47 / 33 COMPETITIVE SPA/SALON/BOUTIQUE SPIRIT Twin Falls shop mixes it up for success, Business 1 Rain likely Bruins’ Harr is Times-News 2010-11 Boys Business 4 Basketball Player of the Year, SPORTS 1 SUNDAY $1.50 March 27, 2011 TIMES-NEWS Magicvalley.com PUBLIC SAFETY IN IDAHO IN FAMILY LIFE Future of a forgotten people LOCKING DOWN More than 300 Lhotshampas now live in Twin Falls. Times- ON DRUNKEN DRIVING News writer Melissa Davlin’s special reporting project will constant reminder of a past mis- tell you who they are and why Judges and advocates turn to technology take and, ideally, a barrier to they’re building new lives in in a push to prevent repeat offenses making it again. Our studies Idaho. Tool to stop a trend show license These ethnic Nepalis lived in By Bradley Guire and Eric Larsen drive again. That barrier is needed, some Bhutan but fled after the Times-News writers “It can be pretty stressful if it’s say — alcohol-related vehicle Bhutanese government’s at a bad time,”Daniels said of the accidents in Idaho declined suspensions Snow can be tricky, April random tests her ignition inter- slightly between 2005 and 2009, campaign of discrimination Daniels said.Busy roads,too. lock system subjects her to. but DUI arrests increased by aren’t enough.” and detainment. They sought But once the dashboard- “Once you get used to it, it’s not nearly 11 percent, according to refuge in Nepal and languished mounted machine in her car so bad. But sometimes it’s not the Idaho Transportation De- Christina Schorzman, local for years in refugee camps calls for proof that she’s sober, easy to hurry up and do it.” partment. MADD victim advocate during resettlement there’s no going back. It can’t be Daniels is a first-time driving In 2010, the Idaho Judiciary negotiations. bargained with or ignored, and it under the influence offender saw a 25 percent increase in DUI Top: April Daniels, 29, demonstrates won’t listen to reason. All it with an otherwise clean criminal filings from the prior year, as how to use an interlock device in her wants is a sample of her breath to record in Idaho. For her and oth- 12,686 new cases entered Idaho’s Now Davlin is headed for make sure the 29-year-old Twin er Idahoans who have been courts. vehicle Friday in Twin Falls. Daniels has Nepal’s camps, to meet more to keep the device for one year. Falls woman is making good on found guilty of DUI, court-or- refugee families who hope to See INTERLOCK, Main 3 (Photo by Drew Nash/Times-News) her promise not to drink and dered interlock devices provide a make the journey to Twin Falls. WINNER BY A NOSE Ranchers get 2012 PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS advice to be Nevada GOP aims to make proactive state pivotal By Cristina Silva NRCS offers $3 million in Idaho Associated Press writer for work to boost sage grouse LAS VEGAS — Nevada Repub- licans are gambling that they can By Karen Bossick turn this swing state best known Times-News correspondent for showgirls and cowboys into a major player in picking the party’s HAILEY — Magic and Wood River valley presidential nominee. ranchers could face the kind of “spotted owl” After Iowa and New Hampshire scenario that the logging industry in Oregon did get their turns, Nevada hopes to if the sage grouse is listed as an endangered draw all the GOP hopefuls to its species. caucuses — and do better than the But by employing conservation measures, ABOVE: Tiger flop of 2008 when party infight- they can avoid their grazing being shut down and Scouts watch the ing and inexperience with the may be able to keep the sage grouse from being end of a close race caucuses turned the contest into listed as endangered. an afterthought. What’s more, there’s money to help them do in a Pinewood Mitt Romney won three years what they need to do, ranchers learned Thursday Derby competition ago, thanks to the state’s signifi- night. at the Magic Valley cant number of Mormon voters “If you knew cattle prices were going to in- Mall Saturday in and the absence of many of his ri- crease or decrease by 25 percent next year, you’d Twin Falls. vals.Most GOP candidates skipped take steps to maximize your benefit or minimize Nevada to focus on South Carolina. your losses,” said Joe Hinson, a spokesman for In all, 74 cars were Nevada Republicans are deter- the Northwest Natural Resource Group. “This is mined to make the Feb. 18, 2012, the same kind of thing. Agencies are anticipating entered into this caucuses an event not to be the sage grouse being listed. We want to protect year’s Pinewood missed, and they’re already seeing sage grouse while protecting the local economy Derby. their share of likely candidates al- at the same time.” most a full year before the voting. See GROUSE, Main 2 Photos by DREW NASH/Times-News See NEVADA, Main 4 Bridge ..............Classifieds 9 Kids Only ........Family Life 6 Obituaries..........Opinion 5-7 Crossword ......Classifieds 3 Jumble ............Classifieds 2 Sudoku ............Classifieds 7 FEDERAL BUDGET TALKS FALTER Dear Abby........Classifieds 4 Movies ..................Opinion 5 Your Business Business 2-3 Odds of government shutdown rise, Opinion 4 Main 2 Sunday, March 27, 2011 MORNING MIX Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho IF YOU DO ONE THING TODAY Venture into Magic Valleys lively musical-theater scene by audi- Smartphone Nation: tioning for From the Heart Theater Group’s June production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Auditions are 2-4 p.m. at First Baptist Church, 910 Shoshone St. E. in Twin Falls. Fromthehearttheatergroup.org. The art of dangling conversation t’s 7 oclock on a Monday cant remember our genera- Google (which developed T.F.police looking morning,and my wife DON’T tion being so transfixed by the Droid) or Apple (father Iand I are sitting in our shiny,blinking objects as we of the iPhone.) living room drinking coffee. ASK ME are now.Our national motto Since the iPhone hit the Shes in the recliner with a used to be e pluribus unum. market in 2007,the number for would-be robber cat in her lap,reading the Steve Crump Now,it oughtta be “Hang on of texting-while-driving a sec.” traffic deaths has skyrocket- Times-News him, and the man left the newspaper on her Android I was sitting in a meeting ed.Apparently,you cant scene without money. smartphone. a flight attendant I met in a in a Boise office conference take your eyes off your Twin Falls police are The man is described as Minutes pass.Silence. tiki bar?” room a while back with a smartphone if your life de- looking for a would-be 50 to 60 years old, roughly “Ahem,”I say at last. “Unh-huh,.Can I have bunch of people my age. pends on it. robber stemming from an 6 feet tall and heavyset. He “Good morning,dear.” some more coffee?” This particular room had My wife’s Droid does have aborted Saturday after- was last seen wearing a red “Unh-huh,”she replies, And so it goes all across motion-activated lighting, some advantages for me, noon attempt. jacket, sunglasses and a never looking up. America.Conversation meaning that if its occu- though.Since shes not pay- At 1:40 p.m., police say a baseball cap. He left “Looks like a nice day.” cant compete with technol- pants dont move around the ing attention,I can let the man approached the teller Speedy Loan in a small, “Unh-huh.” ogy anymore. lights eventually go out. dogs up on the couch and at Speedy Loan, 430 Blue white SUV with tinted “Could rain though,I A farmer friend of mine When they finally did,like share Doritos with them. Lakes Blvd. N. He handed windows. guess,” recently acquired a Droid, clockwork,a dozen Droids And I have complete control the teller a note stating that If you have information “Unh-huh.” and that’s mostly what we came out of pockets and of the big-screen. he was armed, and that this to report on this case, call “I need to clean out the talk about these days. purses shining their new That wont last,though. was a robbery. the Twin Falls Police De- gutters again.” When I can get his atten- flashlight app. Im sure theres a TV remote The teller confronted partment at 734-4357. “Unh-huh.” tion. “Did you know that the I asked if his wife was go- Like the dinosaur that I app out there somewhere. moon is made entirely of ing let him take his smart- am,I still pack a low-tech cream cheese?” phone on the tractor. cellphone with a camera I Steve Crump is the “Unh-huh.” “No,”he replied.”But Ill dont even know how to use. Times-News Opinion edi- Couple killed in rollover “And that today Im do it anyway.” And Im not quite sure Im tor. Hear him Fridays at ready to sell my soul to 8:30 a.m on KLIX-1310 AM. Times-News cording to the Elmore Coun- gonna run off to Tahiti with As kids in a toy store,I ty Sheriff’s Office. When the A Utah couple was killed driver attempted to overcor- in a single vehicle crash rect,the car overturned. Saturday morning. The passengers, 66 and Huge Utah snowpack AROUND THE VALLEY Their Buick sedan was 68 years old, were both bound traffic will be shifted to headed west on Interstate 84 wearing seat belts.