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55 / 43 DECLO, OAKLEY LOOK TO TITLE GAMES ‘MUSIC MAKERS’ Globe-trotting BYU Ambassadors plan Sports Burley visit. Increasing clouds. 1, 8 Entertainment 1 Businesss 8 SURVEY SAYS >>> High use potential for proposed Buhl Boys and Girls Club,BUSINESS 4 AFNYDAYRIDAY 75 CENTS NovemberAnydate, 20, 2009 2009 MagicValley.com Nuclear plant plans progress set to hear public testimony its comprehensive plan is regarding a comprehensive- used to facilitate growth, not Elmore County to draft comprehensive-plan changes plan change proposed by obstruct it,”AEHI CEO Don AEHI for a possible reactor Gillispie stated. By Nate Poppino evening to begin amending according to a release sent hearing on the amendment. there. The vote came after the Times-News writer the county comprehensive out by county Growth and County commissioners will AEHI applauded the Elmore P&Z reviewed a staff plan and remove conflicts Development Director Alan make the final decision on Elmore P&Z decision in its report on conflicts between The gears are ever-so- with the rezoning applica- Christy. any changes. own press release, noting AEHI’s rezone request and slightly moving again on a tion for the nuclear plant, to Workshops to draft an The decision keeps the that it will continue to pro- the current comprehensive proposal to build a 1,600- be developed by Alternate amendment are tentatively proposed plant in play in a ceed with both plant pro- plan — including language megawatt nuclear power Energy Holdings Inc. scheduled for 6:30 p.m. county AEHI officials posals. limiting heavy-industrial plant near Hammett. That vote now launches a both Dec. 9 and Jan. 13 at the recently said wasn’t moving “We welcome Wednes- zones to an area along Simco Elmore County’s Planning series of workshop sessions American Legion Hall in fast enough for them. On day’s vote as a favorable sign Road. No public testimony and Zoning Commission focused on plan changes, Mountain Home. P&Z will Thursday evening, in fact, that Elmore County is com- voted 4-3 Wednesday followed by public hearings, then hold at least one public Payette County’s P&Z was mitted to making sure that See NUKE, Main 2 Judge to Location, location, location rule in Shelley patient Fredrickson stands on some of the abuse case 160 acres she and her hus- By Andrea Jackson band, Glenn, Times-News writer own near Bliss, where the city David Knutsen is the victim of an is proposing to overly broad law, and an indictment charging him with sexual abuse of a vul- build a new nerable adult patient at St. Luke’s wastewater Canyon View Behavioral Health should lagoon 200 be dismissed, according to his lawyer. feet from her Judge G. Richard Bevan heard three house. motions from Knutsen’s attorney, Mike Wood, on Thursday in Twin Falls. Wood wants Bevan to dismiss Magicvalley the indictment WATCH against Knutsen, excerpts suppress testimo- from the ny in the case and court ASHLEY SMITH/ deem the charges hearing. Times-News against him unconstitutional. After a three-hour hearing Thursday on Wood’s motions, Bevan said he would write a decision “in due course.” County residents slam Bliss wastewater plan Meanwhile, the 29-year-old Knutsen, a convicted sex offender, faces trial on Jan. By Nate Poppino The plastic-lined lagoons, Critics of the plan generally land under a long-term lease.He 30, 2010. He was indicted March 25 for Times-News writer designed to meet state stan- fall in two categories: Faulkner’s said the site is full of sinkholes four counts of sexual abuse of a vulnerable dards, would be placed on land immediate neighbors are con- that would lead to holes in the Voters found it a fantastic just southeast of Bliss near the cerned about their property val- liner.It’s also within 500 feet of a See KNUTSEN, Main 2 idea. Snake River Canyon rim, cur- ues and other side effects of liv- massive landslide that carried For nearly $7 million — paid rently owned by Gooding ing next to the waste lagoons, 100 acres of land into the Snake for largely through loans and County Commission Chairman while residents in the canyon River in 1993. Core tests ordered grants from the federal stimulus Tom Faulkner. along River Road worry leaks in by the town largely tested spots act — the roughly 250 residents “I just think it’s good for the the liner will poison the springs outside of the lagoon perimeter of Bliss will receive an upgraded city of Bliss,”said Faulkner, who they use for drinking water, and avoided rocky ground to wastewater system and can stop has owned the land for three aquaculture and other purposes. make the data look good, he relying on septic tanks and small years. “That’s why I’ve been Some, such as Bernard Saul, alleged. ponds. supportive of it.” are upset enough that they’re Glenn and Shelley But the planned location for J-U-B Engineers and Region filing a tort claim against the Frederickson own land on two the town’s new wastewater IV Development are helping the city, county and anyone else sides of Faulkner’s and have lagoons — which lies outside town through the process, while they could think of. Saul told the already decided to move due to Bliss city limits — has angered a U.S. Department of Agriculture Times-News this week that the worries about possible odor and MEAGAN THOMPSON/Times-News number of Gooding County res- Rural Development, the Idaho claim will allow residents to other issues from the lagoons. David Knutsen appears Thursday in a Twin Falls idents, leading to a tort claim Department of Environmental pursue court actions later on Shelley Frederickson alleged courtroom. Knutsen, a convicted sex offender, is and increased public scrutiny of Quality and U.S. Army Corps of should the plan go forward. Bliss officials even threatened to charged with sexual abuse of a vulnerable adult an environmental study of the Engineers are overseeing the Saul’s home sits 200 feet from stemming from an alleged incident at St. Luke’s project. environmental review. the site and he used to farm the See BLISS, Main 2 Canyon View Behavioral Health in Twin Falls. Commissioners back Deputy credited with saving fire-district grant life of stranded accident victim By Laurie Welch morning it was hard to tell how Times-News writer long the gold Toyota Camry had By Nate Poppino Magicvalley.com been there and just what had hap- Times-News writer BURLEY — A Cassia County pened to its driver. WATCH Commissioner sheriff’s deputy’s honed intuition Ralph E. Stine, 79, had been on a Tom Mikesell talk about Residents of eastern Twin Falls and concern saved the life of a trip to see family in Washington Thursday’s vote. County may be closer to getting a Virginia man stranded for and was driving from his home in new fire station after county 15 hours in frigid weather, the Windsor, Va., only 10 days after commissioners agreed Thursday Department of Commerce. man’s family said. having heart surgery, when he lost to sponsor a block-grant applica- If secured, it would cover Cassia County Senior control of the car, which went over tion. $500,000 of a $2.4 million fire Patrolman Eric Nebeker was sent a cement barrier and landed on its Though it seemed in doubt at station in Kimberly. The rules LAURIE WELCH/Times-News to the scene of a single-vehicle top, 30 feet down a ravine. this time last week, the Rock require the county to apply on the Cassia County Sheriff’s Senior rollover that happened at “He could have gotten a ride Creek Rural Fire Protection district’s behalf. Patrolman Eric Nebeker is credited by 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 6 in a remote with someone — we just didn’t District should be able to meet a But one county commissioner, stretch of Interstate 84 near mile- the family of Ralph Stine with saving DEPUTY deadline today to apply for the See GRANT, Main 2 post 254. When he arrived the next See , Main 2 grant through the Idaho Stine’s life after he crashed Nov. 6. 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