Saturday August 6, 2011 www.magicvalley.com 75¢ CSI Tries Second Shoemaker Ready to Step in as No. 1 Receiver S1 Site for Europe Crisis Revives ’08 Fears P4 Housing After a previous effort to build new apartments failed, the T.F. college is setting its sights on a 40-unit complex southwest of campus. BY BEN BOTKIN [email protected] The College of Southern Idaho has tentatively selected a patch of land southwest of its Twin Falls campus for a new student apartment project. The college plans to purchase 8.5 acres adjacent to the Sawtooth Surgery Center,which is at the inter- section of Falls Avenue and Wash- ington Street North. The currently undeveloped land is west and south of the surgery center. The college is waiting to see if the city signs off on its plan to build at that location be- fore buying the property. It’s the second effort CSI has made to build more student housing in re- cent months. The Twin Falls City Council in April rejected a proposal from the college that would have al- lowed student apartments to be built at a separate site east of campus. This potential project would put Please see CSI, M2 DREW NASH TIMESNEWS Twin Falls County Sheriff’s Staff Sgt. Matt Eden and his two daughters, Madison, 13, left, and Marina, 15, talk about drag racing at Power Plant Car Audio and Accessories Friday in Twin Falls. The three will be out in Gooding today for the Beat the Heat fundraiser. UPDATE Think You Can Outrun a Cop? Windmill Fundraiser at drag strip near Gooding will pit area Fire geant with the Twin Falls County and racing in Gooding, while a speedsters’ times against a suped-up sheriff’s car today. Sheriff’s Office, got area law en- 1991 Camaro B4C will be on dis- forcement agencies and business- play at Power Plant Car Audio and BY BRADLEY GUIRE proving in a way that pigs can fly. es involved starting in 2002. He is Accessories in Twin Falls for a Continues [email protected] Today in Gooding, the modified a racing enthusiast who became stereo competition. The Camaro car will be on display and in action enthralled with dragsters as a is a rebuilt Idaho State Police pur- The paint job on the hood of the at the Beat the Heat event at High high-schooler. suit vehicle that was totaled years 1982 Mazda RX7 is an example of Desert Speedway near Gooding. “I’m a car builder,”he said. ago, bought by the county and to Burn what Matt Eden calls “cop hu- According to the event’s web- Area automotive businesses used as a D.A.R.E. car. It is still mor.” site, Beat the Heat began in Flori- contributed their time and re- used for traffic patrols, as it is The visage of Porky Pig in mid- da in 1984, and police nationwide sources to modify two county cars street legal. TIMESNEWS flight, complete with an ACME use it as a tool to educate drivers for the event. In addition to demonstrations rocket strapped to his back, about the dangers of racing on A 1982 Mazda RX-7 will be at and racing, Eden and his teenage After a fierce night of lightning adorns the modified dragster, public roads. Eden, a staff ser- the drag strip for demonstration Please see SPEEDWAY, M2 storms, U.S. Bureau of Land Man- agement fire crews spent all day Fri- day working to contain and control wildfires throughout the area. The BLM crews, along with those from other agencies and fire districts, IF YOU DO ONE THING responded to eight wildfires on Fri- BLM to Draft Travel Plan for Land in Blaine Co. TODAY . day,among 16 fires that were report- ed to have ignited the night before. The largest fire, the Windmill Fire, TIMESNEWS what limits on recreational Creeped Out: was located four miles southwest of and commercial travel will be Take Part Senior and Community Get creeped Bliss and started up around 8 p.m. on The U.S. Bureau of Land Man- placed on the public land. This Center, 129 W. Willow out at the Thursday. agement will begin drafting a will determine all other forms The BLM will take public Ave. Herrett Cen- According to the BLM, it burned plan to guide how people can of motorized and non-motor- comment on the travel Aug. 30: 5:308:30 p.m., ter for Arts 17,400 acres of public and private traverse a vast swath of public ized access to these areas, as plan at these meetings: Carey, BLM Carey Fire and Science’s land by Friday evening. Aside from land north of Idaho Highway well. Aug. 22: 4:307:30 p.m., Guard Station. Creepy about 30 power poles lost to the fire, 20 in Blaine County. The BLM has designated 30 Hailey, Community If you can’t make the Crawly Day, no structural damage was reported. The area’s Travel Manage- route systems on 11.6 million Campus Room 301302, meetings, you can 1-5 p.m., fea- No containment time had been set ment Plan will cover 240,000 acres in Idaho. Similar plans 1050 Fox Acres Road. email comments to turing the for the fire yet, though 75 percent of acres, with the western are currently underway for Aug. 24: 4:307:30 p.m., North_Highway20_Tra reptiles that it was contained. By the evening, boundary marked by Chimney three other areas in Idaho. Twin Falls, LaQuinta [email protected], fax live at the about 120 people were engaged in Creek, and Craters of the Public meetings will begin Hotel, 539 Pole Line 7327317 or mail BLM Herrett. Free battling the blaze. Moon National Monument this month for those who wish Road. Shoshone Field Office, admission. The Windmill Fire is burning close and Preserve and Fish Creek to submit comments on the Aug. 29: 4:307:30 p.m., 400 W. F St., Shoshone, 732-6655 or to the location a fire that was given lining the eastern boundary. planning process for Blaine Fairfield, Camas County ID 83352. csi.edu/her- the same name last year when it The plan will designate County. burned southwest of Bliss in rett. mid-July. Other fires included: Double A: Covering 8,500 acres Creativity at southwest of Shoshone, it was still unchecked Friday evening. The BLM Any Age characterized it as fairly active, with DIY Aircraft: nine engines, three dozers, one heli- copter, three single-engine air A Passion for tankers and one heavy air tanker THE among the resources committed. Building the FORECAST Some power lines and livestock are in the area threatened. Art that Flys Deadhorse: At 4,000 acres north of Gooding, with no containment es- Page P1. timate set. The response included two engines, one hand crew and High 91° more aerial resources. Low 58° Sailor Creek: Fully contained and controlled, crews were departing this fire west of Roseworth, which was Hot and Sunny. revised in size to 1,721 acres. Details on page S4. Lava Rock: Three engines and a helicopter are working to halt this THE 200-acre fire north of Shoshone. No INDEX containment time is estimated yet. Bridge C7 Highway 93: This fire is fully con- Comics M5 DREW NASH TIMESNEWS tained and controlled. It measured Markets P4 Mary Ann Gilmore works with colored pencils on her first art project taught by 200 acres in total. Crossword C4 Karen Fothergill, not shown, during Adult Creativity Class held at the Twin Falls Dear Abby C7 Brown’s Bench: This fire started Center for the Arts Tuesday afternoon in Twin Falls. Jumble C9 at about 2:20 p.m. on Friday. It was Obituaries M7 estimated at 175 acres and response Opinion M8 included engines and air support, Ebooks Open Sudoku C8 with no containment time set. New Chapter. P1. River Road: This fire reached 16 Judge Puts Idaho Disabled Care Switch on acres before it was contained, with full control expected on Friday Hold Page M4. evening. Main 2 • Saturday, August 6, 2011 5TH DISTRICT COURT NEWS Speedway If You Go Beat CASSIA days suspended, two days COUNTY credited; probation viola- Police: Robber Took Continued from the front page the Heat tion (misdemeanor), daughters, Marina and Where: High Desert FELONY SENTENCING guilty. Madison, visit schools, Speedway, 4 miles west of Miguel Gabriel Mar- Dustin Vern Staker; driv- service groups and other Gooding tinez; burglary (felony), ing under the influence, Money for Gas, Family community clubs to talk When: Gates open at dismissed on motion of $300 fine, $282.50 costs, about racing cars safely. 9 a.m. today prosecutor; grand theft 90 days driver’s license BY LAURIE your money?” and Both his girls compete in Cost: $25 entry fee for (felony), $975.50 costs, 10 suspended, 12 months WELCH pulled a gun, ac- junior dragster divisions, racers, $8 for spectators years probation, 15 days probation, 90 days jail, 88 [email protected] cording to the com- where the speeds dont What: The general pub- jail, three years prison de- days suspended, one day plaint. The suspect break major highway speed lic is invited to race terminate time, seven credited. BURLEY • The Bur- then told the clerk limits. marked police cars. The years indeterminate time, Shawn Lindsey Mc- ley teen accused of to go inside, fol- Eden said the results of competition is time- 30 days credited, peniten- Dougall; driving under robbing the Unit 54 lowed her in and the education campaign based, not head-to-head.