auto, which From the dismantle bays, cost. And though the govern- tool boxes to extract parts him to lift up his shirt. “He dates to 1927 and is still the cars are lined up in a “We have launched an ment guarantees the loans from his inventory. Duff had another cylinder head owned by the Meinhardt sprawling field, in neat rows extensive training effort 100 percent, banks might picked up a handful of stuck down his pants,”Duff family, sells car parts to of Fords, GMs, Chryslers, for loan officers,” said not see that money if they clunkers this week at said. “Complete with rock- body shops, insurance and imports. When a vehi- Zions Bank President and don’t follow the 31 pages of Manheim Total Resource ers and all.” companies and individuals cle is picked clean, when CEO Scott Anderson. instructions to the letter, Auctions in Elkridge. Despite the hassles, Duff who repair their own vehi- there isn’t much left except The loan program is Seiwert says. Winning bids: $150 to $250 said, it’s a good business. cles. Think legal chop shop. for the frame and old well-intentioned, but The SBA recently said in each. Cars break; people need “We go in and take ’em all McDonald’s wrappers, a poorly structured, says a written statement that it His junkyard rules are parts. Clunkers come along; apart,” said Mark Rhodes, forklift picks up the carcass Bob Seiwert, senior vice is monitoring complaints strict, his prices non-nego- parts are replenished. Yin- Brandywine’s general man- as if it were as light as a president at American and might make some tiable. You come out with a yang. Looking out his office ager. book, sliding it into a crush- Bankers Association. changes, such as stream- brake drum, that’s $10.37, window, Duff said: “There’s Brandywine’s disman- er that flattens the remains ARC loans are targeted lining the process. cash. Intake manifold, a guy buying a door. That’s tlers might be called organ in less than 30 seconds. The $25.47, cash. Crazy Ray’s $50. That rear hatch there, transplant surgeons. The industry term for this Web site warns: “We do not that’s $65. There’s a guy patients roll into four dis- moment is EOL — end of www.magicvalley.com keep an inventory. It is con- over here getting tires. A car mantle bays all day long and life. Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho BUSINESS Sunday, August 23, 2009 Business 3 AFTER A YEAR OF CRISIS,BERNANKE’S STAR RISING By Jeannine Aversa normally in the agency’s playbook, said appear to be printing money to narrow a stood by as Lehman Brothers collapsed, Associated Press writer Allen Sinai, chief global economist at bulging federal budget gap. Bernanke rolled out programs to spur lend- Decision Economics Inc. “What I learned from this is that when ing and stabilize financial markets. ASHINGTON — Last year, as “Those are huge pluses,’’Sinai said. you’re in a situation like this — a perfect Some who think Bernanke went too far in the gravest financial crisis since While many leaders on Capitol Hill and storm — sometimes you’ve got to do some- supporting bailouts and low-cost loans for the Great Depression shook the Wall Street credit Bernanke for the uncon- thing a little bit outside the box, a little more big banks argue he shouldn’t be reappointed. banking system, Ben Bernanke ventional thinking that defined his response aggressive,’’ Bernanke said last month at a The use of a $700 billion taxpayer- seemed nearly as beleaguered to the financial crisis last fall, few said so town-hall style meeting in Kansas City, Mo. financed fund to bail out big institutions, Was the institutions themselves. back then. For months, the Fed chief came Even his supporters concede Bernanke such as insurer American International The Federal Reserve chief had initially under intense criticism as he worked with was among many regulators who failed to Group Inc., angered many Americans. underestimated the crisis — and then the Treasury Department to bail out banks detect early hints of the housing and mort- Critics fear that financial firms deemed too seemed to inject new risk by unleashing and pump trillions into the financial system gage collapse. Yet once the credit crisis big to fail now have no incentive to curb risk breathtaking sums of money to fight it. to try to ease credit clogs. erupted in the summer of 2007, “Mr. taking. Now, a strengthening economy is raising Even before the crisis intensified last fall, Bernanke engineered a U-turn in Fed policy “Just the fact that (the Fed) can issue a lot Bernanke’s standing just as President the Fed took the historic step of letting that prevented the crisis from turning into a of loans and special privileges to banks and Obama must decide whether to reappoint investment firms draw low-cost emergency near depression,” Nouriel Roubini, a New corporations — that’s political,’’ huffs Rep. him. loans from the central bank — a privilege York University economics professor and Ron Paul, R-Texas. His supporters say Bernanke, 55, a scholar long allowed only for commercial banks. former Bernanke critic, wrote recently in Bernanke also failed to detect early on the of the Great Depression, has the knowledge After a run on Bear Stearns pushed it to the support of his reappointment. scope of potential damage from high-risk and ability to guide a sustainable recovery edge of bankruptcy, the Fed and the Bernanke’s advocates point to two steps mortgages. In June 2007, he declared that without igniting inflation. And they argue Treasury nudged what was the nation’s that they say were especially critical in man- troubles in the subprime mortgage market that without his bold interventions, the fifth-largest investment bank into a aging the crisis. were “unlikely to seriously spill over to the global financial crisis could have been much takeover by JPMorgan Chase & Co. In January 2008, Bernanke started broader economy or the financial system.’’ worse. And to revive the economy, the Fed has pushing through super-sized rate reduc- Still, sentiments on Capitol Hill suggest “He has risen to the occasion admirably deployed radical new tools. This year, it tions to prop up the ailing economy. his chances of reappointment have risen. after what you might argue was a slow rolled out a $1.75 trillion program to buy Early last fall, after the Fed and Treasury “We all look forward to continuing to partner start,’’says Alan Blinder,a Princeton profes- government debt and mortgage-backed with you,’’ Senate Banking Committee sor who was Fed vice chairman in the mid- securities and debt from Fannie Mae and Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., who 1990s. “His performance merits reappoint- Freddie Mac. The goal is to lower rates on has been critical of the Fed,told Bernanke ment.’’ mortgages and other consumer debt. last month. Bernanke, having just wrapped up the Mortgage rates did ease. But many feared Lawrence Summers, a senior Fed’s annual conference in Jackson Hole, the Fed’s buying of government debt made it Obama adviser, is often men- Wyo., remains under pressure to help speed tioned as an alternative a recovery. Joblessness, now at 9.4 percent, choice. Other contenders is expected to hit double digits this year. Yet GET TO KNOW BEN include Janet Yellen,presi- his riskiest task is to decide when and how to The Associated Press dent of the Federal unwind the Fed’s emergency rescue pro- Reserve Bank of San grams without endangering the economy. NAME — Ben Bernanke. Francisco; Christina His critics see failures in Bernanke’s per- AGE-BIRTH DATE — 55; Dec. 13, 1953, in Romer,a top Obama eco- formance. They say he overplayed his hand Augusta, Ga. nomic adviser; Roger by swelling the Fed’s balance sheet to nearly EDUCATION — B.A. in economics, 1975, Ferguson,the former No. $2 trillion, a once-unthinkable threshold. Harvard University; Ph.D. in economics, 2 Fed official; and They argue that the success of the emer- 1979, The Massachusetts Institute of Princeton’s Blinder. gency rescue programs has been inconsis- Technology. For now, Bernanke tent. And they blame Bernanke for politiciz- EXPERIENCE — Feb. 1, 2006, to present, benefits from the role of ing the Fed: They point, for example, to his chairman of the Federal Reserve; June incumbent. He has taken role in deciding which banks would benefit 2005 to Jan. 31, 2006, chairman, the unusual step for a Fed from taxpayer-funded bailouts and which President’s Council of Economic chief of fielding questions would not. Advisers; 2002-2005, member, Board in a PBS town-hall style “His handling of the crisis has put the Fed of Governors of the Federal Reserve meeting and on CBS’ “60 in an awkward political position,’’ says System; 1996-2002, professor Minutes.’’ William Poole, former president of the and chairman of the To prevent another crisis, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, who Economics Department at Bernanke has said Congress doesn’t think Bernanke should be reap- Princeton University; 1985- should create a way to safely pointed. 2002, economics profes- wind down a big financial Other decisions, too, should have been sor, Princeton institution. And he think “too big left to Congress, says Poole, who retired in University. to fail’’institutions should be sub- 2008 after 10 years at the regional Fed bank. FAMILY — Wife, ject to stricter regulation. Regardless of the criticism and Obama’s Anna; two Bernanke contends that when the verdict, Bernanke will go down as a monu- children. crisis erupted, he couldn’t play cau- mental figure, for better or worse, in the his- tiously, regardless of criticism. Instead, he tory of the Federal Reserve. Which is ironic. swung for the fences. When Bernanke became chairman in The enormous bailouts were necessary to February 2006, after Alan Greenspan’s 18- AP photo avert financial and economic ruin, he said, year tenure, he tried to tilt the spotlight Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben because the rescued companies were linked away from himself, preferring to elevate the Bernanke takes part in the Federal to the entire global economy. agency itself. Reserve Sixth Biennial Community As he put it last month,“I was not going to The financial crisis demonstrated be the Federal Reserve chairman who Bernanke’s ability to build consensus at the Affairs Research Conference in presided over the second Great Fed and to engineer creative solutions not Washington on April 17. Depression.” Pearlstein Credit cards

Continued from Business 1 For starters, local and hypothetical office building The problem is that if too Continued from Business 1 than 10 percent of all credit- Now, of course, the credit regional banks have so many bought for $100 million many buildings are dumped Calif., says the rate on her card accounts.In its financial bubble has burst. souring commercial real back in the go-go days, with on the market at the same credit card issued by statement filed with the Commercial property values estate loans that they have 90 percent of the purchase time, it would trigger a self- JPMorgan Chase nearly dou- Federal Reserve, the bank have fallen an average of 35 begun to fail at a rate not financed with borrowed reinforcing downward cycle bled this summer to around reported personal card loans percent, with further seen since ... well, you know. money. Now, suddenly the that could depress property 11 percent. She says she is of $69.4 billion as of June 30. declines expected as the The latest was Colonial loan needs to be refinanced, values even further, leading carrying a balance of about After seeing their housing recession drives more ten- Bank of Alabama, which was but the value of the property to more foreclosures and $12,000 on the card, which and personal wealth ham- ants out of business or puts rescued last week at a cost to has fallen to $65 million. In causing even more banks to means Davenport is now mered by the recession, them behind in their rent the Federal Deposit the new conservative envi- fail. That’s what happened paying an additional $50 a American consumers are payments. The process of Insurance Corp. of about ronment, the owner can back in the savings and loan month in finance charges. saving more and paring securitizing new loans has $2.8 billion, the sixth- only get a new loan for $40 crisis. “It’s hard, because when I down their debts, a trend ground to a complete halt, largest bank failure in histo- million, which means that in This is why commercial make payments now, the that the new law could rein- and the limited financing ry. And over the coming order to avoid foreclosure real estate is now a top pri- principal doesn’t go down,” force. that’s available now comes year, it will be a rare Friday and keep ownership of the ority for policymakers in she said. “I’m not real For the three months that from banks and insurance afternoon that the FDIC building, he has to come up Washington. Earlier this happy.” ended June 30, U.S. house- companies on much tougher doesn’t announce the with an additional $40 mil- week, the Treasury and the A spokeswoman for holds on average carried a terms. Loans now are typi- takeover of some bank that lion in equity. Given that the Federal Reserve quietly JPMorgan Chase, the largest credit-card balance of cally for no more than 60 lent too much to local value of the building would extended until next June issuer of credit cards,said the $7,987, down from a high of percent of a property’s cur- builders and commercial have to hit $90 million their program to offer low- bank could not comment on $8,529 in the third quarter of rent value, with an interest real estate developers before anyone would realize cost loans to banks, hedge a specific account. Nor last year, according to rate four percentage points despite abundant evidence a dime in profit, investors funds and other investors would Chase say how many Moody’s Economy.com. above the Treasury rate. that a bubble had developed. probably won’t be lining up willing to purchase mort- of its cardholders have been With longer notifications Borrowers must also repay It’s a good bet the agency for that opportunity. gage-backed securities. hit with interest rate increas- and mailing of bills at least 21 principal, which is like will have to replenish its So how does all this get While $3 billion has now es in recent months. days before the payment due adding another two per- coffers by drawing on its line resolved? been lent for the purchase of “Changing costs are date, as well as other rules centage points to an inter- of credit from the U.S. In the case of buildings securities issued before the requiring Chase to more that card issuers must com- est-only loan. Treasury. that still generate rents suf- crisis, there’s been no lend- closely examine the rates and ply with later, the law could All of this has been Then there’s the matter of ficient to pay the monthly ing for newly issued securi- terms we offer our cus- lead to consumers using wrenching for the industry half a trillion dollars in secu- interest charges, the lenders ties, because no new securi- tomer,”Chase spokeswoman credit more discriminately — particularly for some of ritized loans that were made — that is the holders of the ties have been issued. Stephanie Jacobson said in and help them further the biggest names, such as during the bubble and will mortgage-backed securities Government and industry an e-mail. She said the bank reduce their debts. General Growth Properties, be coming due over the next — will probably agree to officials say this reflects a had not increased late-pay- “People are changing their Maguire Properties and few years. These will need to extend the loan for a few continuing distrust of the ment fees. mind-set,” said Jacob Gold, Tishman Speyer, which be refinanced. Unless the years in the hope that prop- securitization process and Bank of America, the sec- an author and certified bought at the top of the securitization machine can erty values quickly rebound widespread concern among ond-largest credit card bank, financial planner in market. Not only has their be cranked up again, there’s and the market for securi- investors that property val- said that in April it told some Scottsdale, Ariz. “They’re equity been pretty much simply not enough lending tized loans revives. “Amend, ues still have further to fall. customers whose rates were understanding that they wiped out, but those who capacity at the banks and extend and pretend,”as my They also cite the difficulty below 10 percent that they need to get their arms financed their bubble pur- insurance companies to fill friend Arthur, the real estate in finding the additional would increase starting in around their debt.” chases have lost anywhere the gap. Moreover, there can maven, put it. equity capital necessary to June. Other card accounts from 35 cents to 100 cents be no refinancing until the In the case of projects make refinancing possible. also were “repriced” based on every dollar lent. current owners of the build- with rising vacancies and on a review of credit risk, NEED HELP WITH Unfortunately, this isn’t ings come up with billions of falling rents, however, the Steven Pearlstein is a spokeswoman Betty Riess ® just a tragedy for rich devel- dollars in fresh equity to more likely scenario is that columnist for the said. QUICKBOOKS ? opers, bankers and make up for what has the lenders would foreclose Washington Post. He writes She declined to give the Call Teresa at 737-0087 investors. It’s also a problem already been lost. on the property and sell it about issues affecting busi- total number of cardholders TRAINING, SETUP & SUPPORT for the rest of us. 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Show in October, according Toyota Motor Corp.has said to the Nikkei financial it plans to launch electric AP photo newspaper. It said Honda models by 2012. A customer walks out from a small clothing shop Thursday in Shanghai, China. Turnabouts in European and Asian economies, along with recent would begin sales of electric In June, Mitsubishi gains in the U.S., are raising hopes that that the worldwide recession is drawing to a close. That’s not to say the coast is clear. vehicles in the United States Motors Corp., launched its in the first half of the own electric vehicle, the decade. 4.59 million yen ($48,300) A Honda spokesman said i-MiEV. Ford’s first battery the Tokyo-based company electric vehicle, the Transit World emerging from has begun to develop elec- Connect commercial van, is tric vehicles, but has not to be available next year, decided on a release date. while General Motors Corp. He declined to be named, is set to release its Chevrolet citing company policy. Volt next year, a recharge- deep slump, but can it last? Honda released its new able electric car with a small Insight earlier this year, internal combustion engine billing it as the cheapest that the company says will By Tom Raum — it posted more than 6 per- gas-electric hybrid on the get up to 230 miles per gal- Associated Press writer “This is going to be the mother of cent growth in the first half of market, to compete with lon in city driving. 2009 — Peter Morici, a busi- Toyota Motor Corp.’s top- The Obama administra- WASHINGTON — Turn- all jobless recoveries.” ness economist at the selling Prius. tion in June said Ford, abouts in European and Asian — Allen Sinai, chief global economist for Decision Economics University of Maryland and a But with U.S. environ- Nissan and Tesla Motors economies, along with recent critic of Obama’s economic- mental regulations expect- Inc. would be the first three gains in the U.S., are raising change in their lives. Japan’s return to growth — recovery plans, said: “China ed to toughen, automakers beneficiaries of a $25 billion hopes that the worldwide So many jobs have been thanks to a 6.3 percent uptick has a $400 billion stimulus are stepping up efforts to fund to develop fuel-effi- recession is drawing to a lost — nearly seven million in exports along with govern- package, and its economy is release zero-emission cars. cient vehicles. close. That’s not to say the since the recession began in ment stimulus measures — firing on all cylinders. coast is clear. 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(AP) — Four two war zones we’re very offensive-minded, and it prisoners remained hospi- would be a better use of our time to talized and hundreds of oth- CAMP RAMADI, Iraq (AP) — The be in Afghanistan,’’ said Capt. John ers had to be relocated top U.S. Marine is checking on Roma, commander of a Marine Saturday after rioting troops in one war zone as he gets company that deployed to Iraq just inmates set their central ready to send more to the next. two weeks ago. It’s his second tour of Kentucky prison on fire. Gen. James Conway, comman- duty in Iraq; he has also fought in Flames shot into the air dant of the Marine Corps, visited Afghanistan. during the melee Friday Iraq this week before flying Saturday “But we still have a job to do here, night, seriously damaging to Afghanistan, where the United and we’re doing it to the best of our several buildings, and parts States is considering adding more ability.’’ of the medium-security troops. Many of the fresh-faced All troops will receive at least as Northpoint Training Center Marines who met Conway are serv- AP photo much time at home between continued to smolder nearly ing their first combat mission — and Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Conway talks about the fight in Afghanistan deployments as they spent in com- 24 hours later. already are looking forward to the and Iraq at the National Press Club in Washington, June 11. bat, meaning those currently in Iraq The 500 inmates who next battle. will not go to Afghanistan immedi- remained at the prison 30 They are part of a force that, asked for more,’’ Conway said. He later. Although the United States is ately. miles south of Lexington between the years in Iraq and predicted “more combat support in committed to pulling its combat Whether the U.S. should send were being compliant, said Afghanistan, could be fighting wars there.’’ forces from Iraq by the end of 2011, more troops to Afghanistan is part of Jennifer Brislin, spokes- for a generation. McChrystal is preparing a review military officials and experts believe a simmering debate in Washington woman for the Kentucky At a hot and dusty base outside of his war — and his needs for fight- the battle in Afghanistan easily could over how much money, and ulti- Justice and Public Safety Ramadi, the capital of Iraq’s Anbar ing it. He is expected to deliver that last for up to a decade longer. mately, time should be spent on the Cabinet. province, Conway made clear he review to the Pentagon by early That has required the Pentagon to war. A recent policy paper by the About 700 others were does not yet know whether Army September. Defense Secretary rethink how to prepare its forces.The Center for Strategic and being taken to other facilities Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the U.S. Robert Gates last week said the Army is recruiting 22,000 new sol- International Studies, a Washington across the state. In some and NATO commander in review will not address troop levels, diers and extending time at home for think tank, warned against short- cases that meant inmates Afghanistan, will add to the 68,000 but military officials privately believe troops returning from battle. The changing the war in Afghanistan. were double-bunking or American troops already scheduled McChrystal ultimately will ask for as Marines are making physical fitness “Adequate resources win in Iraq, sleeping in gyms or other to be there by the end of the year. But many as 20,000 additional soldiers. more rigorous for those headed into inadequate resources lose in secure buildings inside pris- Conway told the Marines he wants U.S. troops first invaded combat. Afghanistan: Late in one case, still ons. them to be ready. Afghanistan in 2001 after the Sept. 11 Marines being Marines — a force waiting in the other,’’the CSIS paper Officials would not say “I’ll be surprised if we don’t get terrorist attacks, and Iraq two years that prides itself on running from concluded. what caused the rioting, which injured eight staff members and eight prison- ers. None of the injured Probe: Private’s death reveals cruelty by soldiers staffers were hospitalized. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The evidence that the soldiers’ alleged reckless endangerment. Three of The military did not provide investigation into the death of a misconduct caused Wilhelm’s the four were also charged with their ages. U.S. soldier in Iraq revealed cruelty death, which remains under inves- making false official statements. Wilhelm was in the same unit as and maltreatment by other soldiers tigation. Wilhelm, 19, of Plymouth, Olson said the allegations against the others, located in Maysan who have been charged with treat- Ohio, died Aug. 4 in Maysan the soldiers include verbal abuse, province. ing soldiers in their platoon inap- province in southern Iraq, of physical punishment and ridicule Chatman, of West Covina, propriately, the U.S. military said injuries sustained from a noncom- toward soldiers within their pla- Calif., was charged with four Saturday. bat-related incident, the military toon. counts of cruelty and maltreat- The evidence of maltreatment said. The military identified the four ment, one count of making a false became clear during the investiga- CNN has reported that military soldiers facing charges as Sgt. statement and one count of reck- tion into the death of Pvt. Keiffer said the probe was a suicide inves- Enoch Chatman, Staff Sgt. Bob less endangerment. If convicted on Wilhelm, Multi-National Div- tigation. Clements, Sgt. Jarrett Taylor and all counts, he faces up to 10 years in ision-South spokesman Lt. Col. The military announced Friday Spc. Daniel Weber of B Troop, 2nd prison, a dishonorable discharge Kevin Olson wrote in an e-mail. that four soldiers had been charged Squadron, 13th Calvary Regiment and forfeiture of pay, the military Olson also said there is no direct with cruelty and maltreatment and from Fort Bliss, Texas. said.

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CASSIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER r INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER r PRIMARY CHILDREN’S MEDICAL CENTER LDS HOSPITAL r MCKAY-DEE HOSPITAL CENTER r UTAH VALLEY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER r DIXIE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Business 6 Sunday, August 23, 2009 OBITUARIES Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho Ralph Edgar Harper John George Kerbs Lucelia F. Merkley Ralph Edgar was a daily jogger HANSEN — John grandchildren. BUHL — Lucelia F. especially in music and the Harper of Twin Falls and went to the George Kerbs, 94, of George is survived Merkley, age 84, returned to Singing Mothers. She sang passed away on beach at every Hansen,passed away by his five children, Heavenly Father on with the Jerome Melodians Friday, Aug. 21, opportunity. He was Thursday, Aug. 20, Gene Kerbs of Salt Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009. for several years. 2009, at the age of the pitcher of a fast- 2009, in Twin Falls. Lake City, Lorraine Lucelia was born Aug. 15, Survivors include her 91, surrounded by pitch softball team George was born (Max) Bartlett of 1925, in Airpine, Ariz., the children, two sons, Gerald his family. for 15 years; his tro- March 12, 1915, to Hansen, Bill (Gai) daughter of Joel W.and Elsie and Donald Merkley, and six He is survived by phy cabinet over- Gottfried and Kerbs of Riverton, V. Owens Flake. She was daughters, Martha Barton, his wife, Edna; two flowed with the Katherina Kerbs in Utah, Linda (Darrell) raised in Snowflake, Ariz., Nancy Bowman, Helen children, Bob (Toni) Harper accomplishments of their Paul, Idaho. Living and Olsen of Boise and Marvin and it was there that she Newey, Linda Sharp, Joan and Susan Henderson; and team. Trips to nearby Sea farming while in Paul taught (Sandy) Kerbs of Meridian. graduated from high school. Heaton and Brenda Merkley; four grandchildren, Kiley, World and Disneyland were him how to work hard from He is also survived by 21 She received a scholarship 38 grandchildren and 54 Christopher, Joseph and annual events for the kids. the time he was young. grandchildren, 45 great- and attended Brigham great-grandchildren. Colter. Trailer vacations through George met and courted grandchildren and five Young University in Provo. The funeral will be con- Ralph was a Magic Valley the U.S., Canada or Mexico Norma Tilley. Many dates great-great-grandchildren It was on Nov. 17, 1944, ducted at 10 a.m. Tuesday, resident since 1976 and was for the family, as well as a were had in a Model A with a who loved him very dearly. that she married Emmett L. Aug. 25, at The Church of very active in local square hunting trip to Colorado in rumble seat.They married in He was preceded in death by Merkley in the Mesa Arizona Jesus Christ of Latter-day dance activities, camping the fall, with his hunting Burley on May 26, 1937, and his wife, his parents and 11 Temple. After their mar- Saints on Fair Street in and hunting. buddies, rounded out each were later sealed in the Idaho brothers and sisters. riage, the couple resided in Buhl. Interment will be in He was born in Guthrie, year. Falls Temple in November of The family invites friends Mesa and Yuma, Ariz., until West End Cemetery. Okla., on Aug. 7,1918, one of Ralph and Edna moved to 1954. He worked for and and family to greet them moving to Jerome, Idaho, in Visitation for family and six children. His family, like Jerome in 1976, where they retired from Consolidated from 6 until 8 p.m. Monday, 1968 and later to Buhl in friends will be from 5 to thousands of other “Okies,” built their home and began Freightways after 36 years. Aug. 24, at White Mortuary 1995. He preceded her in 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 24, at migrated from the “Dust square dancing. His retire- He served as finance clerk “Chapel by the Park.” death in 1996. Farmer Funeral Chapel and Bowl” of the early 1930s. ment was short as General in the 2nd Ward for many A graveside service will be Lucelia was an active one hour prior to the service They settled first in Globe, Dynamics invited him back years. They were caretakers held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. member of the LDS church, at the church. Ariz., but eventually made to supervise the final assem- of the Pinedell LDS Lodge 25, at Sunset Memorial Park, their way to Southern bly and test flights of F-16s and cabins in the South with Bishop Craig Giles of California. Ralph met his being produced in Europe Hills. He loved bowling, the Hansen Ward officiat- future bride, Edna, while for NATO. So Ralph and hunting, fishing and vaca- ing. Lois Elizabeth Carson putting himself through col- Edna moved to Amsterdam, tioning with his children and All are welcome. lege. Referred to as “The Holland, where they lived Lois E. Carson, 88, Coats, Cade Duke” by college football from 1977 through 1980. passed away Mitchell Carson, teammates, this nickname Sight-seeing all over Europe Tuesday, Aug. 4, Shea Lee Hilliard and would stick with him the rest on weekends and holidays, it Peter Patrick McLinn 2009, after a short Amber Rose Del Rio. of his life. He graduated with was one of the highlights of illness. She also has four an engineering degree in his life. After the program Pete (The and Kyle Christen- A graveside serv- great-grandchil- 1940. was completed, they Plumber) McLinn sen of Corvallis, ice for family mem- dren, Huntington, Ralph was hired by returned to Jerome and cast his last line here Ore.; daughters, bers and friends in Taylor, Beau and Consolidated Aircraft (later eventually moved to Twin on earth on Daphnie (Daniel) Twin Falls is planned Strat Coats. known as Convair, then Falls a few years later. Thursday, Aug. 20, Romero of for early October. After spending her early General Dynamics) in San He never met someone he 2009. Meridian, Idaho, Lois was born in Fairfield years raising her children, Diego, where he and Edna didn’t like and was always Pete was born on and Hannah (Bill) on Jan. 15, 1921, the daughter she worked at Idaho Frozen lived for the next 36 years, quick with a joke or two. His Oct. 18, 1948, in Alvord of Eugene, of Charles D. and Marietta Foods and retired from there raising two children. Ralph grandchildren were the Twin Falls, Idaho. Ore.; and 11 grand- Thornton. She graduated in 1986. was part of many notable “light of his life” and he He grew up in Twin Falls and children. He is also survived from high school in Fairfield. She was preceded in death aviation programs including never missed a school event entered the Navy, serving on by his mother,Dot McLinn of She married Leland M. by her husband, Leland. the PBY Catalina, B-24 or ball game if he could make a gunboat operating in the Twin Falls; sisters, Carleen Carson on May 12, 1940. Lois will be fondly Liberator,the Mercury Space it. gun turret during the Duncan of Twin Falls and They had three children, remembered as “friend, Program and the F-16 A memorial service will be Vietnam War. Upon return- Jeanna (Leon) Wright of Carma Jean Carson, Gaylen mother, mom, grandma, Falcon. He retired as a Final held at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug, ing from the war, he started Wyoming; brother, Mike Lee Carson and Marilynne grammy, gammy and Assembly and Test Flight 25, at Parke’s Magic Valley working in the family (Linda) McLinn of Twin Joy (Carson) Del Rio. Her granny” by her family and Supervisor in 1976. Funeral Home, 2551 plumbing business, Magic Falls; and longtime friend, children gave her four close friends. She will be San Diego offered many Kimberly Road E. in Twin Valley Plumbing.He married Mats Koto of Twin Falls; and grandchildren, Laurie Lee greatly missed by all of us. off-time activities; Ralph Falls. Jackie Powlus Smith in many fishing buddies. November 1970 and togeth- A celebration of Pete’s life er they had two sons. will be held at 10 a.m. For obituary rates and information, call 735-3266 Monday Pete and Julia were mar- Wednesday, Aug. 26, at through Saturday. Deadline is 3 p.m. for next-day publication. Gordon James Hopson ried on Feb. 3, 1990, in Las Parke’s Magic Valley Funeral The e-mail address for obituaries is [email protected]. Vegas and their lives were Home, 2551 Kimberly Road Death notices are a free service and can be placed until BLACKFOOT — quality improve- never the same. Pete made in Twin Falls, Idaho. 4 p.m. every day. To view or submit obituaries online, Gordon James ment and who had sure every day was full of life. Pete’s passion was fishing or to place a message in an individual online guestbook, Hopson was born in performed their In August 2002, Pete struck and his goal was to make sure go to www.magicvalley.com and click on “Obituaries.” Pocatello, Idaho, on duties in an exem- out on his own and started every kid had a fishing pole March 15, 1926, to plary manner.” He Pete’s Plumbing. Pete had a and knew how to use it. James Edward had a fine staff to zest for life unmatched by Memorials to Pete and his Hopson and Grace work with over the any others. passion may be mailed to the Ethel Musser years and made Pete is survived by his Magic Valley Fly Fishers, arke’s Hopson. He died many lasting wife, Julia; sons, Jon (Tracy) P.O. Box 1037, Twin Falls, ID P Wednesday morning, Aug. friendships. After 32 years McLinn of Sacramento, 83303. We are sure he is fish- MAGIC VALLEY 19, 2009, at his home in of service, Gordon retired in Calif., Shawn (Maria) ing for his record walleye Blackfoot, surrounded by 1988 as the supervisor and McLinn of Brawley, Calif., today. FUNERAL HOME his family. He was 83. office manager of the Gordon was raised as the Pocatello office of the State 208-735-0011 middle child, with two sis- Department of Environ- 2551 Kimberly Rd. ters, Elizabeth and Jean mental Quality (Region VI). Exie Kate Shafer Hopson. He grew up in That same year Gordon pur- Twin Falls, ID 83301 Pocatello and attended chased a small ranch in order CASTLEFORD — “ornery” but kind. schools in Pocatello and to continue raising purebred Exie Kate Shafer She and Harold Locally owned by later in Boise. The family registered Herefords under enjoyed life’s simple worked hard but Mike & Catherine Parke returned to Pocatello, Hopson and Sons, which pleasures: a family lived simply. where he attended Pocatello continues today. gathering in the Although Exie did- High School, graduating in Gordon was a dedicated backyard; a bowl of n’t travel often, she 1944. Gordon enlisted in and loving husband, father ice cream on a hot cherished the the United States Navy and and grandfather. He is sur- summer’s day; an memories of trips to was honorably discharged vived by his wife, Arta evening on the front Alaska, Oklahoma in 1946. He served in the Moyes Hopson of porch watching neighbors and Illinois for the rest of Pacific Theater during Blackfoot; children, Robert go by. her lifetime. Exie enjoyed World War II on the USS (Lydgia) Hopson of She died Friday, Aug. 21, spending time with sisters, Tucson and was docked in Blackfoot, Beth (Don) 2009, at the age of 87. grandchildren and great- RETIREMENT IS FOR Tokyo Bay during the sign- Larson of Pocatello and Born to Claude and Elsie grandchildren. ing of the cessation of the Tom (Tracy) Hopson of Shrum, Exie grew up in Exie was preceded in ENJOYING YOUR FAMILY, war with Japan. Maple Valley, Wash.; seven Arkansas during the Great death by her parents; her NOT DEPENDING ON THEM. In the fall of 1946, grandchildren, Casey Depression. The family later husband, Harold; her chil- Gordon attended the Nixon, Jared (Amanda) moved to Castleford, Idaho, dren, Carl and Blanche; her Long term care insurance can help protect you and your family. 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They were and Taden; his sister, Jean from Exie’s parents. For Johannsen of Burley; four know that health insurance, Medicare and Medicaid may engaged Jan. 24, 1947, and Monteiro of Grass Valley, several years, Exie was grandchildren, Dianne not cover all types of long term care. Together, we can married on Oct. 9, 1948, at Calif.; brother-in-law, employed by Green Giant, (Dario) Marques of Buhl, discuss how a long term care insurance policy may be the LDS 2nd Ward Church Cecil Hobdey of Gooding, where she formed several Carla (Shad) Miller of able to help protect your savings and provide support for in Jerome, Idaho. Their Idaho; and nieces and long-term friendships. In Jerome, Tim (Jen) Dunlop of your loved ones. marriage was solemnized in nephews. He was preceded her early years in Meridian and Michelle the Idaho Falls LDS Temple in death by his sister, Castleford, she participated Dunlop of Everett, Wash.; Call today for details on the costs, benefi ts, limitations on Feb. 28, 2008. Elizabeth Hobdey. in quilting and church six great-grandchildren; and exclusions of a long term care insurance policy. Gordon transferred to the The funeral will be held at groups. Until their deaths, niece, Rose (Rodney) Long term care insurance products are underwritten by State Department of Health 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 24, at Exie remained very close to Schmitt of Heyburn; and GENWORTH LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. and moved his family to the Hawker Funeral Home, her parents — often visiting nephew, Steve Bell of This is a solicitation of insurance for policy form series: 7042, 7042 Rev, Blackfoot in 1967,commut- 132 S. Shilling Ave. in them daily and tending to Spokane. 7044 7044 Rev, and 7048. 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