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News JULY 10, 2012 EDITOR: KATIE ARDMORE | SCROLLNEWS@BYUI.EDU PAGE 9

Residents celebrate July 4th at parades

he 83rd Rexburg Fourtho July parade started at 10a.m. in Smith Park.

Te community gathered along Main Streetat S. Second West to cheer on the oats.

“I liked the old cars and tractors,”said Lynn Durrant, a senior studyingbusiness management. “Tey were really cool, bright red and green and blue.”

Te cars, which dated back to 1924,1947 and 1953, were driven by theirowners. Tese drivers were ollowed

by the Jeerson

County een Queen,the Idaho BallroomAcademy and adance routine by the Madison HighSchool cheerleaders.

Te Sons o Utah Pioneers and

Daughters o Utah Pioneers won theMayor’s Choice Award.

Te crowd cheered as a group o LDS missionaries walked on the street,stopping or a moment to have theirpicture taken.

“We love seeing the culture o Rexburg,” said Rachel Oberholzer, asenior studying English education. “It’sa dierent place, and you can tell romwhat’s included in the parade.”

Local businesses tossed ree samplesinto the crowd, and the Madison High

School cheerleaders handed out OtterPops.

“Fourth o July blows my socks o,”said yler Minetto, a junior studyingbusiness management. “Tere’s nothinglike an Otter Pop on a hot day.”

Te BYU-Idaho oat eatured a giant,

orange sun sporting black sunglasses.Te quote underneath said, “AnotherGreat Day at BYU-I.”

More students ollowed behind theoat, carrying an American ag.

“As long as I’ve been here in Idaho,I’ve come to the Fourth o July parade,and every year it gets better,” said aylorJensen, a senior studying humanities.“I love the sense o community at theparade. It’s nice to come together withpeople other than students. I heard they used to hand out chocolate milk. I think they should bring that back.”

Idaho Falls also held anIndependence Day parade with thetheme “Pride in Patriotism.”

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LEFT: BYU-Idaho students march alongside the school’s foat during the Rexburg July Fourth parade. TOP RIGHT: Craze Fun Zone employees, whoare dressed patriotically, ride their foat down the street. BOTTOM RIGHT: Residents ride a tractor carrying an American fag in the parade. This wasthe 83rd annual Independence Day parade.

Te parade went rom 9 to 11:30 a.m.Tere were 106 oats and over 150,000spectators.

Patty Lardone, o Seattle, ew intoIdaho Falls with her amily to meet upwith riends and spend the day together.

“We come to Idaho Falls every year, not just to see riends, but or theparade and the freworks; they’re thebest,” Laronde said.

Local businesses, high schoolbands, dance teams and youth groupsrepresented their organizations andshared their talents with their oats.

A group o girls rom Jill Searle’sSchool o Dance perormed a patrioticdance routine with American ag

potato sack skirts, making a tribute toIdaho.

Te designer took potato sacks, cutthem into skirts and painted Americanags onto them, in an attempt to addsome local culture to the celebration.

Mountain River Ranch, a western-themed diner and show restaurant had apretend showdown.

Many parade watchers said that thisyear was just as good as in the past andthat they enjoyed their experience.

“My avorite part o the Fourth o July is getting together with amily andriends and having the reedom to enjoy the day and our great country,” saidJackie Knutson, o Idaho Falls.

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DAYDemolition Derby

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Cars collide at city demolition derbyDrivers smashed into each other with

old, modied cars at the DemolitionDerby on July 7 at the Madison County Fairgrounds.

Tis event, which had a total o 21cars, was put on by Search and Rescue.

Six awards were given throughout thederby: best paint job, most aggressivedriver and rst through ourth place inthe overall driving.

“Tis is a big undraiser or Searchand Rescue,” said Robert Wylie, a Searchand Rescue volunteer.

Wylie said he and his wie have

been volunteers or eight or nine yearsand that there are about seven or eightpeople rom Madison County that volunteer or Search and Rescue.

One driver was a BYU-Idahostudent, Brock Go, a junior studyingpsychology.

“Te preparation or this is really time consuming. It takes hours,” Go said. “Luckily this car was already running. It’s not as quick as some o the

other cars, but it works.”o keep the derby sae, drivers

and passengers wear protective gear,including helmets.

“Tis is a pretty sae derby. We putpadding in the doors,” Go said. “[Beingin the derby] didn’t hurt at all.”

Beore the derby began, there wasa small competition or the crowd’savorite car based on their paint job.Dan Daniels, o Driggs, won thatcompetition.

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Next, the cars drove through themud to their positions next to the logsthat surrounded the arena so the carswouldn’t smash into the gates.

“Te best part is just the strategy,”Go said. “We were doing good until wegot stuck on the log.”

Bumpers caved in and the cars haddeep scratches along their sides. Engines

smoked as the cars pushed through the

mud at damaging speeds.“I like that it’s kind o insane. I didn’t

expect it to be like this,” said Mandy Abramson, a senior studying English.“I would denitely come back. I wouldbring my little brother along because hewould love it.”

During the third round, one carsmashed into another, and the engine

exploded, covering both cars in smoke.

Fireghters grabbed reextinguishers and went to help put outthe re. Te smoke cleared, revealingthat no one had been injured, and thecompetition continued.

Staci aylor, a senior studyingEnglish education, said she and herriends enjoyed the derby.

“It’s kind o un seeing cars crash and

no one getting hurt,” aylor said.

NEWS IN BRIEF

A Rexburg man was arrested orelony complaints o strangulationand unauthorized possession o 

rearms as well as a misdemeanor o battery, said Rexburg Police CaptainRandy Lewis.

Lewis said a 20-year-old womancame into the Rexburg PoliceDepartment on July 6 and reportedbeing beaten by her boyriend. He

allegedly slapped, strangled andthreatened her with a gun.

Police then chased her boyriend,Carlos Salinas, 35, to Idaho Fallsand then back to Rexburg. Ofcers

tracked him back to his apartmentwhere a tactical team orced him outby shooting pepper spray balls intohis apartment.

Salinas was detained by authorities and is being held in jailwith $200,000 bond.

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LEFT: Two participants in the Demolition Derby try to avoid being hit. TOP RIGHT: Jessie Sandoval, a resident of Idaho Falls, attempts to hit one of his opponents. BOTTOM RIGHT: Two cars collide during one of the last round of the derby. The Demolition Derby is an annual event in Madison

County but was the rst time it was held in Rexburg.

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Ex-convict arrested for battery

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County to collect hazardous wasteBRETT EVANSScroll Staff 

Madison County will collecthousehold hazardous waste fordisposal July 14 at the Madison County Fairgrounds.

e county’s Household Hazardous

Waste Collection Day will take place atthe west entrance of the fairgrounds.

e Idaho Department of Environmental Quality, the City of Rexburg and BYU-Idaho arecollaborating on the project.

According to a press releaseon Madison County’s Solid WasteDepartment website, these organizationspartnered to host a household hazardous

collection day to help residents safely and conveniently dispose of householdhazardous waste.

e press release also urged residentsnot to dispose of their householdhazardous waste in the garbage or to

dump it in the sewer or on the ground.e collection, which will go from 9

a.m. to 3 p.m., will give BYU-I studentsand other residents of Madison County an opportunity to safely disposeof hazardous materials that might

otherwise cause pollution or damage.“I think it’s an awesome idea,” said

Kevin Kopsa, a freshman studyingelectrical engineering. “I have someautomotive uids and an old battery from my truck that I didn’t know what to

do with. It’ll be nice to get all that takencare of before I go home for the summer.”

Hazardous materials accepted willinclude common household cleaners likebleach, detergent, products containingammonia, chemistry supplies, photodevelopment chemicals, uorescent lightsand batteries.

Some of the items that will not beaccepted are televisions, explosives,ammunition, latex paint and non-hazardous garbage.

e event’s date was chosen tocoincide with the time when many people move away from Rexburg.

“We’ve timed it so that students whoare leaving at the end of the semestercan dispose of their hazardous productsbefore they go,” said Maxine Berger

of the Madison County Solid WasteDepartment. “is is an easy way forthem to do it.”

A complete list of accepted andunaccepted materials is available atwww.co.madison.id.us.

Batteries are among acceptable items to bring to the Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day.This event will be held at the Madison County Fairgrounds on July 14.

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In the past weeks, re prevention

ocers at popular southeast Idaho

campsites south o the Snake River have

ound many unattended campres,

which can cause wild land res.

Tese res must then be extinguished

by employees. Most o the wildres this

year have been caused by people.

Wild res typically increase during

the summer months, due to dryer

grasses and stronger winds.

Wyoming, Colorado and Utah have

also been experiencing large wildres

within the past weeks.

Tere is no ocial “re season,” but

southeast Idaho typically has more res

during July and August.

Sarah Wheeler, the public aairs

ocer or the Bureau o Land

Management, said that this year’s re

HANNAH DAVIS

Scroll Staff season has started a bit early.

“Tis year it’s been starting relatively 

earlier,” Wheeler said. “We’re about our

to six weeks ahead o schedule.”

Although there tends to be an

increase in wildres during the summer

months, Wheeler said that the BLM

aces these problems year-round.

“It happens a lot throughout the

year in general,” Wheeler said. “A lot o 

people camp on national orest lands. It

becomes more dangerous when we get

into these higher temperatures, and with

the wind. It doesn’t take much or that

re to reignite i it’s not put out all the

way. When we have these temperatures

and wind, a re can take o very 

quickly.”

Wheeler said that there are more

wildre causes besides unattended

campres.

“Some causes have been shooting,”

Wheeler said. “I you are shooting and a

BLM addresses the causes of wildres

bullet ricochets, it can sometimes cause

sparks. Some have been vehicle use, or

example i someone gets a fat tire and

they keep driving down the road, sparks

might shoot o into the dry grass. When

you go o-roading using your AV or

 vehicle, be aware that the undercarriage

o the vehicles gets incredibly hot, which

starts a lot o res.”

Wheeler said that people who plan to

light campres should be aware o the

risks and dangers.

“It becomes more dangerouswhen we get into these highertemperatures, and with thewind. It doesn’t take much forthat re to reignited if it’s not

put out alll the way.”

SARAH WHEELER

BLM PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER

RIGBY - Construction on

U.S. 20 in Island Park started July 

9. Te project is scheduled or

completion in late August.

Crews will resurace eight

miles o U.S. 20 between Sheep

Falls Road and Pine Haven Drive

in Island Park. ravel will be

reduced to one lane, with faggers

directing trac through the work 

zone. Motorists can expect delays.

Drivers should watch or

construction workers and

equipment. Te transportation

department awarded the $4.4

million contract to Western

Construction Inc., o Boise.

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Island Park construction

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JULY 2-3Editor’s note: All information contained in this section is public record and is accessible to anyone through theRexburg Police Department.

• Malicious injury. Vehicle egged, causing the paint to come off.

• Numerous noise complaints on Relay for Life marathon. Music too loud.

• Alarm 1120 Stocks Avenue. Owner inBoise requested a door check.

• Various trafc complaints.

• Complaint of foul language at theCraze.

• Trespass. Complaints of kids on theroof College Ave. Deli.

• Complaint of skateboarders on BYU-I

football eld area.

• Firework complaints.

• Complaint of a subject throwing water balloons at The Pines Apartments.

• Operating a vehicle without a license. 

• Fraud. Victim credit card has beenaccessed seven times by unknown person. Victim noticed the fraudulent charges on the credit card.

• Theft. 1971 Honda Scooter stolen fromWoodshed Apartments’ parking lot.

• Fire. Kmart storage area on the southside of building. Fire was outside of building, crates and plastic plant holder were burnt. Some smoke damage and redamage to the outside of the building.

Cause of re is still under investigation.Fire department was able to put out there. No injuries were reported and noinformation has been released to indicatefoul play.

• Complaint of a 1-year-old and  a 2-year-old left unattended. Parentscontacted along with health and welfaredepartment.

• Two parking curfew violations.

• Complaint of a moose in the BYU-Ifootball eld. Moose headed to the south.

• Wallet theft.

• Broken 2–inch gas line. Seventh Southand South Fifth West.

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Crisis center advocates abuse awarenessTe Rexburg Family Crisis Center

held the rst Domestic Violence

Awareness Week July 2 to 7.

Volunteers handed out yers at

the Rexburg Fourth o July parade to

promote the event.

“Awareness week is really to

increase the communication between

the [Family Crisis] Center and the

community,” said Garrett Sherwood,

a senior studying political science.

“Tis week should help everyone

become more educated about domestic

 violence.”

Sherwood is one o a handul o the

students who worked this semester as

an intern at the Family Crisis Center at

16 E. Main St.

Te Family Crisis Center currently 

operates with government grants and

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The Family Crisis Center held the DomesticViolence Awareness Week July 2–7. The pur-pose of The Family Crisis Center is to provide asafe environment for families and to eliminateviolence.

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community donations.

Sherwood hopes the center will

become more sel-reliant.

“Generally speaking, students simply 

don’t know where we are and what we

stand or. Tat’s what we are trying to

get out this week,” Sherwood said.

Te majority o advertising is done

through social media, including a

highlight on the FCC’s Facebook page.

Sherwood wants the entire community 

to become a part o this eort but he

believes that more university students

will pay attention to advertising than

other age groups because o the nature

o Facebook.

Most o the clients at the Family 

Crisis Center are women.

One in every our women will

experience domestic violence in her

lietime, according to www.ncadv.org .

“For this reason, the presentations we

have are ofen times geared toward what

you can do as a riend to help someone

who is going through that (abuse),”

Sherwood said.

Sherwood will leave the center afer

this semester, but beore leaving he plans

to develop ideas or more workshops in

the uture.

“Students are always welcome to

come down and help out,” Sherwood

said. “Anyone that wants to volunteer

can come to the ood bank and do work 

there. ypically we can handle groups

anywhere between ve and 10.”

Te ood pantry is open weekdays

rom 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Main Street

building.

Tose who may not have the time

required or a project can also donate

to Second Helpings, the thrif store

partnering with the Family Crisis

Center. Community members can

donate ood, clothing and book.

“Generally speaking, studentssimply don’t know what westand for. That’s what we are

trying to get out this week.”

GARRETT SHERWOODSENIOR, POLITICAL SCIENCE