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H&F 12 PLAN BEFORE MONEY >>> Congress wants Obama to have plan in place for Gitmo detainees, H&F 4 MONDAY 75 CENTS May 25, 2009 MagicValley.com Health and Welfare AWAITING ORDERS told to stop posting inspection reports agency directors, CMS Feds say state Survey and Certification Group Director Thomas E. was violating law Hamilton reiterated the process for releasing facility By Nate Poppino surveys under the Freedom Times-News writer of Information Act — requiring requests in writ- Among its other tasks, the ing, and allowing the docu- Idaho Department of Health ments to be released as long and Welfare inspects the as nothing identifies indi- state’s nursing homes, hos- vidual patients and staff and pitals and other entities on pursuant to certain timelines behalf of the federal govern- and review. ment. On Friday, CMS regional Since 2006, Health and spokeswoman Stephanie Welfare has posted its Magill said those specifica- inspection reports on its tions have also led Medicare Web site for public review. to restrict posting the sur- But those postings have veys and correction plans to stopped after the federal the Internet. Some states — Centers for Medicare and including Idaho — regularly Medicaid Services warned posted the documents, while Idaho it was violating federal others didn’t. Now all states law. are consistent, she said. In an April 30 memoran- Photos by ASHLEY SMITH/Times-News dum to all state survey See REPORTS, Main 2 U.S. Army Reserve Maj. Whitney Miley talks with a fellow soldier before a ceremony in April at the Moore Hall U.S. Army Reserve Center in Salt Lake City. Miley, who was deployed to Iraq for a year in 2005, is preparing for her second deployment which will be as a training officer at Fort Bliss, Texas. Twin Falls County has Twin Falls special education teacher headed for duty new Safe House but By Ben Botkin The Army could send her old one sits vacant Times-News writer to Iraq, where she did a tour of duty in 2005 and 2006.Or By Jared S. Hopkins county fewer kids because Whitney Miley is heading Miley could end up staying Times-News writer there aren’t as many coming from a Twin Falls classroom stateside and help train sol- into care — generally a new to full-time duty as a soldier. diers for duty in the Middle Nearly six months ago, phenomenon. A major in the Army East. Either way, she’ll be Twin Falls County opened a The number of Idaho kids Reserve, Miley is being sent away for about a year. Army Reserve Maj. Whitney Miley interacts with her class last week second Safe House for trou- needing foster care increased to Fort Bliss, Texas, after “I will definitely, definite- at Vera C. O’Leary Junior High School. Miley is being mobilized and bled kids without parents. annually beginning in 2002 school ends this year to ly miss the students,” she Now it’s the only Safe but has declined since 2007. will go to Fort Bliss, Texas, later this week; from there she could head await further orders. That said. “That’s one thing I’ll House. Furthermore, the daily means she’ll be leaving her miss about work.” to Iraq. Despite signs of a growing number of kids statewide in job as a special education As for her Army job, that’s been trained in military from the classroom, Miley need for more space — the foster care declined. In seventh-grade teacher at one she’s fond of, too. Miley intelligence and field drills with the 3-360th state directed a grant to help south-central Idaho last Vera C. O’Leary Junior High has been in the Army artillery. build the house — state and year, there were around 280 School until she returns. Reserve for 19 years and has On her weekends away See TEACHER, Main 2 county officials now say to 300 kids in foster care there are fewer kids sent for daily, a number that’s care. dropped to around 245. As a result, the new Safe Overall, there are fewer child House on Rose Street in protection referrals. Memorial Day roll call honors 148,000 veterans Twin Falls assumed primary “This is what you want,” By Gillian Flaccus Fuller, Addison. Fuller, But they are not taken the pre-dawn hours thick responsibilities while the Shanahan said.“You want to Associated Press writer Mary. Furlong, John. alone. They are taken with mosquitoes. original building on Sixth place your kids with fami- The story of America together — 148,000 names, Some time on Memorial Avenue North remains lies.” RIVERSIDE, Calif. — could be told through these representing the entire vet- Day, they will read the last vacant. Twin Falls County Abts, Richard. Adamski, names, tales of bravery and eran population of Riverside name on the 2,465th page. Idaho Department of Commissioner Kramer Walter. Ahlman, Enoch. hesitation, of dreams National Cemetery, a roll Some read for their coun- Health and Welfare echoed that sentiment. The names are whisked achieved or deferred and of call of the dead read aloud try. spokesman Tom Shanahan away by the hot, gusting battles won and lost. over 10 days by more than Others read for a father said the state is sending the See HOUSE, Main 2 wind as soon as they are Taken alone, they are just 300 volunteers. lost in battle or a beloved spoken, forgotten in the words, identities stripped of They read in pairs, rotat- son cut down in his prime. stream of the next name and place and time, stripped of ing through 15-minute And one man reads for no Magicvalley.com the next name and the next rank and deeds and mean- shifts in the beating sun, in READ Capitol Confidential, a political blog by name. ing. the chilly desert night and in See ROLL CALL, Main 2 reporter Jared S. Hopkins. Princess pedestal: How many girls are on one? By Martha Irvine Morris would choose for her eld- would-be reigning ones, just a lit- of passage for many girls. Associated Press writer est daughter. tle. Morris knows, of course, that She doesn’t want to stop her 6- That’s especially true in tough some parents think such worries CHICAGO — All the pink, frilly year-old from being who she is. economic times, when more par- are ridiculous. and sparkly — from the princess But as princess fever has reached a ents are focusing on messages of “But what happens when our dresses to the four-foot-high new high with this generation of frugality and humility that, they daughters get to adulthood and pink castle in the playroom — girls, she and other parents are say,just don’t fit with the princess isn’t necessarily what Caroline feeling the urge to rein in the mentality that has become a rite See PRINCESSES, Main 2 Comics........................H&F 5 Horoscope ................H&F 11 Opinion ................Main 9-10 Crossword..................H&F 8 Movies......................Main 10 Sudoku ......................H&F 7 ATLANTIS LANDS Dear Abby..................H&F 11 Obituaries ................Main 11 To do for you ..............H&F 2 IN CALIFORNIA H&F 4 Partners in Learning Buy a book or two and help a great cause! Wednesday, May 27th A portion of all proceeds will benefi t The Times-News’ Newspapers in 9:00a.m. - 10:00p.m. Education program and The Twin Falls Public Library Foundation. MORNINGMORNINGMain 2 Monday, May 25, 2009 BRIEFINGBRIEF- TN Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho Pat’s Picks TODAY’S HAPPENINGS Three things to do today FESTIVALS AND ditional, 12-step spiritual pro- speaker Rev. Loveless, chaplain bring seating, 934-4887. Pat Marcantonio BAZAARS gram open to all faiths, issues at Minidoka Memorial Hospital; Memorial Day American War and addictions, 6 p.m., west and music by Snake River Flats, Mothers monument ceremony, Memorial Day is observed adventure, head to Conclusion of 12th annual Sun conference room, Minidoka 11 a.m., Pine Chapel, Paul 2 p.m., Pleasant View Cemetery, around the valley. Massacre Rocks State Park Valley Wellness Festival, Memorial Hospital, Rupert, no Cemetery, 438-2122 or 438- 1645 E. 16th St., Burley, 431- • The American War along the Snake River. “Harmony in the Midst of cost, 431-3741. 5193. 3428 or 678-3428. Mothers monument cere- There are trails, camping Transition,”with presentations Memorial Day Service, held by mony is at 2 p.m. at the sites and a visitors center. and workshops on body, mind, SEASONAL EVENTS local American Legion and To have an event listed, please Pleasant View Cemetery, Stop by Register Rock, spirit and environmental well- Veterans of Foreign Wars Posts submit the name of the event, a 1645 E. 16th St., Burley. where Oregon Trail travel- ness, Sun Valley Resort, $75 sin- Memorial Day celebration, host- of Gooding with guest speaker brief description, time, place, • The American Legion ers inscribed their names. gle-day pass, sunvalleywell- ed by American Legion Post 7, American Legion National cost and contact number to and Veterans of Foreign It’s about 90 miles from ness.org. guest speaker Twin Falls County Executive Committeeman for Suzanne Browne by e-mail at Wars Posts of Gooding will Twin Falls on Interstate 86. prosecutor Grant Loebs, 11 a.m., Idaho Morris Bentley; music [email protected]; by also hold an observation There’s a $4 per car day-use HEALTH AND Rock Creek Veterans Memorial directed by Russ Gerhardt, fax, 734-5538; or by mail, with guest speaker fee.