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Obama salutes promised end of U.S. combat in IraqBy Julie Pace and Jennifer LovenAssociated Press writers

ATLANTA — Nearing amilestone in the long anddivisive Iraq war, PresidentBarack Obama on Mondayhailed this month’s plannedwithdrawal of all U.S. com-bat troops — “as promisedand on schedule” — as amajor success despite deepdoubts about the Iraqis’ability to police and governtheir country.

Portraying the end ofAmerica’s combat role in the7-year war as a personal

promise kept, Obama saidIraq will have 90,000 fewerU.S. troops by Septemberthan when he took office — asteady homeward flow hecalled “a season of home-comings.” But there couldstill be more fighting involv-ing U.S. forces.

“The hard truth is we havenot seen the end ofAmerican sacrifice in Iraq,”the president said in aspeech to the national con-vention of the DisabledAmerican Veterans. “Butmake no mistake, our com-mitment in Iraq is changing

— from a military effort ledby our troops to a civilianeffort led by our diplomats.”

A transitional force of50,000 troops will remain,down from the peak of170,000 in 2007. Their mis-sion will be to train andadvise Iraqi security forces,protect U.S. civilians, man-age the chain of supplies andequipment out of Iraq andconduct counterterrorism

operations.Those soldiers and

Marines will remain inharm’s way and will be likelyto engage at times in someform of fighting. Iraqi com-manders will be able to askthe U.S. for front-line help.

Col. Tim Marsano,spokesman for the IdahoNational Guard, saidObama’s reaffirmation ofthe withdrawal won’t affect

the mission of the 116thCavalry Brigade CombatTeam’s mission when itarrives in Iraq later this year.

“It does not mean a thing,”Marsano said. “We werefully expecting this draw-down and we know what rolewe will play.”

The guardsmen who willhead to Iraq, includingalmost 200 from the MagicValley, will take a supportrole once there, Army offi-cers said at a presentationSunday. Those from theTwin Falls area will operate adistinguished visitors’ cen-

ter and those from Goodingand Mountain Home willmostly work convoy securi-ty. All will work base securi-ty and VIP security details,according to the officers.

Marsano did not sayexactly what the withdrawalmeans for safety in the area,but said the soldiers aregoing there with “eyes wideopen.”

“I don’t think anyonewould ever say Iraq is a safeplace,” he said. “Our soldiersare not going there under

“We were fully expecting this drawdown andwe know what role we will play.”

— Col. Tim Marsano, spokesman for the Idaho National Guard

Allred: Cut Idaho gas tax by 3 cents per gallonThe Associated Press

BOISE — Democraticgubernatorial candidateKeith Allred aims to cutIdaho’s gas tax by 3 centsand says Gov. C.L. “Butch”Otter’s push to raise moremoney for roads is misguid-ed.

Allred, a Twin Falls native,would cut the tax to 22 centsper gallon, from 25 cents pergallon now, to save drivers$19.2 million annually.

He’d boost fees paid by

heavy trucks by an equalamount to make up the dif-ference.

“Idaho families can’tafford to subsidize the heavytrucking industry in timeslike these,” Allred said in awritten release.

His plan comes after anew study, commissionedby the state, showing heavytrucks are underpaying forupkeep of Idaho highwaysand bridges, while passen-ger vehicle owners are over-paying.

The study concludes thatcars are overpaying by8 percent, while heavytrucks that do more damageunderpay by 14 percent,according to one scenario.In another scenario, the dis-crepancy is wider, with carsoverpaying by 26 percentand trucks underpaying by27 percent.

The study was completedby consultants fromRichland, Wash.-basedBattelle for a 15-membertask force assembled by

Otter to investigate how toraise money for Idaho roads.It follows a battle in the2009 Legislature, whenOtter failed to convincelawmakers to boost regis-tration fees and the gas tax.

Allred says restoring edu-cation funding and keepingtaxes low, not boosting cashavailable for Idaho roads,should be the priority.

Otter, a Republican, andAllred will square off inNovember’s general elec-tion.

See IRAQ, Main 2

DREW GODLESKI/Times-News

OlsenBeal Construction workers crank down an I-beam clamp while installing the first of 21 girders for abridge over the Rock Creek Canyon, as part of the Idaho Transportation Department’s Twin FallsAlternate Route project Monday east of Twin Falls. After wind prevented the work last week, crews wereable to move ahead with the bridge installation that is part of the $26.6 million federally funded project.

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Accused killer back in Twin Falls By Bradley GuireTimes-News writer

Accused killer Thomas Trevino Jr. isnow in local custody.

Trevino, who allegedly fatally shot24-year-old Jill Gelever last month,returned to Twin Falls over the week-end after being extradited from MesaCounty, Colo. Charged with first-degree murder, he made his firstappearance in 5th District Court onMonday.

The Twin Falls County Sheriff’sOffice’s arrest report shows thatTrevino, 30, of Twin Falls, was takeninto custody at the county jail at 11:44p.m. Saturday.

The state appointed a public

defender for Trevino, who is heldwithout bond. He is scheduled for apreliminary hearing in front ofMagistrate Judge Roger Harris on Aug.16.

Trevino is accused of fatally shoot-ing Gelever at the Comfort Inn &Suites in Twin Falls on July 5.

Responding officers with the TwinFalls Police Department reported rec-ognizing Trevino from a prior arrestand hotel surveillance camera footage.Police believed they had caughtTrevino at his mother’s house on ThirdAvenue later that day and surroundedthe dwelling with a SWAT force, wholaunched numerous tear-gas canistersinside. However, Trevino wasn’tfound inside the house.

Trevino turned up in Colorado twodays later, where he was picked up bylaw enforcement agents in MesaCounty. A week later, he signed awayhis right to fight extradition to Idaho.While he awaited his transfer, Geleverdied July 15, succumbing to a gunshotwound to her head.

Twin Falls County Prosecutor GrantLoebs filed to amend an originalcharge of aggravated assault to first-degree murder, which required a newextradition hearing — one Trevinodidn’t fight either.

Members of Trevino’s familyclaimed Trevino and Gelever had livedin the room for a few weeks prior to theshooting. Gelever’s family hasdeclined comment.

SPANNING THE GAP Fewer Idahoschools meetNo ChildmandatesBy Ben BotkinTimes-News writer

Sixty-two percent ofIdaho schools reached therequired standard this yearfor adequate yearly progresson reading and math tests, asmandated by the federal NoChild Left Behind Act.

That’s down from 2009,when 66 percent of publicschools made AYP on theirtests. Superintendent ofPublic Instruction Tom Lunapointed to higher standardsfor the tests compared to lastyear, stressing the progressthat has been made in recentyears.

In 2007, for example, just26 percent of schools madeAYP.

“I am proud of the greatprogress we have made inraising student achievementover the past three years,”Luna said in a statement.“While we celebrate oursuccesses today, I recognizewe still have a long way togo.”

Behind the overall per-centages, there are highpoints. In Twin Falls SchoolDistrict, for example, nineschools met AYP, includingall elementary schools andTwin Falls High School forthe first time.

Superintendent WileyDobbs said a combination of

Second-graderIsabelle Yepizanswers aquestion aboutmath Mondayin CathyAdams’ classat PerrineElementarySchool in TwinFalls.

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Educators,experts seekgrowth-basedassessmentsin NCLBBy Ben BotkinTimes-News writer

For public schools, it’s amixed blessing.

On one hand, the feder-al No Child Left BehindAct has forced schoolsacross the nation to focuson all groups of strugglingstudents, like minorities,those with English lan-guage challenges and theimpoverished. But the law,

passed by Congress in2001, also draws plenty ofcriticism and has prompt-ed a nationwide move toreform the system thatholds public schoolsaccountable.

One pitfall is that stan-dardized tests under theact fail to measure thegrowth that an individualstudent makes across the

Analysis

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student makes across theschool year, educators andeducation-policy expertssaid. Instead, the outcomeof the Idaho StandardsAchievement Test (ISAT) isbased only on whetherenough students scoredhigh enough on math andreading assessments.

For example, if a studentis three grade levels behindhis class and advances twogrades to become only onegrade behind, the growthcounts for nothing.Instead, the failing testscore counts against theschool without accountingfor the student’s growth.

In education circles,those driving public policy,including Superintendentof Public Instruction TomLuna, believe that studentgrowth should count forsomething. Luna’s on a taskforce with the Council ofChief State School Officersthat recently proposed agrowth model for tests in

its recommendations toCongress for reauthorizingNCLB.

“His thought is, we haveto give schools and teachersand those students creditfor the progress they makein a given school year,” saidMelissa McGrath, spokes-woman for Luna.

“It’s a mixed record,”Jack Jennings, director ofthe Washington, D.C.-based Center on EducationPolicy, said of the law. “Itcertainly has broughtmuch-needed attention toimproving education and toimproving poor perform-ance schools, and it has puta spotlight on groups ofstudents who haven’t donewell. … It’s a pretty bluntinstrument in terms of try-ing to measure the progressbeing made in education.”

Area superintendents saythey’d prefer a growth-based model for tests.

“I think number one,what you’ll see right fromdistrict to district, schoolto school, and state to statewould be kind of a unitedcry to move toward a

growth model as opposedto a proficiency model,”said Wiley Dobbs, superin-tendent of the Twin FallsSchool District.

The ultimate goal forNCLB is for all students tohave grade-level math andreading skills by 2014.

“We see with the num-bers that is clearly unrealis-tic,” said Paul Manna, afederal education-policyexpert with the College ofWilliam and Mary inWilliamsburg, Va. “Itclearly hasn’t been met.”

President BarackObama’s administration inMarch released a blueprintit intends to follow whenworking with Congress toreauthorize the law. Thedocument includes meas-uring student growth.

A reauthorization could

take place within the nextyear, though that remainsuncertain with electionsahead.

Stan Olson, a retiredsuperintendent from theBoise School District run-ning for Luna’s office, saidit’s crucial to avoid makingtest results the sole meas-ure of a school’s academ-ics.

In a statement, U.S. Rep.Mike Simpson, R-Idaho,said he has heard fromfrustrated constituentsabout the mandates andsaid the success of the lawwill need to be balancedwith issues that havecaused undue hardships onstudents and educators.

Ben Botkin may bereached at bbotkin@mag-icvalley.com or 735-3238.

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strong reading programs, an advisoryperiod for high school students andefforts to align the curriculum withstandards helped the school districtimprove from having five schools meetAYP last year.

“We’ve been doing many things forseveral years that are paying off,” hesaid.

In Minidoka County SchoolDistrict, three of eight schools madeAYP. But another three have beenaccepted by the state for “new schoolstatus.” That gives the schools —Minico High School and East Minicoand West Minico middle schools — achance to start fresh, with a new time-line for meeting the requirements anda plan to follow for improvements.

Superintendent Scott Rogers saidthat with 41 categories to meet, aschool can miss its AYP goals even ifmeeting 40 of them. He said that testscores show growth, even if the cate-gories were missed.

“Just because a school doesn’t meet

AYP doesn’t mean it’s not an excellentschool,” Rogers said, adding that it’simportant for schools to always focuson improving, regardless of whetherthey meet AYP.

In Gooding School District, allschools made AYP for the first yearever.

“We’ve undergone a lot of changesin the last couple of years,” saidSuperintendent Heather Williams.

There’s a stronger focus on usingdata and having teachers that arehighly qualified under federal guide-lines, with more training andadvanced education, Williams said.She added that the district is focusedon closing the achievement gapsamong different groups of students.

“We’ve really worked a lot on ourculture and our focus that all kids canlearn,” she said.

Wendell School District had its high

school and middle school make AYP,but its elementary school missed onecategory: reading for limited-Englishproficient students.

In that category, the district had84.5 percent of its students score highenough, just short of the 85.6 percentneeded to make AYP, saidSuperintendent Greg Lowe.

It’s also an illustration of how thehigher standards have affected makingAYP.

Last year, just 78 percent of studentsneeded to score at grade level for read-ing, a standard that Wendell SchoolDistrict easily would have passed thisyear.

Dietrich School District also metAYP in all categories. For a small ruralschool, it’s easier to focus on individ-ual students, said SuperintendentNeal Hollingshead.

“The key is just zeroing in on indi-vidual student instruction and pro-viding them with the things thatthey’re missing,” he said.

Ben Botkin may be reached atbbotkin@magicvalley.com or 735-3238.

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C L A R I F I CAT I O N

Somebodyshould havefound gold atCity of RocksWW

hat’s yourfavorite buried-treasure-at-

City of Rocks story? Hereare the tales I know about.Give me a call or e-mail meif you’ve heard others.

11.. Near the headwaters ofthe Raft River in the AlbionMountains, a lone banditstuck up a stagecoach carry-ing $150,000 in gold andfled. A posse was organizedin Strevell and tracked theoutlaw to City of Rocks. Therobber was captured andlater sent to jail, but he stoodup under — gosh, how to putthis? — intense pressurefrom agents of the insurancecompany that indemnifiedthe treasure.

This highwayman latertold his cellie, a cattle rustlerthrown into the samehoosegow, that he plannedto dig up the gold after he’ddone his time. Darned if hedidn’t come down withtuberculosis and die.

Everybody assumed —although nobody was actu-ally told by the desperado —that the loot was hiddensomewhere in City of Rocks.Folks are still looking for it.

22.. A variation on theabove, only with two rob-bers.

33.. In 1863, Ed Long and hispartner waylaid a stagecoachladen with $100,000 in golddust in Portneuf Canyonsouth of what’s nowPocatello.

They headed for the localrobber’s roost of choice —City of Rocks — planning tocache the gold and then pre-tend they were California-bound immigrants if the lawshowed up.

But the posse wasn’tfooled. Ed threw down hissix-shooter, but his partneropened fire and the lawmenkilled Ed instead.

The partner was woundedin the firefight and captured,but wouldn’t say a thingabout where the gold dustwent. Turned out he waswanted in Texas, so territori-al authorities sent him to theLone Star state where hedied — taking his secret withhim.

44.. In his book “IdahoOutlaw Tales,” RandyStapilus tells the story of aconfederation of Boise-areaoutlaws who stuck up astagecoach carrying$86,000 at Ross Fork Creeknear Fort Hall in 1865. Five ofthe seven passengers werekilled, but the driver — whosurvived — recognized AdaCounty Sheriff DavidUpdyke among the outlaws.

Neither the robbers northe gold — again, stronglysuspected to have been hid-den in City of Rocks — wereever seen again, but Updykewas eventually driven fromoffice and hanged by vigi-lantes.

55.. In 1878, a stage boundfor Boise was robbed nearGoose Creek in CassiaCounty and $90,000 to$200,000 was liberated.Trouble is, that much goldbullion is heavy, and thestrongboxes had to bedragged behind the fleeingbrigands.

That left an easy trail forthe posse, and as in the 1863story, there was a shootoutduring which one bandit waskilled and another captured.He wasn’t talking, but for132 years people have beensearching for booty aroundTreasure Rock in City ofRocks.

66.. About $100,000 wastaken in a holdup nearOakley. The outlaws fled intoa box canyon and were allkilled. No sign of the gold.

Can you top these tales?

Steve Crump is theTimes-News Opinion edi-tor.

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Alleged rapist’s employer unclearThe taxi cab company rape suspect Raymond B. King

drove for in January was unclear in a Saturday Times-News article. King drove for King Allen Taxi of Twin Falls.

If it’s quirky, poignant or funnyand it happens in south-cen-tral Idaho, I want to hearabout it.

Call me at 735-3223, or writescrump@magicvalley.com.

DO TELL

By Bradley GuireTimes-News writer

A Twin Falls man died ofhead trauma after fallingfrom a moving vehicle overthe weekend.

Tyler L. Williams fell outof the bed of a pickup truckFriday night on Rock CreekRoad, about a half-milesouth of the DiamondfieldJack campground in CassiaCounty.

Cassia County SheriffRandy Kidd said his officewas notified of Williams’death Saturday. Kidd saidWilliams was approximate-ly 21, born in 1988.

According to the accident

report, Williams was stand-ing up in the front of the bednear the driver’s side of thecab. The truck lost tractionand fishtailed on a patch ofgravel, causing Williams tofall. Two other individualswere in the bed at the time.

Deputies from Twin Fallsand Cassia countiesresponded to the call around9:45 p.m. and called for anair ambulance, which trans-ported Williams to a Boisehospital.

According to a coroner’sreport, Williams’ blood-alcohol content was .13 afterthe crash. Kidd said that theaccident remains underreview.

Teens chargedwith weapons theft

Two teens are in custodyat the Twin Falls County Jailfor allegedly stealing multi-ple firearms with the intentto sell them.

Kristoffer Dean Moreno,18, of Twin Falls, and SeanMichael Griffith, 19, of Filer,were charged with burglaryand appeared in 5th DistrictCourt on Monday. The duotold Twin Falls County sher-iff’s deputies that they brokeinto a residence south of theTwin Falls airport July 25 andstole an estimated 11firearms, ammunition andaccessories, according to a

police report.The firearms were taken to

Moreno’s residence in TwinFalls, and Griffith said theyintended to sell the weapons.

On July 29, Griffith wasarrested for possession ofstolen property afterattempting to sell a riflescope taken during the bur-glary. Moreno then toldpolice that he disposed ofthe remaining weapons andgear in the Snake Riverbecause of this develop-ment.

Both are slated for Aug. 16preliminary hearings.

Griffith is held on $10,000bond, while Moreno is heldon $2,500 bond.

T.F. man dies after falling out of truck

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any illusions.”Obama said at his speech

that “violence in Iraq con-tinues to be near the lowestit’s been in years,” but figuresreleased by Iraqi authoritiesover the weekend — dis-missed by the U.S. militaryas too high — showed July tobe the deadliest month forIraqis in more than twoyears.

All American troops are toleave Iraq by the end of nextyear, as mandated under anagreement negotiated beforeObama took office, betweenthe Iraqis and PresidentGeorge W. Bush.

Obama’s speech Mondaywas the first of many, withappearances plannedthroughout the month bythe president, Vice PresidentJoe Biden and other admin-istration officials. Theschedule reflects a White

House eager, with pivotalcongressional electionsapproaching, for achieve-ments to tout, especially inareas with the emotionalsignificance of the Iraq war.

Obama’s campaign pledgeto oversee a speedy conclu-sion to the U.S. fighting wasthe promise that mostdefined his presidentialcampaign, and it broughthim significant support.

While running for theWhite House, he said hewould remove one or twobrigades a month from Iraqto achieve an end to combatoperations within 16 monthsof taking office. Instead,shortly after becoming pres-ident, Obama settled on aslower plan: to remove allcombat troops within 19months, and not at the paceof one brigade per month buton a more backloadedtimetable.

Those were concessionsto the military that disap-pointed Obama’s anti-war

base of support.Obama’s celebratory rhet-

oric on Monday brushedpast some of the more grimrealities in today’s Iraq.

Leaders there remain at apolitical impasse that hasprevented the formation of anew government for thenearly five months sinceparliamentary elections didnot produce a clear winner.

In a reminder of Iraq’sfragility, two bombings and adrive-by shooting killedeight people there Mondayjust hours before Obamaspoke.

With such attacksremaining a daily occur-rence, especially in Baghdad,questions persist about thereadiness of Iraqi securityforces to take over for theAmericans and hold backinsurgents.

Frustration over the polit-ical deadlock has come ontop of widespread Iraqianger over the government’sfailure to improve basicservices such as electricityand drinking water.

Nick Coltrain contributedto this report.

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Francis Drake Hoogland, 20,Buhl; petit theft, released, pub-lic defender appointed, pretrialSept. 14.

Anthony Steven McEwen, 21,Twin Falls; grand theft by pos-session of stolen property,$5,000 bond, public defenderappointed, preliminary Aug. 16.

Jamie Mendoza, 28, Ogden,Utah; possession of parepher-nalia, released, public defenderappointed, pretrial Sept. 14.

Angel Valdez-Soto, 21, Caldwell;leaving the scene of an acci-dent, resisting/obstructing offi-cers, $5,000 bond, publicdefender appointed, pretrialSept. 14.

Paul Eugene Williams, 59, TwinFalls; aggravated battery,$10,000 bond, public defenderappointed, preliminary Aug. 16.

Oscar Raul Ramirez, 32, TwinFalls; providing false informa-tion, $100 bond, pretrial Sept.14.

Kristoffer Dean Moreno, 18, TwinFalls; burglary, $2,500 bond,public defender appointed, pre-liminary Aug. 16.

Sean Michael Griffith, 19, Filer;burglary, $10,000 bond, publicdefender appointed, prelimi-nary Aug. 16.

Antonio Carlos Zavala, 18, TwinFalls; sexual abuse of a childunder 16, $10,000 bond, publicdefender appointed, prelimi-nary Aug. 16.

Thomas Trevino Jr., 30, TwinFalls; murder, appearance, pub-lic defender appointed, prelimi-nary Aug. 16.

Daniel Otis Marsh, 30, Fort Hall;domestic violence, $75,000bond, public defender appoint-ed, preliminary Aug. 16.

Dawne Leiran Dalzell, 45, TwinFalls; two counts of battery ona police officer, appearance,private counsel, preliminaryAug. 16.

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Jerome Co. decides on jail-ballot language

By Amy HuddlestonTimes-News writers

JEROME — The JeromeCounty commissioners haveset the ballot language for afall bond vote on a newcounty jail, which in the endwould require $18.57 millionfrom taxpayers’ pockets.

The commission finalizedthe wording in a resolutionpassed Monday, in prepara-tion for the Nov. 2 generalelection.

The ballot will read:

“Shall the Board ofCommissioners of JeromeCounty, Idaho, be author-ized to issue and sell the gen-eral obligation bonds of thecounty in a principal amountnot to exceed $13,000,000 topay the cost of acquisitionand construction of a jailfacility and costs incidentalthereto, said bonds tomature over a period whichmay be less than but whichshall not exceed twenty-five(25) years and to be payableas to both principal and

interest from the proceedson taxes to be levied upon alltaxable property in thecounty, all as more fully pro-vided in resolution No.2010-16, adopted on 8-2,2010?”

The commission reachedthe $13 million figure lastweek after months ofresearch and weekly meet-ings. The new jail would beable to house 165 inmatesand include office space forthe county sheriff’s office.

The interest rate for theproposed bonds is set at 3percent, although the coun-ty’s bond counsel suggestedlisting the range as 2 to4 percent on Monday.

With interest, taxpayers

would have to repay an esti-mated $18.57 million overthe life of the bonds.Commissioners haven’tofficially set the length of thebonds; they’ll discuss thatthroughout this week,Commission ChairwomanCathy Roemer said.

If the bond passes inNovember, the county willbegin the process of hiring acontractor and buying prop-erty for the judicial facilities.County commissioners esti-mate that the project willtake three years to complete.

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Bond repayment estimatedat nearly $18.6 million

T.F. council ponders next year’s spendingBy Nick ColtrainTimes-News writer

From sports jerseys todowntown parking, theTwin Falls City Councilquestioned a gamut of pro-posed spending in the pro-posed 2011 city budget.

It’s not over either — nextMonday, the council willtake its third look at thebudget as it builds up to anAug. 23 public hearing on itsspending for the next fiscalyear, which starts inOctober.

The seven members of the

council didn’t reach anyconclusions regardingspending for the year,instead asking questions ofcity staff about specific lineitems. City Manager TomCourtney almost invitedthem to do so in his openingstatements.

“Maybe there are someservices we provide thataren’t critical and maybe canbe privatized,” he said.“Those are the types ofthings we want to maybelook at.”

Councilman Will Kezelestarted the questions with a

broad one: If the city needsto cut, which services are atthe top of the choppingblock?

Courtney’s answer: Thecity won’t come to that.There is an almost $1.5 mil-lion surplus designed tocushion any possibledecreases in revenue, or forthe council to spend as itsees fit.

“I resist going (into cuts)without a need becausethere are too many things wedo that are necessary,”Courtney said. “I think bar-ring some major shortfall in

revenue, (the surplus) provesan opportunity for the coun-cil to move forward on itspriorities.”

Councilman Lance Clowbrought up two areas wherethat money may be spent:pay raises for city employeesand repairing the charredAuger Falls area.

“If we wait until nextyear’s budget, it’s probablytoo late to do anything,”Clow said of Auger Fallsrevitalization.

“It’s a short-term disasterthat may end up a good thingif we can reseed it with

something natural to thearea.”

Courtney said the city isworking with the Bureau ofLand Management, whichhas employees who special-ize in land restoration.

Council members askedcity staff to bring moreinformation on some itemsfor further discussion. Twosuch requests concernednew engineering positionsand the renewed debate onwhat the city should doabout operating parking lotsand parking meters indowntown.

Expenditures: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$45.16 millionSurplus: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1.44 millionCompared to last year: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Spends $3 million lessDownload the city’s 129-page budget athttp://www.tfid.org/departments/fin

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By Bill DraperAssociated Press writer

KANSAS CITY, Mo. —The latest form of identitytheft doesn’t depend onstealing your SocialSecurity number. Nowthieves are targeting yourkid’s number long beforethe little one even has abank account.

Hundreds of onlinebusinesses are using com-puters to find dormantSocial Security numbers —usually those assigned tochildren who don’t usethem — then selling thosenumbers under anothername to help people estab-lish phony credit and runup huge debts they willnever pay off.

Authorities say thescheme could pose a newthreat to the nation’s creditsystem. Because the num-bers exist in a legal grayarea, federal investigatorshave not figured out a wayto prosecute the peopleinvolved.

“If people are obtainingenough credit by fraud,we’re back to anotherfinancial collapse,’’ saidLinda Marshall, an assis-tant U.S. attorney inKansas City. “We tend totalk about it as the nextwave.’’

The sellers get aroundthe law by not referring toSocial Security numbers.Instead, just as someonemight pay for an escortservice instead of a prosti-tute, they refer to CPNs —for credit profile, creditprotection or credit privacynumbers.

Julia Jensen,an FBI agentin Kansas City, discoveredthe scheme while investi-gating a mortgage-fraudcase.She has given presen-tations to lenders acrossthe Kansas City area toshow them how easy it is tocreate a false credit scoreusing these numbers.

“The back door is wideopen,’’ she said. “We’retrying to get lenders tounderstand the risks.’’

It’s not clear how wide-spread the fraud is, mostlybecause the scheme is dif-ficult to detect and prac-ticed by fly-by-night busi-nesses.

But the deception isemerging as millions ofAmericans watch theircredit scores sink to newlows. Figures from Aprilshow that 25.5 percent ofconsumers — nearly 43.4million people — now havea credit score of 599 orbelow, marking them aspoor risks for lenders. Theywill have trouble gettingcredit cards, auto loans ormortgages under thetighter lending standardsbanks now use.

The scheme works likethis:

Online companies usecomputers and publiclyavailable information tofind random SocialSecurity numbers. Thenumbers are run throughpublic databases to deter-mine whether anyone isusing them to obtain cred-it. If not, they are offeredfor sale for a few hundred to

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Cash-strapped Labrador moves HQ

By Jessie L. BonnerAssociated Press writer

BOISE — U.S. House hopeful RaulLabrador’s cash-strapped campaignhas moved to downtown Boise to con-serve resources, setting up a new head-quarters outside the congressional dis-trict he wants to represent.

The penny-saving move under-scores Labrador’s difficulty infundraising compared to hisDemocratic rival, U.S. Rep. WaltMinnick, who has more than $1 millionon hand and holds a 16 to 1 cash advan-tage.

Labrador, a two-term Republicanstate lawmaker, opened his campaignheadquarters in Eagle in June, a monthafter he upset decorated Iraq veteranVaughn Ward to clinch the Idaho pri-

mary in late May.Labrador is now

challenging Minnick forIdaho’s 1stCongressional Districtseat, though his newcampaign home at theGOP Victory office indowntown Boise is inIdaho’s 2nd

Congressional District.The boundary dividing the districts

cuts through the western half ofIdaho’s capital city, which is the state’smost populous and has long providedoffice space for its top elected officials.

In a statement to The AssociatedPress, Labrador’s campaign said theywill have an office in the 1stCongressional District “when Raul iselected to U.S. Congress.”

Minnick’s campaign is headquar-tered in western Boise and shares satel-lite offices in Canyon and Kootenaicounties. His congressional office isbased in Meridian, with additionaloffices in Canyon County, Lewistonand Coeur d’Alene.

Labrador’s camp says the downtown

Boise office will allow them to work as ateam with other Republican candi-dates. The campaign reported about$68,700 in cash on hand in mid-Julyand Labrador was in Washington, D.C.on a fundraising trip last week. The tripincluded a breakfast hosted byRepublicans in Idaho’s congressionaldelegation Thursday.

Between 20 and 25 people came tothe event at The Capitol Hill Club,Labrador said.

“It went really well,” Labrador said.“It was a pretty good amount, but wewon’t know for several weeks.”

It wasn’t clear if everybody paid the$500 to $2,500 asking price for a plate.

That’s because a fundraising con-sultant for U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo, asponsor of the event, sent out a last-minute press release entitled “urgentrequest from senator mike crapo!!!”

The request said the breakfast was“technically a fundraiser, but if youcould swing by just to meet him, wewould be most appreciative. This is aseat we can pick up and we are gratefulfor your willingness to consider con-tributing.”

Fire burns at Boise’sMicron campus

BOISE — A fire burned throughthe heating and cooling system ina building on the MicronTechnology Inc. campus nearBoise, sending billows of blacksmoke into the clear blue morningsky.

The blaze at the semiconduc-tor and solar-panel maker wasreported early Monday morning,just after 7 a.m.

It took firefighters from Boiseabout a half an hour to put out thefire, which broke out in a buildingthat helps support the company’sdevelopment of solar panels.

Micron says that there were noinjuries and that the companydoesn’t expect any disruptions toits ongoing businesses.

Officials said they were shut-ting down electricity to the site, toeliminate the potential for prob-lems to spread to high-voltagelines in the area.

Some evacuations of Micronworkers were done as a precau-tion; the cause of the fire is underinvestigation.

Boise man arrestedon mayhem charge

BOISE — A 30-year-old Boiseman has been charged with felonymayhem after police say he bit offanother man’s nose during afight.

Boise police say they werecalled to John Olele’s home lateSunday night for an injury fight,and when they arrived they founda man with most of his nose miss-ing.

The man, who also lived at thehome but who is not related toOlele, was taken to a local hospi-tal. Officers searched the yard butwere unable to find the man’snose.

Olele was arrested that eveningand was formally charged in AdaCounty’s 4th District Court onMonday. If convicted, Olele facesup to 14 years in prison.

Police arrest manthey say stolewoman’s panties

BOISE — A 37-year-old Boiseman has been arrested with a pairof panties in his fanny pack, alongwith other items police say hestole from an apartment.

Jason Sherrill is now in AdaCounty Jail facing burglary andgrand theft charges.

A woman called police dis-patchers in Idaho’s capital onSunday afternoon, telling themshe’d seen a man leaving herapartment.

She and three other witnessesgave police a description of theman.

Sherrill was arrested a shorttime later. When he let officerslook inside his fanny pack, policesay they found $50 bill, a red cellphone and women’s underwear,all items that were reportedstolen.

Court records show thatSherrill has been convicted ofnumerous offenses in the past,including indecent exposure anddrug offenses.

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By Rebecca NappiSpokesman-Review

SANDPOINT — About50 trains chug throughSandpoint each day, nightand day.

Almost all carry cargograin, windmill turbines,airplane fuselages, evenBarnum and Bailey circuselephants.

Near midnight, and thenagain at 2:32 a.m., Amtrak’s“Empire Builder” drops andcollects passengers;Sandpoint boasts the onlyAmtrak stop in Idaho.

“Railfans” from through-out the world travel toSandpoint to train-watchand photograph trains roar-ing across the bridge overLake Penned Aureole. It’s amagnificent meeting ofwater, mountain andmachine.

Sandpoint traces its vitalbeginning to the railroads,and the railroads might beone key to its economicfuture especially if agingbaby boomers journey therein great numbers in searchof trains.

Marianne Love, Sandpointwriter and sage, grew up on afarm close to the railroadtracks. In 1996, she wrote adefinitive article onSandpoint’s train history forSandpoint Magazine.

“I don’t think we’d have atown if we didn’t havetrains,” she said in a recentinterview over breakfast atthe Hoot Owl, a busy cafepopular with locals.

The Northern Pacific’scompletion of its line in1883 connected the fledg-

ling town to the worldbeyond. In 1892, the GreatNorthern Railroad com-pleted its line, too, bringingstation agents L.D. and EllaFarming to town.

“They ran the depot onthe west side of Sandpoint,”Love said of the marriedcouple. “Ella told stories ofriding her pony through thewoods to get to the railroadstation. She kept a pistoldue to the scary peoplealong the way.”

L.D. laid out the townplat. The trains birthed thelogging industry. Loggersmoved to Sandpoint andgrew their families there.

By the early 1970s, pas-senger trains were trans-portation’s gray ladies,replaced by “elegant” air-plane travel. But cargo traf-fic has never ceased throughSandpoint, nor has resi-dents love-hate relation-ship with trains.

Kathy Huber, boardchairman of the GreaterSandpoint Chamber ofCommerce, lives in EastHope near Sandpoint. Sheloves train whistles, butseveral years ago, a new-comer to her neighborhooddid not.

The neighbor wrote therailroad, and according toHuber, “She said, ‘Can youplease stop blowing thetrain whistle?’ They said,‘Sure, but that means clos-ing the road.’”

The whistles won.Four buses arrived near

railroad tracks just outsideSandpoint at 8:30 a.m. onerecent Friday, filled with250 men and women

attending the NorthernPacific Railway HistoricalAssociation annual con-vention held in Spokanethis year.

They stepped off thebuses and onto three pas-senger train cars out of thepast, including a 1950sdome car. BNSF Railwayowns the vintage cars andoffered convention-goers aday ride to Paradise, Mont.,in conjunction withMontana Rail Link.

Waiting to photographthe train were severalSandpoint-area railfans,including Aric Spence, whois leading an initiative tosave the National Registerof Historic Places traindepot along Sand Creek.The station is locked down,rundown, in danger of atear-down.

The Sand Creek Byway, amassive Sandpoint areahighway project, squeezesthe depot on one side. Onthe other side sits theupscale Seasons atSandpoint condo resort,where the least expensiveunit goes for $409,000.

“I am concerned aboutSandpoint’s history gettinglost,” said Spence. “Thedepot is the only gothicstyle depot in all of Idaho.It’s quite an asset for thetown.”

The depot’s fate is uncer-tain, but Sandpoint willcertainly continue to attractrailfans because it’s afamous rail “funnel.”

What’s a funnel? Loveexplained: “The site whereeast-west railways in thenorthern states converge.”

Labrador

Rail enthusiasts flock toSandpoint to watch trains

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come from young childrenwho have no money of theirown, they carry no spendinghistory and offer a chance toopen a new, unblemished lineof credit. People who buy thenumbers can then quicklybuild their credit rating in aprocess called “piggyback-ing,’’ which involves linkingto someone else’s credit file.

Many of the business sell-ing the numbers promise toraise customers’ credit scoresto 700 or 800 within sixmonths.

If they default on their pay-ments, and the credit is with-drawn, the same people cansimply buy another numberand start the process again,causing a steep spiral of debtthat could conceivably go onfor years before creditors dis-cover the fraud.

Jensen compared the busi-nesses that sell the numbersto drug dealers.

“There’s good stuff andbad stuff,’’ she said. “Badstuff is a dead person’s SocialSecurity number. High-quality is buying a numberthe service has checked tomake sure no one else is usingit.’’

Credit bureaus can quicklyidentify applications that usenumbers taken from deadpeople by consulting theSocial SecurityAdministration’s deathindex.

Social Security numbersfollow a logical pattern thatincludes a person’s age andwhere he or she lived whenthe number was issued.Because the system is some-what predictable, sellers canmake educated guesses andfind unused numbers usingtrial and error.

A “clean’’CPN is a numberthat has been validated as anactive Social Security numberand is not on file with thecredit bureaus.

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Afghan war entersa decisive phaseBy Robert H. ReidAssociated Press writer

KABUL, Afghanistan —With U.S. troop strengthapproaching 100,000, theAfghan war is entering itsdecisive phase. Withoutmeasurable progress in thecoming months, politicalsupport for the conflict maycollapse.

Back-to-back months ofrecord U.S. military deathtolls — 60 in June and 66 inJuly — shocked manyAmericans, even though thePentagon had been warningof higher casualties thissummer as the U.S. and itsallies push into longtimeTaliban strongholds aroundKandahar city and in thesouthern province ofHelmand.

The campaign is aimed atsecuring Kandahar, a city ofabout a half million, themajor urban area of the eth-nic Pashtun south and theformer Taliban headquarters.Securing the city is consid-ered pivotal if the NATO-ledcoalition is to reverse theTaliban momentum in theirsouthern stronghold.

Failure would be a grave —if not fatal — blow to theentire NATO-led mission inAfghanistan.

It could encouragePresident Hamid Karzai,who was born nearKandahar, to seek a politicaldeal with Taliban leaders onterms that Afghan ethnicminorities, women and theU.S. might find unfavorable.And it could discouragePakistan from ever crackingdown on Afghan Talibanfighters living in bordersanctuaries since they maysomeday wield power inAfghanistan after the U.S.leaves.

But progress in breakingthe Taliban’s grip has beenslow and difficult to measurein a war where the opinionsof rural Afghan villagers areas important — if not more —than seizing strategic terrain.It’s hard to explain the deathsof young soldiers withoutcompelling evidence thattheir sacrifice was worth it.

Supporters of the coun-terinsurgency strategy whichPresident Barack Obamaembraced last year acknowl-edge that it will take time todetermine whether the oper-ations around Kandahar haveachieved even modest suc-cess.

Even if Taliban attacksdecline,it will take time to tellwhether the insurgents havebeen driven off or simplywent underground as theydid in the Helmand town ofMarjah, only to return laterwith more ambushes and

roadside bombs.Afghan civilians are

unlikely to shift their supportto the coalition and theAfghan government withoutcompelling evidence that theTaliban are gone and thattheir own leaders are makinggood on promises of betterpublic services and goodgovernance.

“We’re at one of thosemoments where it’s very hardto tell whether things aregoing well or badly,’’ StephenBiddle of the Council onForeign Relations said in aninterview with CFR.org web-site. “Counterinsurgencyalways has this ‘darkestbefore the dawn’ quality.’’

Time is one resource thatthe U.S. and its allies don’thave.

Support for the war isalready wavering inWashington and the capitalsof the other allied nationsthat provide troops here. TheDutch ended their combatmission last weekend, andthe Canadians plan to pullout next year. The Poles wantto leave in 2012.

Last week, Democraticleaders in the House ofRepresentatives had to relyon Republican support topass the almost $59 billionmeasure to finance Obama’sadditional 30,000 troops inAfghanistan and other pro-grams. Twelve Republicansand 102 Democrats opposedit.

A prominent Republicanon the Armed ServicesCommittee, Sen. LindseyGraham of South Carolina,said congressional supportcould collapse next year ifconservative Republicanswithdraw their backing tomake Obama look bad and ifanti-war Democrats insist ona pullout.

“If, by December, we’renot showing some progress,we’re in trouble,’’ Grahamtold CNN’s “State of theUnion’’ on Sunday. “And thequestion is, what is progress?Without some benchmarksand measurements, it’s goingto be hard to sell to theAmerican people a continuedinvolvement in Afghanistan.’’

With low public supportand wavering resolve, theObama administration haslaunched a fresh effort toportray U.S. goals inAfghanistan as modest —reminding Americans thatAfghanistan was where theSept. 11, 2001 terroristattacks were orchestrated.

“We face huge challengesin Afghanistan,’’ Obama saidMonday in Atlanta.

Analysis: U.S. economic stress heads back upBy Mike Schneider and Jeannine AversaAssociated Press writers

After easing for fourmonths, the nation’s eco-nomic stress worsened inJune because more bank-ruptcies in the West andforeclosures outside the SunBelt outweighed lowerunemployment, accordingto The Associated Press’monthly analysis of condi-tions around the country.

The setback halted a dropin month-to-month stressreadings that had begun inFebruary. In May, economicstress had declined from theprevious month in 33 states.And in April, stress fell inevery state but two.

But in June, bankruptcyrates rose in Utah,California, Colorado andIdaho. Higher foreclosuresspread to the Midwest, par-ticularly Illinois. Thisoccurred even as foreclo-

sures eased in states thathave suffered most from thehousing bust, such asArizona, California, Floridaand Nevada.

More than two-thirds ofthe nation’s 3,141 counties,and 37 of 50 states, enduredmore hardship in June thanin May, the AP’s EconomicStress Index shows.

The AP’s index calculatesa score for each county andstate from 1 to 100 based onunemployment, foreclosureand bankruptcy rates. Ahigher score indicates moreeconomic stress. Under arough rule of thumb, a coun-ty is considered stressedwhen its score exceeds 11.

The AP’s index found the

average county’s Stress scorein June was 10.5,up from 10.3in May. About 42 percent ofthe nation’s counties werefound to be stressed. Thatwas slightly higher thanMay’s reading of 40 percent.

The reversal of improve-ment reflects a slowingeconomy.

“The U.S. recovery haslost momentum as ofmidyear and is struggling tofind its footing,’’ said LynnReaser, chief economist atPoint Loma NazareneUniversity in San Diego andpresident of the NationalAssociation for BusinessEconomics.

Risks to the recovery aregrowing. Unemployment isstuck near double digits. Theailing housing market ispressuring home values. Thestock market has been roiledby Europe’s debt crisis andconcerns about the U.S.recovery.

As consumer confidence

has sunk, shoppers have cutback on borrowing andspending. Even thoughthey’re sitting on recordpiles of cash, businesses,too, are wary. They’re notusing their money to expandoperations or increase workforces shrunk by the reces-sion.

Unemployment rates fellin most states in June, but itwas mainly because morepeople gave up searching forwork and were no longercounted in the labor force.

The most economicallystressed states became moreso in June, the AP’s analysisfound. Nevada, with a scoreof 21.93, again led the nationas it has for more than a year.It was followed by Michigan(16.52), California (16.32),Florida (15.6) and Arizona(15.13).

The healthiest state wasagain North Dakota (4.83).Next came South Dakota(5.02), Nebraska (6.22),

Vermont (6.5) and Wyoming(7.33).

All but six of the 56 coun-ties along the Gulf Coast inAlabama, Florida, Louis-iana, Mississippi and Texasendured higher economicstress in June. But since theBP oil spill, the economies inthe region haven’t fared thesame, according to the AP’sindex.

All of coastal Louisiana’sparishes have endured high-er economic stress sinceApril. So have all but one ofthe 17 coastal counties inTexas and two of the three inMississippi. Higher unem-ployment is the main reason.

By contrast, Alabama’stwo coastal counties haveseen declines in economichardship, along with morethan half the 23 Floridacounties on the Gulf Coast.The improvements resultmostly from lower unem-ployment and fewer foreclo-sures.

AP photo

Michelle Frisse, 6, displays a sign during a foreclosure rally in front of

JP Morgan Chase Bank in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday. Economic stress

worsened in June, according to an Associated Press analysis.

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California Democrat MaxineWaters faces a House trial this fall onthree charges of ethical wrongdo-ing, setting the stage for a secondelection-season public airing ofethics problems for a longtimeDemocratic lawmaker.

The charges focus on whetherWaters broke the rules in requestingfederal help for a bank where herhusband owned stock and hadserved on the board of directors.Shedenied the charges Monday.

Persons familiar with the casesaid Waters is accused of violating:

•• A rule that House membersmay not exert improper influencethat results in a personal benefit.

• The government employees’ethics code, which prohibits granti-

ng or accepting specialfavors, for the employee orfamily members, that couldbe viewed as influencingofficial actions.

• A rule that members’conduct must reflect cred-itably on the House.

The persons were notauthorized to be quoted byname on allegations not yet madepublic.

The House ethics committee’sannouncement comes just daysafter it outlined 13 charges againstRep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y.,including failing to disclose assetsand income, delayed payment offederal taxes and improper use of asubsidized New York apartment forhis campaign office.

Rangel, the formerHouse Ways and MeansCommittee chairman whohas served for 40 years,faces a trial in the fall.

Democrats face certainlosses in the congressionalelections,the first midtermsfor President BarackObama, and the high-pro-

file trials could further damage theparty’s political standing.

Republicans quickly jumped onthe latest news. The GOP’s Housecampaign committee released astatement with the headline: “TheDirty Details: Ethics Office RevealsWaters Charges. Panel Has‘Substantial Reason to Believe’Dems Have Another EthicsProblem on Their Hands.’’

Waters is a senior member of theHouse Financial ServicesCommittee, which handled therecent rewrite of legislation thatregulates financial institutions andhas strong protections for con-sumers.

Rangel stepped aside in March asthe chief House tax writer followinga negative report on his conduct in aseparate ethics case. In addition totaxes, his committee handles trade,portions of health care reform,Medicare and Social Security.

The charges against Waters werefiled July 28 by a four-memberinvestigative panel, but notannounced until Monday.An eight-member subcommittee of fourDemocrats and four Republicanswill now conduct the Waters trial.

The specifics of the allegations won’tbe made public until the panel — fourDemocrats and four Republicans —hold its still-unscheduled organiza-tional meeting.

Brendan Daly, spokesman forSpeaker Nancy Pelosi commented,“As we have said in the past aboutthe process,ethics proceedings are aresult of a bipartisan, confidentialand independent process in theHouse.”

In a statement, Waters said, “Ihave not violated any House rules.Therefore, I simply will not beforced to admit to something I didnot do and instead have chosen torespond to charges made by theHouse Committee on Standards ofOfficial Conduct in a public hear-ing.”

Waters

AROUND THE WORLDNEW YORK

Jury convicts 2 in airport fuel-tank plotTwo men were convicted Monday of plotting to blow up jet fuel

tanks at John F. Kennedy International Airport, a plan that authori-ties said was meant to outdo the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and avengeperceived U.S. oppression of Muslims around the world.

Russell Defreitas, a former JFK cargo handler, and Abdul Kadir,once a member of Guyana’s parliament, were convicted of multipleconspiracy charges. Kadir was acquitted of one charge, surveil-lance of mass transportation. The Brooklyn federal court jury delib-erated about five days.

Defreitas, a 66-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen from Guyana,and Kadir, 58, were arrested in 2007 after an informant infiltratedthe plot and recorded them discussing it.

Prosecutors alleged that Defreitas and Kadir wanted to kill thou-sands of people and cripple the American economy by using explo-sives to blow up the fuel tanks and the underground pipelines thatrun through an adjacent Queens neighborhood. Authorities say themen sought the help of militant Muslims, including an al-Qaidaoperative, in Guyana.

CALIFORNIA

Juveniles arrested for tending pot plantsLOS ANGELES — A juvenile arrested for tending marijuana crops

in California told investigators he had been forced to work for illegalpot growers to pay off his debt to an immigrant smuggler, authori-ties said Monday.

Ventura County sheriff’s Sgt. Mike Horne said he was concernedsuch forced labor of young migrants could become a trend on mar-ijuana plantations.

“If this works out for growers because they are saving money,then it will become a trend,’’ Horne said. “It isn’t right.’’

The 16-year-old Mexican national was arrested July 27 at a potfield near the town of Fillmore in the sprawling Los Padres NationalForest.

He told authorities a smuggler had helped him across the borderin Arizona about two weeks earlier, and he was then taken directlyto the grow site and forced to work. He was arrested with threeolder growers.

“He’s just a baby, he didn’t know what to think,’’ Horne said. “Hedidn’t have much choice.’’

MEXICO

Calderon: Drug cartels show no limitsMEXICO CITY — President Felipe Calderon said Monday that

Mexico is facing a new stage in its war with drug cartels as gangsescalate their attacks on the government and civilians, includingjournalists.

Speaking at a meeting with representatives of business and civicgroups, Calderon said organized crime groups have demonstratedthey have no “limits or moral scruples’’ and are trying to instill fearin officials and civilians alike.

“We face a new stage in insecurity,’’ he said, noting this year’sassassination of a gubernatorial candidate in a border state and therecent kidnappings of journalists.“We have witnessed an escalationof violent crime in our country.’’

Calderon acknowledged there is criticism of how the govern-ment has pursued the crackdown on drug cartels that he orderedupon taking office in December 2006, and he called on citizens tomake suggestions for altering and improving its strategy.

RUSSIA

Death toll from wildfires reaches 40MOSCOW — The death toll from wildfires raging across central

and western Russia rose to 40 on Monday, as millions ofMuscovites coughed through a haze of smoke from burning peatbogs and firefighters scrambled to put out hundreds of new blazes.

The fires come after weeks of searing heat and practically norain.

Although temperatures in the Moscow area dipped modestlyover the weekend, experts predict they’ll climb back to around 100degrees this week.

Still, firefighters on Monday reported making some headwayagainst the blazes that have destroyed hundreds of homes, burnedthrough vast sections of tinder-dry land and forced thousands toevacuate.

Vladimir Stepanov, head of Russia’s Emergencies Ministry’s cri-sis center, said about 500 new wildfires were sparked nationwide inthe past 24 hours but most of them were immediately doused.

— The Associated Press

Gulf seafood declared safe;fishermen aren’t so sureBy Jason Dearen and Greg BluesteinAssociated Press writers

VENICE, La. — Seafoodfrom some parts of the oil-fouled Gulf of Mexico hasbeen declared safe to eat bythe government, based inpart on human smell tests.But even some Gulf fisher-men are questioningwhether the fish and shrimpare OK to feed to their ownfamilies.

Some are turning up theirnoses at the smell tests — inwhich inspectors sniffseafood for chemical odors— and are demanding morethorough testing to reassurethe buying public about theeffects of the oil and the dis-persants used to fight theslick.

“If I put fish in a barrel ofwater and poured oil andDove detergent over that,and mixed it up, would youeat that fish?’’ asked RustyGraybill, an oysterman andshrimp and crab fishermanfrom Louisiana’s St. BernardParish. “I wouldn’t feed it toyou or my family. I’m afraidsomeone’s going to get sick.”

Now that a temporary caphas kept oil from spewingout of BP’s blown-out wellfor more than two weeks,state-controlled fishingareas in Louisiana, Floridaand Mississippi have slowlybegun to reopen.

Despite splotches ofchocolate-colored crudethat wash up almost daily onprotective boom and inmarshes east of theMississippi River, Louisianahas reopened those watersto fishing for such finfish

varieties as redfish, mulletand speckled trout, and willallow shrimping when theseason begins in two weeks.Oysters and blue crabs,which retain contaminantslonger, are still off-limits.

Smell tests on dozens ofspecimens from the arearevealed barely detectabletraces of toxic substances,the Food and DrugAdministration said. Thestate of Louisiana has alsobeen testing fish tissue foroil since May and has notfound it in amounts consid-ered unsafe.

In Mississippi onMonday, FDA Comm-

issioner Dr. MargaretHamburg said the govern-ment is “confident allappropriate steps have beentaken to ensure that seafoodharvested from the watersbeing opened today is safeand that Gulf seafood loverseverywhere can be confi-dent eating and enjoying thefish and shrimp that will becoming out of this area.”

Similarly, BP chief operat-ing officer Doug Suttles saidSunday that authorities“wouldn’t open thesewaters ... if it wasn’t safe toeat the fish.” He said hewould eat Gulf seafood and“serve it to my family.”

Experts say smell testsmay sound silly but are aproven technique that savestime and money. Moreover,they are the only way tocheck fish for chemical dis-persants, though FDAspokeswoman MeghanScott said government sci-entists are developing a tis-sue test. It is not clear whenit will be ready.

Federal scientists say thatunlike mercury, which accu-mulates in some fish, themost common cancer-causing compounds in oilare quickly metabolized andeliminated in the bodies offinfish and some crus-taceans.

Grizzly inmaulingswas light,not starving

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) —A grizzly bear that preyedon three campers outsideYellowstone National Parkwas underweight but notstarving, and it was in anarea with ample naturalfood supplies, wildlife offi-cials said Monday as theyworked to figure out whythe animal attacked.

With the necropsy onthe female grizzly stillbeing analyzed, officialshad no explanation forwhat caused the bear torampage through a camp-ground Wednesday withcubs in tow.

“Trying to make someconnection between bodysize of a bear and strangebehavior is a stretch,” saidChris Servheen, the U.S.Fish and Wildlife Servicebiologist coordinating theinvestigation.

Kevin Kammer, 48, ofGrand Rapids, Mich., waskilled, and two other peo-ple were injured.

AP photo

William Mahan of the University of Florida demonstrates how to smell

for tainted seafood as he moves air across a red fish filet at NOAA’s

seafood inspection program in Pascagoula, Miss., on June 3. Some

Gulf fishermen are questioning whether the fish and shrimp they are

catching are OK to feed to their own families.

Space station breakdownhas NASA scrambling

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.(AP) — Astronauts in orbitand on the ground practicedMonday for a major repairjob later this week at theInternational SpaceStation, struck by a massivecooling system failure.

The weekend malfunc-tion knocked out half of thespace station’s cooling sys-tem, forcing the crew of sixto turn off unnecessaryequipment and halt scien-tific work to avoid any over-heating.

NASA’s space stationprogram manager, MikeSuffredini, ranked theproblem as one of the mostserious in the 12-year histo-ry of the orbiting lab, butstressed the outpost couldkeep going indefinitelygiven the current situation.The fear is that the secondcooling loop could shut

down at any moment andleave the station in precari-ous shape.

For now, “everything thecrew needs to survive,they’re in good shape, allthose systems are active,”Suffredini told reportersMonday. “What we’re talk-ing about, really, is it wouldbe a significant challenge ifwe suffered the next failure.”

Two of the Americans onboard — Douglas Wheelockand Tracy Caldwell Dyson— will venture out on aspacewalk to replace thepump Thursday. A secondspacewalk will be needed tofinish the job, probablySunday.

The 780-pound pump isdifficult to handle, and theastronauts will need toguard against any haz-ardous ammonia leaks.

Engineering teams have

been working nonstop sincethe right-side cooling loopshut down Saturday night.A pump that drives ammo-nia coolant through thoselines failed when a circuitbreaker tripped.

The disabled pump hasbeen at the space stationsince 2002 and operatingfully since just 2006; it wasa premature failure. Theelectrical short is believedto be internal to the pump.Engineers believe a newpump will solve the prob-lem, but there is no guaran-tee, Suffredini noted.

Four spare pumps are onboard.

“This is an anomaly weknew some day would hap-pen,’’ Suffredini said.“We’re in a good position togo solve this problem. It is asignificant failure, though,in terms of systems.”

NEW ORLEANS — BP saysengineers have delayed untiltoday a test on whether it canbegin pumping mud into theblown-out Gulf of Mexico wellin hopes of choking it forgood.

The company said in a state-ment Monday the test waspushed back a day after asmall leak was discovered inthe hydraulic control system.

The test will last several hours.It involves probing the bustedblowout preventer with an oil-like liquid to decide if it canhandle the static kill process.

If the test is successful, thecompany plans to start slowlypumping the heavy mud downthe well as early as today.

BP engineers say the static killmay permanently plug thewell but they may not know forsure until they finish a reliefwell in another week or so.

— The Associated Press

TESTING DELAYED

By Matt SchudelThe Washington Post

Mitch Miller, a musicianand record-company exec-utive who became one ofthe 20th century’s mostinfluential forces in popularmusic as the producer wholaunched the recordingcareers of singers TonyBennett, RosemaryClooney, Johnny Mathisand Patti Page, died July 31at a hospital in New York ofcomplications from sur-gery. He was 99.

Miller was a talentedconductor and oboist whobecame a recording star inthe 1950s and 1960s, withdozens of defiantly back-ward-looking “sing-along’’albums that sold millions ofcopies. As the host of a pop-ular television show in theearly 1960s, “Sing AlongWith Mitch,’’ he has beencredited by some with beingthe inventor of karaoke.

He made his greatestmark as a behind-the-scenes producer for theMercury and Columbiarecord companies from thelate 1940s to the 1960s,helping create the sound ofpopular music betweenWorld War II and theBeatles-led BritishInvasion. With a deepantipathy for rock-and-roll— he turned down Elvis

Presley and BuddyHolly for contractswith Columbia —Miller preferred anolder style of popmusic based on jazzand the classics.

For years, it wasn’tunusual for half thecountry’s top 10 hitsto have come from Miller’sstudio, including Page’s“Tennessee Waltz,’’ FrankieLaine’s “Mule Train,’’ DorisDay’s “Secret Love’’ andJohnnie Ray’s “Cry.’’

He brought countrymusic into the pop main-stream, with new record-ings of Hank Williams’s“Cold, Cold Heart’’ and“Jambalaya’’ by Bennettand Jo Stafford, respective-ly. He refashioned classicalmusic and internationalfolk tunes into pop hits,expanded the studio prac-tice of overdubbing andhelped make so-called nov-elty tunes, with nonsensicallyrics and tricky musicaleffects, a pop-music staple.(His 1952 recording of 13-year-old Jimmy Boydsinging “I Saw MommyKissing Santa Claus,’’ forexample, sold 2 millioncopies.)

“You’ve got to work out agimmick that’ll get people’sattention and hold it,’’Miller told Time magazine.

When he became

Columbia’s head ofthe popular music in1950, the label wasfourth in recordsales. Sales jumped60 percent within 18months, andMiller’s goldentouch made Colum-bia the most impor-

tant pop music label of theera.

He supervised recordingsessions at Columbia’s stu-dios in New York andHollywood and coachedsingers “down to the lastbreath,’’ as he put it, eventhough many of themresented what they consid-ered his overbearing man-ner.

When he broughtClooney to Columbia in1951, she was a little-knownband singer. For weeks, sheresisted his entreaties torecord “Come on-a MyHouse,’’ based on an

Armenian folk song, butwhen Miller finally per-suaded her, his hitmakinginstincts again provedunerring. While listening tothe song being replayed instudio, he leapt on a chairand declared, “I’ll get themto ship 100,000 of these outin three days.’’ In fact,“Come on-a My House’’sold more than 1 millioncopies and made Clooneyan overnight star.

Similarly, Bennett — whohad already scored No. 1 hitswith “Because of You’’ and“Cold, Cold Heart’’ — wasreluctant to record “Rags toRiches’’ in 1953, but it, too,soared to No. 1. Finally, theyagreed that for every twosongs selected by Miller,Bennett could pick two ofhis own. Bennett wouldlater call Miller “perhapsthe single most influentialproducer in the history ofrecording.’’

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JEROME — Dale W.Baughman, 58, of Jerome,passed away Sunday, Aug. 1,2010 at his home.

He was born July 5, 1952, inJerome, the son of James ArlisBaughman and IreneElizabeth Ferguson Baugh-man. Dale was raised inJerome and graduated fromJerome High School in 1972,where he excelled in sports.Following high school, heserved in the Idaho ArmyNational Guard. Dale spenthis working life as a Jerome

City firefighter andworked for the IdahoTransportation Dep-artment for 22 years.He married Mary LeaMartin on Jan. 16,1981. Together theyraised one daughter,Sarah.

Dale was a lifelong memberof the Jerome Bible BaptistChurch.He was also an excel-lent musician who shared histalent with everyone.Dale willbe remembered as a wonder-ful husband, father, grandfa-

ther, brother andfriend who will bedearly missed.

He is survived byhis wife, Mary LeaBaughman of Jerome;daughters, Sarah(Brett) Scarrow andTeresa (Doug) Alex-

ander; three grandchildren;two brothers, Dennis (Karen)Baughman and Dan (Dolly)Baughman; and manyextended family members andfriends. He was preceded indeath by his parents.

A visitation will be heldWednesday evening, Aug. 4,2010,at Farnsworth Mortuary,1343 S. Lincoln St. in Jerome,where family and friends maycall from 6 to 8 p.m. Thefuneral will be conducted at 11 a.m.Thursday,Aug.5,at theJerome Bible Baptist Church,132 Second Ave. E. in Jerome,with Pastor RodneyWoodcock officiating. A visi-tation will begin one hourprior to the service. Intermentwill follow in the JeromeCemetery.

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JEROME — Melvin JeromeCrosby, 89, of Jerome, passedaway Friday, July 30, 2010,surrounded by his family andloved ones in his home.

Mel was born to Clintonand Sally Berg Ericksen onMay 17, 1921, in Everett,Wash. His stepfather wasRobert Crosby. Mel servedhis country in the UnitedStates Army Air Corps dur-ing World War II in the AsianPacific Theater with the 19th

Troop Carrier Squa-dron. His time thereled to his lifetimelove of flying. Melmarried MadalinePitney in Van Nuys,Calif., on Sept. 4,1948. They celebrat-ed 61 years togetherand raised four children. Melwas a dedicated builder inCalifornia until the opportu-nity to homestead inMinidoka, Idaho, presented

itself. His name wassuccessfully drawnin 1957, and theyfarmed there untilmoving to Jerome in1989. They enjoyedsquare dancing, longdrives and campingin their Airstream.

Mel is survived by his wife,Madaline; their children,Kathy (Tee) Lindauer, Ron(Ruth) Crosby, Debbie (Jerry)Emery and Cary (Debbie)

Crosby.He is also survived byhis 14 grandchildren; 31great-grandchildren;and hisbeloved schnauzer Sophie.

“Our lives are but amoment, our future we willsee. Tomorrow is not guaran-teed, do you know where youwill be?”

A memorial service will beconducted at 11 a.m.Wednesday, Aug. 4, atFarnsworth Mortuary Chapel,1343 S.Lincoln St.in Jerome.

Melvin Jerome Crosby

JEROME — Thomas“Tom” Lawrence Garrardcompleted his journey onthis earth Saturday, July 31,2010, after a short but diffi-cult battle with cancer. Hewas 55.

Tom was born June 15,1955, in Burley, Idaho, toLawrence and AudreyGarrard. He was raised in theMini-Cassia area with hisfamily, which included threesisters and one brother. Heattended schools in Rupertand graduated from MinicoHigh School. Tom marriedSusan “Suzy” Pearson onMarch 20, 1981. At that time,he became the father of LaelaZismer, who he always con-sidered as his own daughter.Tom’s son, his best fishingbuddy, Leonard Thomas,was born Sept. 26, 1981.

Tom worked for J.R.

Simplot in Heyburnfor 15 years. He andhis family thenmoved to Jerome,where he worked forLamb Weston inTwin Falls for nineyears. Tom became atruck driver afterthat and spent the last 10years of his life driving longhaul for several truckingcompanies with his favorite,Prime Inc., for the last sevenyears. He drove as a teamwith his wife, his best friend.

Tom loved the outdoors.He enjoyed hunting, archery,fishing and sitting on themountain side just beingquiet. While he will bemissed greatly, we know he isnow sitting on the moun-tains of heaven and fishing inthe rivers of life with the Kingof Glory!

Tom was precededin death by hismaternal and pater-nal grandparents,brother, sister,mother and step-mother. He is sur-vived by his spouseof 29 years, Suzy; his

children,Laela (Kirk) Wilmotand Leonard (Marcy)Garrard; grandchildren,Jayma, Jayden, Caela,Kristoffer, Rueben andKevin; his father, LawrenceGarrard; brother, Randy(Cindy) Garrard; sisters, Lola(Pat) McMurtry, Becky (Lee)Rogers and Belva Rhodes;and many beloved nieces andnephews. He also had lots oflove for the family thatbecame his through his mar-riage.

A small graveside servicewill be held at 9 a.m.

Saturday, Aug. 7, at theOakley Cemetery, where hisashes will be buried; amemorial potluck barbecuewill follow at 11 a.m.Saturday at Lake Walcott.Those wanting to participateare encouraged to contactFarnsworth Mortuary or thefamily. Lake Walcott is locat-ed at 959 E.400 N.in Rupert,Idaho. There is a $5 per vehi-cle charge at the entrancegate. The family will be in thepicnic area by the boat docks.

In lieu of plants and flow-ers, friends and family areencouraged to donate to amemorial fund set up atWells Fargo, Account No.5334451217, to assist with thecosts incurred during Tom’sillness.

Arrangements are underthe care of FarnsworthMortuary of Jerome.

Thomas ‘Tom’ Lawrence GarrardHAGERMAN —

Gretchen T. Trout-man, 95, diedSunday, Aug. 1,2010, in Hagerman,Idaho. Gretchenpassed peacefullysurrounded by fami-ly who loved her andwill miss her more thanwords can express.

Gretchen was born July 14,1915, to Edward and MaryTeudesmann in Jamestown,N.Y. Gretchen and her mom,Mary, operated a restaurantat Hotel Jamestown called“Gretchen’s Kitchen,”employing many employeeswho went by the name of“Gretchen’s Girls.” Gretch-en’s Kitchen was known forcustomers lined up to theend of the block waiting fortheir famous creamed chick-en over biscuit. The“Gretchen Girls” continuedto meet together once a yearfor many years.

Gretchen married Theo-bert “Tib” Ortendahl in1940, having one daughter,Kay. Tib passed away in1953. Gretchen, her mom,Mary, and Kay moved toRoscommon, Mich., to bewith relatives. Gretchenworked for Mel McCutchenat Mel’s Market many years.In 1963, Gretchen marriedWayne Troutman. Gretchen

and Wayne wouldwinter in Norco,Calif., and spendsummers in Fair-field, Idaho, until1974 when theybought a home inHagerman. Waynepassed away in 1985.

Gretchen volunteered at theHagerman Senior Center formany years. Gretchen alsoloved to send cards, cook,read and do crosswords, buther greatest love was herfamily and friends.

She was preceded in deathby her mother, father and hertwo husbands. Surviving rel-atives are her daughter, Kay(Buzz) Beutler; stepdaughter,Chris Troutman; nine grand-children; 22 great-grand-children; and two great-great-grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers,Gretchen requested dona-tions be sent to theHagerman Senior Center.

A graveside service will beheld at 11 a.m. Wednesday,Aug. 4, at the HagermanCemetery, with the Rev. DaleMetzger officiating. Funeralarrangements are under thedirection of DemarayFuneral Service, GoodingChapel. Condolences maybe sent to the family atwww.demarayfuneralser-vice.com.

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MMiittcchheellll ““MMiicckkeeyy”” KKoocchh of Gooding, funeral at 10:30 a.m.today at the LDS Church in Wendell; visitation from 9 to10:30 a.m. today at the church (Demaray Funeral Service,Wendell Chapel).

GGaarrtthh DD.. PPrriiccee of Boise and formerly of Twin Falls, commit-tal service with military honors at 2 p.m. today at the IdahoState Veterans Cemetery in Boise; memorial service at 3:30 p.m. today at Aarenbrooke Assisted Living Home, 9327Cory Lane in Boise (Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel in Boise).

RRooyy PPooppee of Richfield, graveside service at 2 p.m. today atthe Cokeville Cemetery in Cokeville, Wyo.; celebration of lifeat noon Saturday at Josh’s Bar, 110 Main St. in Richfield(Farnsworth Mortuary in Jerome).

MMoollllyy MMccMMaahhoonn BBoorrcchheerrss PPaaiinntteerr of Boise and formerly ofJerome, celebration of life from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday at 6300Grandview Drive in Boise (Cloverdale Funeral Home inBoise).

MMaarrkk GGrreeggoorryy BBrriigghhtt of Battle Ground, Wash., and for-merly of Jerome, memorial service at 4 p.m. Sunday at theBattle Ground Baptist Church in Battle Ground, Wash.

Kirk BeanJEROME — Kirk Bean, 66,

of Jerome, died Monday,Aug. 2, 2010, at his home.

The funeral will be con-ducted at 2 p.m. Thursday,Aug. 5, at the Hove-Robertson Funeral Chapel inJerome; visitation from 6 to8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 4, atthe funeral chapel.

Elmer HuetherElmer Huether, 88, of

Twin Falls, died Monday,Aug. 2, 2010, at River RidgeCare and RehabilitationCenter in Twin Falls.

Arrangements will beannounced by ReynoldsFuneral Chapel in TwinFalls.

Royce D. DarlingKIMBERLY — Royce D.

Darling, 66, of Kimberly,died Monday, Aug. 2, 2010,at his home.

Arrangements will beannounced by RosenauFuneral Home andCrematory in Twin Falls.

Tyler LynnWilliams

Tyler Lynn Williams, 21,of Twin Falls, died Saturday,July 31, 2010, at SaintAlphonsus Regional MedicalCenter in Boise.

Arrangements will beannounced by RosenauFuneral Home andCrematory of Twin Falls.

Music maven Mitch Miller dead at 99

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hat now for Auger Falls Park?A wildfire on July 23 consumed

a significant part of the nearly700-acre park in the Snake RiverCanyon west of the Perrine

Bridge. Since the park, which opened in April, is to bea natural preserve and not acres of lawns and picnictables, the fire was a significant setback.

It will be a challenge to find the money to restore it.The city of Twin Falls is finalizing a bare-bones

budget for the next fiscal year. There’s not a lot ofspare cash for purposes such as wildland restoration.

And restoring the park willrequire an investment by the city.

Twin Falls Department ofParks and Recreation DirectorDennis Bowyer hopes thereserve can be reseeded withnative plants, replacing thenon-native cheatgrass that cov-ered large areas before the fire.

As ranchers who survived thedevastating Murphy ComplexFire in Twin Falls and Owyheecounties three summers ago canattest, non-native cheatgrass isexplosive in an out-of-controlconflagration.

The parks director would liketo secure some help from theU.S. Bureau of LandManagement, which still owns150 acres of the park on thenorth side of the river. Thoughthat section wasn’t burned,Bowyer said he’d still like towork with the BLM because ithas experience with fire recov-ery. Bowyer’s department does-n’t have a restoration expert,and this is the first time a citypark has had a major fire.

Joe Russell, a fire suppressionspecialist with the ShoshoneBLM office, estimates the costof reseeding at $50 to $75 per acre. That’s not cheap,but it’s probably doable sooner rather than later.

The city pursued Auger Falls for years, first buying500 acres in 2002. The access road had crossed pri-vate parcels, and the city had to gain easements.

Long-term plans include improving access with alarger parking area, and creating a wetlands area thatuses treated water from the city’s wastewater treat-ment plant. More trails are likely, too.

Twin Falls has come too far and invested too muchin this park — truly, a natural gem — to let it fall by thewayside.

OPINION EDITOR STEVE CRUMP: 735-3223 SCRUMP@MAGICVALLEY.COM

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“We saw destruction during the three yearsof the Taliban and then during their fight

with the army. But the destruction we haveseen in the last three days is much more.”

— Pakistani flood victim Fazal Maula, as Pakistan

deals with the worst floods in the country’s history

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EDITORIAL

Restoring AugerFalls Park should

be a priority

Our view:Auger FallsPark, heavilyburned in afire lastmonth, is areserveunique in theNorthwest.Let the healing beginas soon aspossible.

What do you think?We welcomeviewpointsfrom ourreaders onthis andother issues.

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T H E L I G H T E R S I D E O F P O L I T I C S

he U.S. government’sintelligence agenciesare out of control

again.Not in the old, rogue-ele-

phant sense of covert oper-atives running private wars.

Not even in the bureau-cratic sense of spendingmoney in unauthorizedways or launching programsCongress didn’t knowabout.

This time, the loss ofcontrol happened in plainsight, with full approvalfrom on high.

Since the terrorist attacksof Sept. 11, 2001, U.S. intel-ligence spending has morethan doubled. The country’s16 major intelligence agen-cies are poorly coordinatedand often duplicate oneanother’s work. And theWhite House and Congresshave failed to exercise firmcontrol over the prolifera-tion of intelligence-gather-ing efforts.

The Washington Postcataloged the problem in acomprehensive series ofarticles recently. ReporterDana Priest and data squir-rel William M. Arkinreported that more than1,200 government agenciesor offices and almost 2,000outside contractors areinvolved in counter-terror-ism activities, spendingalmost $75 billion producingabout 50,000 intelligencereports each year, far morethan the government caneffectively digest.

The government disputes

some of those figures, butnot the existence of theproblem.

The United States is run-ning so many secret pro-grams, James R. Clapper Jr.told the newspaper, that“only one entity in theentire universe” knowswhat they’re all doing, and“that’s God.” Clapper, incase you don’t recognize thename, is not some disgrun-tled mid-level bureaucrat:He’s President Obama’snominee to be director ofnational intelligence, theman who’s now supposed tobring the intelligenceleviathan under control.

None of this should comeas a surprise. After the 9/11attacks, which were possiblepartly because of intelli-gence failures, Congress andthe George W. Bush admin-istration threw money atalmost anything that mightprevent a recurrence. Thatwas understandable.

But as a result, govern-ment agencies ballooned,entrepreneurial contractorsfound ways to make money,and waste and inefficiencybloomed like algae. Thatwas predictable.

Now, almost a decadelater, the Obama adminis-tration has inherited a

bloated intelligence appara-tus that wastes money and,more important, hasn’tfixed all the weaknesses thatmade 9/11 possible.

All those agencies and allthat money didn’t stop aNigerian student from try-ing to blow up a jetlinerbound for Detroit lastChristmas. The plot wasfoiled not by a high-techintelligence agency but byan observant NorthwestAirlines passenger.

One reason the Christmasbomber almost succeededwas that intelligence agen-cies still aren’t sharinginformation seamlessly. “Itcontinues to be a problem,”Clapper told the SenateIntelligence Committeerecently. “It’s better than itwas before 9/11, but it needsimprovement.”

What can be done to fixthese problems?

There’s a rough bipartisanconsensus on at least onesolution: Give Clapper, ifconfirmed as director ofnational intelligence, moreauthority.

But more authority forthe DNI is only half thesolution. The other half is tocut the intelligence budget.

When money is virtuallyunlimited, there’s no realreward for finding efficien-cies and no real incentive foragencies to coordinate theirefforts.

But cutting the intelli-gence budget is a hard deci-sion for our political systemto make.

So who will bell the intel-ligence-budget cat?

In fact, a few brave soulshave taken cautious steps inthat direction.

Panetta, a former budgetdirector, has ordered theCIA to draw up a five-yearplan that would freezefunding at the current level,but not actually trim it.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein,D-Calif., chairwoman of theSenate IntelligenceCommittee, signaled thisweek that she doesn’t findbudget cuts unthinkable.“In fact, the budget mayactually end up beingdecreased in coming years,”she said in a committeehearing.

And Rep. William M.“Mac” Thornberry of Texas,a GOP member of the HouseIntelligence Committee, saidhis party is willing to look atsavings too. “It’s time to beparing back some of theredundancies and the dupli-cation,” he said.

But he noted the politicalrisks any member ofCongress would take bygoing too far in demandingintelligence cuts.

“It’s got to be bipartisan,or somebody’s going to beleft hanging out there whensomething happens,” hesaid, referring to the fear ofanother terrorist attack.“And something is going tohappen.”

Doyle McManus is acolumnist for The LosAngeles Times.

Intelligence apparatus not too smart

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Naivete from 1960sappearing in GOP

During the ’60s,Democratic Party leadersfound themselves firstexcusing, then defending,the kum-bay-ah ideas ofthe hippie movement andthe increasingly violentprotests of the anti-wardemonstrators. What theseleaders discovered was thatmost Cold War Americansrejected the hippie move-ment as being naive andthat arson and campusbombings are crimes. Theyalso discovered that middle-class America believedimmoral and illegal behaviorto be both inexcusable andindefensible and that politi-cians justifying eithershould be put out to pas-

ture. And they were.Today, the ’60s revisits us

with a Republican Partyexhibiting the same naiveteas the hippies and employ-ing the same intimidationtactics as the anti-war pro-testers, albeit without theviolence, yet. We also haveRepublican Party leadersexcusing and defendingboth. The real irony is thathippies, anti-war protestersand Tea Party members allhave ideas worth listeningto. Vietnam was a bad war,people can be more inde-pendent and the growingdeficit is a problem for all ofus. Yet we can’t seem to hearthe message over the shout-ing of the messengers.

We’ve every right to beangry middle-class America,but we should not be angry

with one another. Tribalismis not good for Idaho or forAmerica and, make no mis-take, political parties aretribal in nature. The expecta-tion that a candidate willreceive votes simply becauseof party affiliation is no dif-ferent from expecting votessimply because a candidate isa Shiite or a Sunni, a Kurd, aSerb or a Croat.

I demand better from acountry and a county suchas ours, and I intend to fulfillmy promise to make it so byallowing voters to choosethe best candidate for thejob, not simply the bestcandidate that one partycould provide.

GGAARRYY EELLLLEERRTTwwiinn FFaallllss(Editor’s note: Gary Eller

is a Democratic nominee for

Twin Falls County commis-sioner)

Candidates chosen for qualifications

In America, our electionsare about electing the mostqualified candidate for theposition. Who are the mostqualified candidates for theimportant offices of gover-nor, superintendent of pub-lic instruction and TwinFalls County commissioner?

It is clear to me that KeithAllred, Stan Olson and GaryEller are these candidates.Keith Allred, the former stu-dent body president of TwinFalls High, has proven hisindependence and his con-cern for the citizens of Idaho.

In 2004, Mr. Allredfounded the Common

Interest, a nonprofit thathas brought together 1,500Idaho citizens to put com-mon sense solutions aheadof partisan politics in theIdaho Legislature.

Stan Olson is not a politi-cian, he is an educator. Asthe Boise School Districtsuperintendent, he has beena successful leader of thelargest school district in thestate. Like Keith Allred, hebrings real problem-solvingexperience to the table.What has happened in thelast few years to our schoolsystem is an absoluteshame. We need Stan Olson,a real educator, to lead ourpublic schools.

Keith and Stan areremarkable but no moreremarkable than retired Lt.Col. Gary Eller. A Kimberly

High graduate, Gary servedour nation for 30 years.Along the way, he obtained adegree in sociology fromIdaho State University, myalma mater, and a master’sdegree. After retiring fromthe military, Gary and hiswife, Janet, chose to moveback to Twin Falls County.Now Col. Eller is standingup to serve as a Twin FallsCounty commissioner.

What do these three can-didates have in common?They have all chosen to runas Democrats. That tells methat the Democratic Party ischoosing its candidatesbased upon ability, experi-ence and their concern forthe citizens of Idaho. That isall I can ask for.

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Tuesday, August 3, 2010 Main 9Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho OPINION

One soldier or 20 schools?

On entitlements, no more ‘me first’

he war inAfghanistan willconsume more

money this year alone thanwe spent on theRevolutionary War, the Warof 1812, the Mexican-American War, the CivilWar and the Spanish-American War — com-bined.

A recent report from theCongressional ResearchService finds that the waron terror, includingAfghanistan and Iraq, hasbeen, by far, the costliestwar in American historyaside from World War II. Itadjusted costs of all previ-ous wars for inflation.

Those historical compar-isons should be a wake-upcall to President Obama,underscoring how our mili-tary strategy is not only amess — as the recent leakeddocuments fromAfghanistan suggested —but also more broadlyreflects a gross misalloca-tion of resources. One lega-cy of the 9/11 attacks was adistortion of American pol-icy: By the standards of his-tory and cost-effectiveness,we are hugely overinvestedin military tools and under-invested in education anddiplomacy.

It was reflexive for liber-als to rail at PresidentGeorge W. Bush for jingo-ism. But it is PresidentObama who is nowrequesting 6.1 percent morein military spending thanthe peak of military spend-ing under Bush. And it isObama who has tripled thenumber of American troopsin Afghanistan since hetook office.

Under Obama, we arenow spending more moneyon the military, afteradjusting for inflation, thanin the peak of the cold war,Vietnam War or KoreanWar. Our battle fleet is larg-er than the next 13 naviescombined, according toDefense Secretary RobertGates. The intelligenceapparatus is so bloated that,according to TheWashington Post, thenumber of people with “topsecret” clearance is 1.5times the population of theDistrict of Columbia.

Meanwhile, a soberingreport from the CollegeBoard says that the UnitedStates, which used to leadthe world in the proportionof young people with col-lege degrees, has dropped to12th.

What’s more, an unbal-anced focus on weaponsalone is often counterpro-ductive, creating a nation-alist backlash against for-eign “invaders.” Over all,education has a rather bet-ter record than militarypower in neutralizing for-eign extremism. And thetrade-offs are staggering:For the cost of just one sol-dier in Afghanistan for oneyear, we could start about20 schools there. Hawksretort that it’s impossible torun schools in Afghanistanunless there are Americantroops to protect them. Butthat’s incorrect.

CARE, a humanitarianorganization, operates 300schools in Afghanistan, andnot one has been burned bythe Taliban. GregMortenson, of “Three Cups

of Tea” fame, has overseenthe building of 145 schoolsin Afghanistan and Pakistanand operates dozens morein tents or rented buildings— and he says that not onehas been destroyed by theTaliban either.

Aid groups show that it isquite possible to runschools so long as there isrespectful consultationwith tribal elders and buy-in from them. And myhunch is that CARE andMortenson are doing moreto bring peace toAfghanistan than Obama’ssurge of troops.

The American militaryhas been eagerly reading“Three Cups of Tea” buthasn’t absorbed the centrallesson: Building schools is abetter bet for peace thanfiring missiles (especiallywhen one cruise missilecosts about as much asbuilding 11 schools).

Mortenson lamented tome that for the cost of just246 soldiers posted for oneyear, America could pay fora higher education plan forall Afghanistan. That wouldhelp build an Afghan econ-omy, civil society and future— all for one-quarter of 1 percent of our militaryspending in Afghanistanthis year.

The latest uproar overPakistani hand-holdingwith the Afghan Talibanunderscores that billions ofdollars in U.S. military aidjust doesn’t buy the loyaltyit used to. In contrast, edu-cation can actually trans-form a nation. That’s onereason Bangladesh is calmerthan Pakistan, Oman is lessthreatening than Yemen.

Paradoxically, the mosteloquent advocate in gov-ernment for balance infinancing priorities hasbeen Mr. Gates, the defensesecretary. He has noted thatthe military has more peo-ple in its marching bandsthan the State Departmenthas diplomats.

Faced with constantdemands for more, Gates inMay asked: “Is it a direthreat that by 2020 theUnited States will have only20 times more advancedstealth fighters than China?”

In the presidential cam-paign, Obama promised toinvest in a global educationfund. Since then, he seemsto have forgotten the idea —even though he is spendingenough every five weeks inAfghanistan to ensure thatpractically every child onour planet gets a primaryeducation.

We won our nation’sindependence for $2.4 bil-lion in today’s money, theCongressional ResearchService report said. Thatwas good value, consideringthat we now fritter thesame amount every ninedays in Afghanistan.Obama, isn’t it time torebalance our priorities?

Nicholas Kristof is acolumnist for The NewYork Times. Write to himat nkristof@nytimes.com.

he fiscal crisis inEurope has awokenAmericans to the

enormous challenge weface from entitlements.The promises our countryhas made over the past fewdecades, combined withchanging demographicsand rising costs, have putus on a path to nationalinsolvency. Unless we con-trol our deficits we will facestifled economic growthand impaired standards ofliving, perhaps even assoon as a few years fromnow. Most economistsagree that raising taxescannot pay for these com-mitments; entitlementsmust be cut. Before we canembrace any reform pro-posals, however, we mustunderstand the influenceour culture has on ourdecision making.

A nation’s culture canhave a profound impact onits competitiveness. Ourshared beliefs in free mar-kets, fair play and the ruleof law inspire entrepre-neurs to pursue theirdreams and give globalinvestors confidence tobring their money toAmerica. These beliefshave passed from citizen tocitizen, from generation togeneration. They havestrengthened over our his-tory and brought animportant competitiveedge to the United States.

Our belief in free mar-kets is founded on the ideathat each individual actingin his or her self-interestwill lead to a superior out-come for the whole. Thefinancial crisis has remind-ed us that free markets arenot perfect. A “me first”mentality usually makes

markets more efficient.But this “me first” men-

tality can also lead toshortsighted political deci-sion making. MostAmericans agree that weneed more energy fromclean sources, such as windpower — until someoneproposes installing a trans-mission line near theirhomes. Most people areagainst earmarks — unlessit is their representativescoring money for theirdistrict.

Cutting entitlementspending requires us tothink beyond what is in ourown immediate self-inter-est. But it also runs againstour sense of fairness: Wehave, after all, paid forentitlements for earliergenerations. Is it now fairto cut my benefits? No, itisn’t. But if we don’t focuson our collective good, allof us will suffer.

While it does not happenoften, our political systemis capable of makingunpopular decisions thatare in our collective bestinterest. In 2008,Republican andDemocratic leaders inWashington came togetherto do something deeplyunpopular: bail out thefinancial system via theTroubled Assets Relief

Program. These leadersunderstood the conse-quence of inaction waseconomic devastation forAmericans. Passing TARPwas the right thing to do.

The challenge of entitle-ments is more difficultthan the financial crisis:First, we must reach con-sensus to make cuts beforethe fiscal crisis is upon us.TARP was possible onlyonce people could feel thecrisis. The House passedthat legislation only afterthe Dow Jones industrialaverage dropped 700points immediately afterlawmakers voted it downthe first time. If we waituntil the bond marketshuns Treasurys, the eco-nomic consequences couldbe dire. Virtuallyovernight, we could havefar less money to spend onpriorities such as defense,education and research.Once confidence in U.S. Treasury bonds islost, it could take years toreturn.

Second, bailing out thefinancial system wentdirectly against our sharedbeliefs in free markets andfair play. While the vastmajority of Americans didnot cause the financial cri-sis, we all had to sacrifice tostop it. Such a cultural vio-lation has angered peoplenationwide, which makescutting entitlements moredifficult because it willagain betray our sense offairness.

I believe three steps arenecessary for our country

to embrace any meaningfulproposal to cut entitle-ments:

•• Our economy needs toexperience sustainedgrowth, creating good jobs,so Americans feel econom-ically secure. It is hard foranyone to think aboutlong-term sacrifice whenthey are worried about howto pay their bills today.

•• The emotional bruisinginflicted by the financialcrisis needs to heal. Alongwith the passage of time weneed a renewed sense thatpeople are succeeding andfailing on their own merits.

•• Our leaders need tomake the case for cuttingentitlement spending bytapping into our sharedbeliefs of sacrifice and self-reliance. They must bewilling to risk their ownpolitical fortunes for thesake of our country.

This leads to importantquestions: Will the bondmarket provide our countrytime to heal, both econom-ically and emotionally, inorder to tackle entitle-ments? Or will we beforced to act by an acutefiscal crisis — at whichpoint it may be too late?

Our leaders need to movequickly to deal with theseeconomic and culturalissues. We don’t know howmuch time we have and thecost of delay could beenormous.

Neel Kashkari, a manag-ing director of the invest-ment management firmPIMCO, served as an assis-tant Treasury secretaryduring the George W. Bushadministration. He wrotethis commentary for TheWashington Post.

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Kashkari

Rosy depiction inBurley misleading

In case you haven’tnoticed, there is a new pub-lication in the city of Burleymasquerading as a newspa-per. They offer a sanitizedversion of the news, togetherwith distortions, fabrica-tions, outright lies and, ofcourse, censorship.

For example, in the July 22edition, Renee Wells, themanaging editor wrote, andI quote, “while so manyother communities arefalling apart financially, thisarea has managed to keepunemployment low, providejobs, bring in new businessand grow — and its allbecause of the good thatcontinues to triumph —

right here at home.”It sounds good doesn’t it?

I wish it were true. The factis that, as a result of thefailed management practicesand the implementationthereof by Burley’s mayorand city administrator, theBurley Micro Area unem-ployment rate has risen andcontinues to rise. Theunemployment rate inJanuary 2008 was 3.4 per-cent and has risen to 6.8 percent as of October2009 (Source: IdahoDepartment of Labor).

I know that Renee Wellsand her do-good buddiesthink that 6.8 percentunemployment is a goodthing; I don’t. I do notbelieve that those of you thatare unemployed think that

this is an acceptable unem-ployment rate either.

Furthermore, the IdahoLabor Market website issueda news story this month thatstates: “Weak June hiringsends jobless rate to 25-yearhigh. Idaho’s businesseshired fewer people lastmonth than they have dur-ing June for the last decade,pushing the forecasted sea-sonally adjusted unemploy-ment rate up to 8.8 percent.”

I have only pointed outone of the many distortionsand flat-out lies in this arti-cle by Renee Wells. There areliterally dozens morethroughout this edition, aswell as past editions.

I sent them a letter aweek ago to publish; theyrefused. That is what they

call transparency.TTOONNYY HHAARRTTBBuurrlleeyy

Allred thinks more canbe done for schools

This year, Gov. C.L.“Butch” Otter cut K-12 edu-cation funding by 7.5 percentor $128 million. He said wehad no choice.

Keith Allred wants to be ournext governor. He says thatthere were choices. He thinksthat education is the state’s No.1 priority and that educationand economic developmentare closely entwined. Allredbelieves that $140 millioncould be available from a morerealistic projection of incomingrevenue next year and by goingafter tax deadbeats.

Education will allow ourkids to compete in tomor-row’s economy.

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Being informed meanslistening to two sides

There is an old saying,“Birds of a feather flocktogether.”

People who listen to onlyone news outlet are like thelittle bird that couldn’t getout of the forest.

Well-informed people lis-ten to many sources. Historyis always written in favor ofthose who write it. That’swhy there are always twosides to every story.

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A perfectly good crisis gone to wasteell, that was fast.

Just a fewweeks ago, the

Gulf oil spill was a turningpoint for America. It wasprecisely the providentialprodding Americans need-ed to wean ourselves fromthe diabolic goo that runsour cars, heats our homesand makes the plastic thatmakes the G.I. Joe with thekung-fu grip possible.While President Obamaseemed to dither, theanointed consciences ofAmerican life combustedwith frustration and rage.New York Times columnistFrank Rich fretted that ifthe spill continued muchlonger, not only might thiscalamity be worse thanKatrina (and that’s sayingsomething given that,according to Rich’s theolo-gy, Katrina was an eschato-logical catastrophe on parwith the Biblical flood), andnot only might it “wreckthe ecology of a region,” itcould also — shudder —“capsize the principal mis-sion of the Obama presi-dency.”

That was on May 28. Acouple weeks later, Obamaproclaimed from the OvalOffice: “We cannot consignour children to this future.The tragedy unfolding onour coast is the mostpainful and powerfulreminder yet that the timeto embrace a clean energyfuture is now. Now is themoment for this generationto embark on a national

mission to unleashAmerica’s innovation andseize control of our owndestiny.”

But now it increasinglyappears that “the worstenvironmental disaster inAmerican history” wasn’tall that bad. Yes, the loss ofhuman life was tragic, andthe loss of animal life wasregrettable — but it alsowasn’t that dramatic. Somebirds were oiled and died,always a sad sight. Butaccording to Time maga-zine, the number of birdskilled is — so far — lessthan 1 percent of the aviancasualties of the ExxonValdez. And to date, onlythree oiled mammal car-casses have been recovered.Three.

“The impacts have beenmuch, much less thaneveryone feared,” federalcontractor and geochemistJacqueline Michel toldTime. Ivor Van Heerden,another scientist workingon the spill, says “there’sjust no data to suggest thisis an environmental disas-ter. I have no interest inmaking BP look good — Ithink they lied about thesize of the spill — but we’renot seeing catastrophicimpacts.” He adds:

“There’s a lot of hype, butno evidence to justify it.”

It turns out that Obamawas right when he said thatthe Gulf Coast is “resilient”— a comment that ignitedoutrage from environmen-talists and backpedalingfrom the White House. Andso was Rush Limbaugh,who said the catastrophetalk was overblown. That,too, ignited outrage fromenvironmentalists, butunlike Obama, Limbaughdidn’t care.

According to Frank Rich,the “principal mission ofthe Obama presidency” isto prove (in Lincoln andObama’s words) that “therole of government is to dofor the people what theycannot do better for them-selves.” And on that scoreObama has been wildlysuccessful.

The greatest damagefrom the DeepwaterHorizon disaster (and yes,even with the hype-defla-tion, it’s still a disaster) hasbeen from government.The drilling ban imposedby the administration,against the counsel of thesort of “sound science”Obama usually sanctifies,has been devastating to theregion, costing thousandsof jobs and untold millionsin lost revenues and taxes.That’s definitely somethingthe people couldn’t havedone better for themselves.

Meanwhile, if Obama isserious about drivingAmerica forward to a green

economy “even if we don’tyet know precisely howwe’re going to get there,” hewill take the Gulf regiondevastation on the road,destroying good jobs acrossthe country (the oil and gasindustry pays twice thenational average) andreplacing them with badones. He will replace cheapenergy with expensiveenergy. (During the cam-paign, he promised that hisplan would cause electrici-ty rates to “skyrocket.”) Hewill place bets on unproventechnologies while dis-carding proven ones. Inshort, he will nationalize adisastrous disaster policy.

Fortunately, his energyplan has died in Congresswithout a vote, becauseeven members of his ownparty recognized it as aneconomic and political sui-cide pact. A majority ofvoters never bought intothe idea that the Gulf spillwas yet another crisis forObama to exploit ratherthan fix. If we can put aman on the moon, peoplesaid, plug the leak. Even 65 percent of Democratsoppose the ban, accordingto a Bloomberg poll.

It seems that theAmerican people can makeup their own minds betterthan government can. Apoint that should be drivenhome come November.

Jonah Goldberg is aneditor-at-large of NationalReview Online.

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BUCHAREST, Romania(AP) — A 25-year-old Roma-nian woman who weighed 528pounds when she gave birth toa baby girl more than 5months ago has died, mediareported Monday.

Relatives of VictoriaLacatus said she died of aheart attack Sunday afterdeveloping a high fever andbreathing problems.

Doctors from Craiova hos-pital in southern Romaniasaid Lacatus’ heart stopped.Hospital manager FlorinPetrescu said doctors tried toresuscitate Lacatus for 30minutes, a task made difficultbecause of her extreme obesi-ty.

After she gave birth bycesarean section to a 6-pound, 6-ounce baby girl onFeb. 18, Lacatus gainedanother 44 pounds, her sisterCristina Sosoiu told the dailyLibertatea. Doctors had toldLacatus to go on a diet, thepaper reported.

Her daughter, Anisoara,currently weighs just a littleover 9 pounds,the paper said.

She lives with her maternalgrandmother. It is not clearwhy the baby does not livewith her father, CosticaLacatus.

Lacatus fell ill with a feverlast week and was hospital-ized in her home town ofCaracal in southern Romaniabefore she was moved to themain regional hospital whereshe died.

When Lacatus gave birthon Feb. 18, Dr. DaghniRasasingham, of Britain’sRoyal College of Obstetriciansand Gynecologists in London

said the case was rare, giventhe mother’s weight andheight of 5 feet and 3 inches.

Rasasingham said shewould be at risk of clots, dia-betes, post-birth bleedingand infection.

Nicolae Cernea, a doctorfrom the southern city ofCraiova — where Lacatus washospitalized for a monthbefore delivery — said her casewas unique in Romania.

In August 2008, a heavierobese woman — 560-poundLeanne Salt — gave birth totriplets in Britain.

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Gulf diversitythreatenedeven beforeBP oil spillBy Randolph E. SchmidAssociated Press writer

WASHINGTON — Theoceans around Australiaboast the greatest diversityof sea life on the planet, butthe now oil-threatenedGulf of Mexico also ranksin the top five regions forvariety of species.

And even before thespill, the Gulf was alreadylisted as threatened,according to the latestupdate of the Census ofMarine Life, releasedMonday.

Mark Costello of theLeigh Marine Laboratory,University of Auckland,New Zealand, commentedthat now it seems the Gulf“is more threatened thanwe thought it was.’’

Regions where variety oflife is most endangeredtended to be the moreenclosed seas, such as theMediterranean, Gulf ofMexico, China’s offshoreshelves, Baltic Sea andCaribbean, the new study,done before the oil spill,concluded.

“The sea today is introuble,’’ said biologistNancy Knowlton of theSmithsonian Institution,leader of the Census’ coralreef project. “Its citizenshave no vote in any nation-al or international body,but they are suffering andneed to be heard.’’

Researcher Ron O’Doradded that “there is a hugeamount of diversity underthe water. The ocean isn’tjust this blue sheet of cel-lophane that spreads out.The oxygen in every sec-ond breath we take is pro-duced in the ocean. Weignore what is going on inthe ocean at our peril.’’

The decade-longCensus is scheduled torelease its final report inLondon in October. Thelatest update was pub-lished Monday in the jour-nal PLoS ONE.

The report disclosedthat the Gulf of Mexico,where a battle is under wayto clean up a massive oilspill, ranks fifth among 25regions around the worldfor diversity of sea life.

The Gulf has 15,374 dif-ferent species identified sofar. That’s an average ofjust over 10 differentspecies per square kilome-ter.

That doesn’t mean only10 animals in an area ofabout four-tenths of asquare mile; it means 10different kinds of animals.

Charlie Sheenpleads guiltyin Aspen wifeassault case

ASPEN, Colo. (AP) —Charlie Sheen pleadedguilty Monday to assault-ing his wife during aChristmas Day argumentin exchange for a plea dealwith no jail time and moreserious charges dropped.

The “Two and a HalfMen’’ actor was sentencedto 30 days in a rehabilita-tion center, 30 days of pro-bation and 36 hours ofanger management. Hehas 30 days to makearrangements for his sen-tence at PromisesTreatment Center inCalifornia, thoughwhether he will have toreport there remains inquestion.

Sheen’s attorney, YaleGalanter, said the actoralready has spent 93 daysat Promises this year andthat the center couldchoose to credit that timetoward his sentence.

“Credit for time servedis absolutely on the table,’’Galanter said. “How muchcredit he gets is up toPromises.’’

The center declined tocomment, citing clientprivacy, and said it was notunusual for those withdrug and alcohol offensesto be sentenced to rehabil-itation there.

By Dena PotterAssociated Press writer

RICHMOND, Va. —Photos of a balding, stockyman believed to haverobbed 25 banks in 13 stateswill be plastered on bill-boards around the countryas authorities try to catchthe “Granddad Bandit,’’ theFBI announced Monday.

The agency recentlytraced the string of rob-beries back to a 2008holdup of a SunTrust Bankin downtown Richmond.Since then, he is believed tohave robbed banks all overthe eastern and central U.S.

While it’s not clear if therobber is actually a grand-father, agents said the namewas devised to help lawenforcement and the publiceasily identify the suspect.

“He just looks like every-one’s granddad,’’ saidsupervisory special agentAmanda Moran.

The “Granddad Bandit’’is described as a 45-to-60-year-old white man, about6 feet tall and 230 pounds,balding with short grayishhair on the sides. He usual-ly wears wire-rimmedglasses, short-sleeved col-lared shirts and ball caps.

In most cases, he waits

patiently in line and handsthe teller a note.Sometimes, he gesturesthat he has a weapon,although agents say there isno indication he’s everactually used one. Once hisdemands are met, he takesthe note and exits quietly,fleeing on foot.

“If he was standingbehind you in the teller linewhile you’re waiting forteller service you wouldn’tgive him a second look,’’Moran said. “He blendswell with people, and hislook reminds you of thefatherly granddad.’’

The FBI declined to sayhow much money theythink the suspect hasstolen.

The robber rarely con-ceals his face, which agentssaid is uncommon.

The digital billboards,which will run in more than40 states, feature the rob-ber’s photo, a tip-linenumber and reward infor-mation.

The billboards have beenused before for local andregional crime alerts,including previous effortsto catch the “GranddadBandit,’’ but the current

campaign is the most wide-spread of its kind.

The Federal Bureau ofInvestigation also inc-reased the reward for hiscapture to $25,000.

As many as 2,000 bill-boards could show themessage, said JeffGolimowski, a spokesmanfor The Outdoor Adver-tising Association ofAmerica, which is partner-ing with the FBI on thecampaign.

So far, 36 FBI arrests inother cases have beendirectly linked to tips frombillboards, agents said.

Digital signs enlisted in hunt for Granddad Bandit

In this Dec. 19, 2008,

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provided by the Federal

Bureau of Investigation,

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‘Granddad Bandit,’ holds

up a bank in Richmond, Va.

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By Karen BossickTimes-News correspondent

KETCHUM — Frank andSusan Ward’s home, whichstraddles a ravine overlook-ing Bigwood Golf Course, isconsidered so unusual that“Outdoor Idaho” once sent acrew to Ketchum to film it.

That home will be part ofthe 31st Community LibraryTour of Homes on Saturday.

The tour will feature fiveluxurious homes that havebeen lavishly furnished anddecorated with art. It willalso include a Jazz in theGarden party with fingersandwiches, miniaturequiches, homemade cook-ies, lemonade and tea at thecreekside home of CarlynRing at 34 Adam’s

Gulch Road.“The garden party should

be quite the focal point thisyear,” said Colleen Crain, thelibrary’s development direc-tor. “It’s a lovely yard withgorgeous trees and a brookrunning through it. Andwe’ll have live music.”

The tour is the largestfundraiser of the year for theKetchum library, whichreceives no tax dollars. Thelibrary needs to raise morethan $920,000 beyond whatthe Gold Mine thrift storeprovides.

While some businessescontracted during the recenteconomic chill, the library’srole expanded, saidExecutive Director ColleenDaly. Visits are up 11 percentfrom the year before, with

more than 400 people visit-ing the library each day touse its computers, Internet,books on tape and otherservices.

The library also hosted arecord 84 guest speakers inthe past year.

This year’s homes includeone in the heart of down-

town Ketchum, a few bor-dering Ketchum’s BigwoodGolf Course and one nearHulen Meadows. One is verycity-like. Another has ahomey farm-type feel. Stillanother is artsy, Crain said.

“My impression of thetour is that of spectacularand unexpected views from

some of the homes that rivalany that I have seen,” saidPatti Lindberg, an interiordesigner who is chairing thisyear’s tour. “In fact, it washard to decide whether totake in more detail of thehomes or just stare out at

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KIMBERLY — Bill andLinda Rupert have poured anabundance of sweat, visionand tears into creating thehome and garden of theirdreams.

The couple remodeledtheir home and renovatedthe surrounding landscapethrough years of hard work,mostly by hand, but alsowith the help of various pro-fessionals.

The tears came whenLinda Rupert’s friend Agnes“Agi” Lidle lost her battle tobreast cancer in late 2008.The Ruperts were close toLidle and her husband,William, even taking tripsout of the country withthem.

“The sad thing is that Agididn’t get to see the finishedhouse,” said Linda Rupert,who designed a room down-stairs, with a king-size bedand a chandelier, for Agi tostay in during her visits fromArizona.

Bill Rupert spent tirelesshours remodeling the house,from restructuring railing toretiling floors and counter-tops. His wife busied herselfwith redesigning the land-scape and planting the gar-den, although the couple didextensive work on bothhome and garden together.

“If you would have seen ita few years ago, you would-n’t even recognize the placenow,” Linda Rupert said.

The couple designed theirabode to be a relaxing place

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A climbing flower makes its way up a trellis in the Purple Garden of Bill and Linda Rupert’s Kimberly yard.

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Bill and Linda Rupert show off their rose garden, a centerpiece in their

newly remodeled backyard. They say the garden was a tangled mess

when they bought the Kimberly home. Linda wants to honor a late friend

by planting roses and putting up a plaque in her honor. By the end of

summer they expect their trellis to be covered with climbing roses.

A new landscape surrounds the Ruperts’ back porch. They say the

plants struggled through a rough spring so they aren’t as big as

expected, but by next year they should be well established.

•• MMaakkee ssuurree your garden has both restful and active areas. A restfularea is tranquil, sometimes with chairs or running water. An activearea is a fruit or vegetable garden. It is active because the fruit orvegetables grow, they need pruning, weeding, harvesting and otheractive responsibilities. It is best to have a balance of the two.

• Your ggaarrddeenn should also have a balance of elements such asshade and sun, wet and dry, rocky and grassy.

• Avoid cchheemmiiccaallss — keep your garden as natural as possible.“If you think of nice environments or nature where you’re comfort-able, there’s always a balance. We as humans resonate with thatbalance,” Bates said.

Feng shui practitioner Peggy Bates says:

RemodeledKimberly gardenprovides spiritualescape for couple

At home tour, expect spectacular views on both sides of the windows

Photo courtesy of Kirk Anderson Fine Art Photography

Debra and John Bacon’s home on Ketchum’s Bigwood Drive looks over

a pond on one side and a reflective swimming pool on the other.

•• WWhhaatt:: Community Library Tour of Homes• When: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday• Where: Free shuttle service is provided from the front entranceof the library at 415 Spruce St. in Ketchum beginning at 9:55 a.m.and leaving every 20 minutes. Parking is available in the libraryparking lot and in the lot across the street. Or bicycle betweenhomes. No parking will be permitted on the streets outside thehomes.

• Tickets: $75, available at the library, at www.thecommunityli-brary.org or at 726-3493. Tickets are tax-deductible and include agarden party from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Don’t become a target duringcrime-friendlysummer monthsBy Maria GlodThe Washington Post

WASHINGTON — Youcan almost feel the sandunder your toes as you finishpacking the car, now over-flowing, for your beachvacation. You carry in theflower pots that have beendecorating the front stoopand flick on the porch light sothe yard will be illuminatedconstantly while you’reaway.

Sheriff’s Deputy JamesSpurlock says you might aswell put a welcome mat outfor a burglar.

The summer, a time ofextended vacations, week-end getaways and day tripsto the local pool, is alsoprime hunting season forthieves, said Spurlock, acrime prevention specialistin suburban LoudounCounty, Va.

“Various reasons take usout of our homes, and thatmakes our homes more vul-nerable,’’ he said. “Burglary,it’s not a random crime.Theygo out and look for a choicetarget. The mail is piling up,there are three or four days’of newspapers on the drive-way. If you maintain yourown lawn and your grasshasn’t been cut for threeweeks, someone is going tonotice.’’

Simple steps can make itless likely that your homewill be the next target.

“Reduce the opportunity,’’Washington Police ChiefCathy Lanier said. “Peopledon’t just walk down thestreet and decide ‘I’m goingto hit your home today.’ Theydo some casing.’’

The key is securing yourhome and eliminating signsthat you are away, policesaid. Doors and windowsshould be locked even ifyou’re only heading to thepark or a neighborhood bar-becue for a few hours.

For people who are goingout of town for longer peri-ods, police recommend put-ting both indoor and outdoorlights on timers to mimictypical usage, and sharingvacation plans with a trustedneighbor who can keep aneye on the home. Automaticgarage door openers shouldbe unplugged to prevent athief from getting in.

Make your home looklived in while you’re away:Ask a neighbor with two carsto park one in your driveway,and arrange for a friend orlawn service to mow thegrass.

A car left overnight packedwith luggage and beach toysis a clear sign you’re headingout of town, Spurlock said.

Keeping an outdoor light onconstantly, when your typi-cal routine is to turn it offduring the day,or bringing inflower pots can also be signsthat you’re gone.

“Look at your house amonth before you go onvacation,’’ Spurlock said.“What does the outside looklike? That’s how it shouldlook when you go.’’

And in the virtual world,don’t share your travel planson Facebook, MySpace orother social networkingsites, Fairfax County (Va.)Police spokeswoman LucyCaldwell said.

“When you come homeyou can share your pictures,but do it afterwards,’’Caldwell said.“There may bepeople who aren’t as closefriends as you think theyare.’’

Nationwide, burglarsmade off with $4.6 billion inelectronics,jewelry,cash andother items in 2008, accord-ing to the FBI. In more than30 percent of those burgla-ries, the thief got insidewithout forcing open a dooror window. Many occurredduring the day.

Police stressed that theywant people to look out fortheir neighbors. If you seesomething that doesn’t lookright, perhaps someone try-ing to peer into a window or avehicle circling the neigh-borhood, call the police.

If someone does break in,don’t make it easy on him.Spurlock said. The averageburglary takes between eightand 15 minutes,and bad guysgrab what is in sight.Spurlock recommends put-ting precious jewelry oritems of sentimental value ina plain box and stashing it ina basement or closet withother storage boxes.

“Any burglar knows that ifa woman has a nice tennisbracelet it’s going to be in adrawstring bag or a velvetbox, and it’s going to be in adrawer with her silky things,’’Spurlock said. “Make thecriminal work for every bit ofgoods they are going to getout of that house.’’

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Brushing up on the latest trends in paint colorThe Washington Post

HGTV host and Bethesda,Md., designer Sabrina Sotojoined writers Jura Konciusand Terri Sapienza for anonline chat. Below is an edit-ed excerpt.

QQ:: I don’t want to paintrooms in my house

every other year, but I do tryto change a few things in myhouse to update the lookevery so often. Any thoughtson upcoming trends?

KKoonncciiuuss:: Yesterday Ireceived a terrific magazinein the mail: Stir, the State ofColor, published bySherwin-Williams. In anarticle that takes the pulse ofcolor at this moment, sur-veys they did found that thetrending colors right now aregreens, blues and neutrals.The colors that were losingthe most influence werereds, purples and yellows.Green seems to the biggestcolor movement at themoment, probably becauseof its environmental mean-ing and also because it is so

big in other areas of decorat-ing.

QQ::What are some ofyour favorite tips and

tricks when decorating smallrooms?

SSoottoo:: If you are dealingwith storage issues in a verysmall space, use multifunc-tional furniture. Ottomanswith storage, end tables witha couple of drawers andchests all work well to hidethe clutter.

QQ::Are medicine cabinetsin or out? We are

doing a bathroom redo andour contractor said manypeople are taking them out.

SSaappiieennzzaa:: I don’t thinkmedicine cabinets are “out.’’In fact, extra storage in anyspace is always a plus, so Iwould keep the cabinet butreplace it if it’s old and out-dated. ... Some great optionsto consider in your cabinetare mirrors and outletsinside and a light that comeson whenever you open thecabinet door.

QQ:: I am expecting a babynext month and am

just getting around to put-ting the nursery together. Doyou have good advice forpicking a nursery set?

SSaappiieennzzaa:: Congratulationson your new baby! I recentlyhad my first and spent a lot oftime thinking about thenursery. My first bit of advicewould be to stay away fromsets. I don’t think it’s neces-sary to have every piece offurniture match completelyand, actually, I think it looksnicer if they don’t.

I would concentrate on thecrib first. Then look for adresser that you can also useas a changing table. Anydresser can be transformedinto a changing table simplyby placing a changing pad ontop. I wouldn’t invest in anactual changing table —their use is too limited. But ifyou can fit a chair in theroom, I would recommendgetting one. My daughter is6 months old, and we useour swivel/rocker every day.

QQ::Shutters and doors:Do they need to

match? We have a small

ranch house with light graysiding. We are going to putblack shutters on the win-dows. The garage door andfront door are both white.Do we need to paint themblack?

SSaappiieennzzaa:: No, they don’tneed to match your shutters,but it might be nice to paintthem a color other thanwhite, especially your frontdoor. With light gray sidingand black shutters, youcould do just about any coloron the front door and itwould probably look great.How about a pretty robin’segg blue?

QQ:: I have a child-sizetable in my son’s

room. I’d love for him tocolor and write on it butdon’t want him drawingdirectly on the table. Anysuggestions for how to pro-tect it?

SSoottoo:: Mistakes may hap-pen, but perhaps having apiece of plexiglass cut toprotect the table is one idea.Using washable markers isanother.

By Susan Murphy CaseyMcClatchy Newspapers

KANSAS CITY, Mo. —Good fences cut clean linesthrough tangled boundaries,shepherd privacy and adornhomes with designer touches.

When choosing fencing,consider the age and style ofyour home. While ornamen-tal metal and wood fencesmatch most homes, vinyl andcomposite fences often looknice with new construction,some experts say. Also factorin the purposes of the fence:privacy, protection, beauty,functionality, even noisereduction.

And don’t forget cost.“People set low-budget

marks for fencing,’’ said LeaBailes, president of GuierFence in Blue Springs, Mo.“Often their budget is one-third of what’s realistic.’’

Even do-it-yourself fenc-ing requires careful attentionto math, said Amy Funk, aninterior designer who builther own fence in her PrairieVillage, Kan., yard.

“Weigh the costs and getthe best impact for themoney,’’ Funk said.

Metal

Aluminum and steel fenc-ing that recalls the blackwrought iron of years past isone of the hottest sellersnow, said Jenna Schwartingof Tom Burge Fence & Iron inOverland Park, Kan. A pop-ular variation is “puppyfencing,’’ which is made ofsteel but maintains thewrought-iron look. Denserpickets along the bottomkeep small pets in and rab-bits out.

Aluminum or steel fencingcomplements a century-oldhome as well as newly con-structed ones. Maintenanceis minimal on well-madeornamental fencing (checkthe warranty), but paintproblems can result fromlesser-grade products. Ifneeded, clean with water, useanti-mold or mildew prod-ucts and periodically checkfor rust.

To add charm to the prop-erty, mix old and new. SueMcCord-Belzer and IrvBelzer of Crestwood, Mo.,moved the original wrought-iron front door from theirearly 1950s home and inte-grated it with black steelfencing from Guier around agarden in their backyard.

Chain-link fencing isfamiliar to us all, thoughtoday’s incarnations areavailable in green, brown andblack and are powder-coatedfor rust protection.

“Chain-link fences canlook great if they’re doneright,’’ said Michael Davis ofAce Fence Co. in Kansas City,Mo. They are the leastexpensive fencing option, aredurable and require littlemaintenance (and replace-ment is relatively easy).

But some homeownersassociations and local codesforbid them,and though theycorral pets, most don’t offersecurity or privacy.

ArtisanCustom fences allow

homeowners to match lampposts, gates and outdoorlighting. They also can bemade to match the slope ofthe yard.

Homeowners seekingartistic fences or an outdoorscheme often use metal orwood materials.

In high-end forged iron orsilicon bronze fences, eachjoint is welded to a post for astrong structure, said SteveAustin of Austin Ironworks.Maintenance is minimalbecause of the hand-madeprocesses and epoxy paint,but the cost can be prohibi-tive.

There’s no need to rule outcustom touches, however.Funk, inspired by a trip toPortland, Ore., crafted cedarfencing with horizontal slats.She likes the “zen-like’’moodit sets in her backyard.

Funk can remove individualplanks when they weather; ifthere’s wood rot, it’s an easyfix. She cleans her fence year-ly and seals it every two years.

Wood

Traditional, prefabricatedwood fencing can be cost-efficient, especially if youinstall it yourself. Avoid cedarposts because they rot quickly(cedar panels are fine). Split-rail or round-rail fences (com-mon in rural areas) can add adecorative twist to a garden.

The lifetime of wood fencesis only 10 to 15 years, andmaintenance is high: Keep thewood clean, and plan to seal itevery two or three years. Youcan extend the treatment timeby using a stain with pigment.

Remove mold or moss witha power washer.If it re-grows,the wood needs to be cleaned— probably with a profession-al product — and resealed. Tosave time, apply productswith a sprayer.

Contemporary bamboofences are becoming morepopular and are touted as anenvironmentally friendlyoption because bamboo easilyregenerates.

Vinyl and compositeFar from “cheap plastic

fences,’’ vinyl fencing is con-siderably costlier than pre-fabricated wood and mostornamental irons because ofits low maintenance and long(sometimes lifetime) war-ranty, Bailes said. A bonus:Vinyl can deflect noise.

Color choices in vinyl haveexpanded recently into neu-tral colors, and some includea variegated texture, too.

Some vinyl fencing cancrack in severe freezingweather or warp in the sum-mer, so evaluate the productand warranty carefully.Maintenance is fairly simple,though — water alone orwith a mild cleaner takes careof mold, Bailes said.Commercial products canprevent mold from re-form-ing.

Also, decking companiessuch as Trex are moving intothe fencing domain.Composite fencing — madeof wood and plastic fibers —can absorb and deflectsound. Composite materialsalso have the benefit of awood look (without rottingor splintering) and can comein panels or be “stick built’’to fit the grade of the ground.Maintenance is akin to vinylfencing.

Like vinyl though, com-posite fencing is costly, andsometimes the color lightensbeyond expectations.

The details

An overlooked legalrequirement or a wronglyplaced fence can add a sig-nificant cost to an alreadypricey home project. So con-sider maintenance, warrantyand style, but don’t neglectthese details.

CChheecckk ffoorr uuttiilliittiieess::“Anytime you move the soilin any manner, including toinstall a fence,’’ state law onboth sides of the line requiresthat you determine whereutility lines are located, saidDave Jones of One Call inJefferson City. You risk safety(electrocution) and severe

monetary expense (some-times several thousand dol-lars) if you hit a line.

The good news is that OneCall, which will locate all ofyour utility lines (averagingsix per household), is fundedby utility companies and isfree. If you’re installing thefence yourself, call before-hand. If a professional fenc-ing company will install thefencing, then it is required toschedule the service, Jonessaid.

LLeeggaalleessee:: “Fences arecostly,’’ said Kate Hauber, areal estate attorney withStinson Morrison Hecker.“Figure out whether thereare any issues before youbegin.’’

Hauber suggests startingwith the covenants in thehomeowners associationand with city hall.Covenants should be in thetitle report when you buy ahouse,but if they are not,askthe title company for a dec-laration of restrictions.Some common covenants ormunicipal codes involveheight restrictions, require-ments that certain materialsbe used (or not used), set-back requirements (like dis-tance from a curb), and obli-gations to keep the fence ingood repair.

Hauber also suggests hir-ing a surveyor to verify theproperty line. Fences set inthe wrong place can lead toclaims of adverse posses-sion. Ownership of propertythat your neighbor cares forbecause you have fencedyourself out might becomethe crux of a legal battle. Oneway to solve that issue is byhaving the neighbor sign alicense so there’s no claim bythe neighbor or a successor,Hauber said.

“The cost of litigation is sohigh,’’ Hauber said. “But ithappens. Cases do arisewhere there is a fight over afew feet because of a mis-placed fence.’’

For that reason, surveyorJohn Renner suggests plac-ing the fence as close to theproperty line as practical.

Renner said too that manydisputes arise after twoneighbors have agreed infor-mally where the propertyline is and split the cost ofbuilding a fence. When oneor both sell, a new ownerasserts the fence is in thewrong place and wants toreplace it.

Renner said most residen-tial surveys run about $375 innew subdivisions and $525for older properties. Thesurvey comes with perma-nent markers (iron bars inthe ground) and a certifieddrawing — signed and sealedin accordance with state law.

CCoouurrtteessyy:: Why does thepretty side of the fence faceaway from home thatinstalled it?

Three reasons, Bailes said.Sometimes a local code orcovenant will require it.Sometimes it’s a safety issue:The smooth exterior istougher to climb. And some-times it’s a simple matter ofcourtesy to neighbors.

Choose materials carefully andplant fences in the right place

MCT photos

ABOVE: This fence was designed and built by interior designer Amy

Funk of Prairie Village, Kan. When choosing fencing, consider the age

and style of your home. BELOW: Artistic bends are featured in the gate

of an artistic bronze fence in Kansas City, Mo.

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Avoid decoratingfaux pas by featuringyour space properly

tion beneath it. The founda-tion can be a sofa, sideboard,chair or mantel.

In general, 6 inches fromthe top of a surface is a goodplace to start.

In a room with a soaringceiling, artwork may need tobe up to one foot above theback of a sofa to maintainproper balance in the room.

In one of those great littleareas where you sit to read,for example, a piece can betucked into a spot muchlower than you would con-sider your eye level.Remember to considerwhether you’re walkingthrough the room or sitting inthe room when determiningeye level.

The scale of the artworkshould also be considered.For example, a postage stampin the middle of a large wallcreates visual disharmony. Itis better to incorporate small-er pieces into a grouping, andtreat the grouping as a singlepiece of art.

Undersized rug

Never underestimate thepower of a rug — andremember that size matters.

A rug offers practical, aswell as decorative, possibili-ties. Your rug creates thefootprint and defines theliving space for an entireroom, so avoid the commonmistake of choosing anundersized one.

A room-size rug shouldallow for a maximum of 10 to18 inches of floor space fromthe edge of the rug to eachwall or to the end of theroom’s area.

Smaller rugs placedbeneath furniture, such ascoffee tables, should be largeenough to allow graciousspace extending out beneathat least the front legs of allfurniture in the grouping.

For a rug beneath a diningtable, make sure it is largeenough to extend at least twofeet past the table on all sidesso that the chairs stay on therug when diners pull awayfrom the table. For example,you would need a rug of atleast 8 by 10 feet for a 4-by-6-foot dining table.

By Mary MaddenMcClatchy Newspapers

One of the mysteries ofspace — we’re talking real-world living space, not thecosmos — is that perfectlysound logic often leads toan illogical aesthetic. We alloccasionally make cringe-worthy decorating mis-takes. (I once purchased asofa, custom-ordered froma tiny swatch, that moreclosely resembled neongreen than the crisp, freshceladon I had envisioned.)

Three common designmistakes involving scale,balance and proportioncome to mind. Fortunately,they have quick and easyfixes.

Draperies flush to windows

Hanging draperies flushwith the top of the windowseems logical, but theeffect is that it gives theappearance of shorteningthe window and loweringthe ceiling. Just as a well-tailored pair of slacks cangive your legs a longer,leaner look, draperieshung closer to the ceilingcan add height to yourroom.

Just like those slacks,draperies should be longenough to brush the floor— an inch longer if youprefer a slightly morerelaxed look.

Hanging draperies flushwith the sides of the win-dows is similarly limiting.By extending the rod pastthe window, you allow thedrapery panel to covermore wall than window.This creates a wideningeffect to the room whileallowing for more naturallight.

Even if you are like mosthomeowners, who willseldom, if ever, close thedrapery, be sure to pur-chase enough fabric tomake the panels at leastappear to be full enough.It’s important that the sidepanels are in proportion tothe width of the window.

I also feel it is alwaysbest to have lineddraperies, unless you’regoing for a sheer look.Lining gives the draperymore volume and a morecustom, finished look.

Floating artwork

Although it seems tomake sense to center art-work on the wall, pieceshung too high are difficultto view and make a roomlook off balance.

Artwork placed at eyelevel (generally 50 to 57 inches above the floor)creates a more pleasing bal-ance. It serves as a visualanchor for other objectsalong the same wall, givingthe whole area a cohesivelook.

Artwork, unless it is acommanding piece thatdeserves exclusive space,looks best with a founda-

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By Joel M. LernerSpecial to The Washington Post

Gardeners and kids have alot in common. The mostconspicuous similaritiesbeing that both like to pluckflowers, pick fruits andberries, study insects and,not least, get wet and dirty.It’s a natural match, andadults can nurture youngpeople’s interest in horti-culture by inviting them tohelp weed, water, plantbiennials, divide irises,deadhead flowers and learnwhat various plants look like— especially poison ivy.

Employing some imagi-nation will help make it anadventure. Here are someroutine garden maintenanceactivities that I’ve framed ina way that children mightconsider fun.

• Create a space fantasyfor weeding. You’re thecommander. The mission isto collect alien weed speci-mens. After locating andpulling the invaders, takethem to the compostingcenter where organisms willneutralize and transformthem into useful membersof the planet. Use a special-ized tool such as a forkedprong. Call it a weed laser.

• Deploy moisture-mon-itoring devices. Yourassignment is to teach thecrew how to water properly.It’s easy to get kids to playwith a hose; instead, teachthem to stick a screwdriverinto the lawn and plantingbeds to check moisture. Callthis a “moisture sensor.’’ If itcomes out dry, it’s time toirrigate. Attend to each plantby watering one at a time,explaining that a gentle flowof water minimizes damageto the planet. Using a hardspray will cut holes into thebeds and erode the soil. Usea light, bubbling action thatlays water onto the soil andallows it to percolate into theroots. Explain that the flowshould be the consistency ofslow lava, not a major vol-canic eruption.

• Use “stealth scanners’’(lawn sprinklers) whenwatering is necessary.Challenge children to stay inthe spray because that’s theonly time your communica-tion system can maintaincontact. This will keep themfrom stepping into the beds.Place an all-purpose water-catching device, like asaucer or tuna can, underthe spray. When it fills withan inch of water, the missionis accomplished. Switch offthe sprinkler and use the“moisture sensor’’ to deter-

mine if water has percolatedthe necessary depth of six toseven inches. If so, have thekids take the screwdriverand locate the next sprinklersite in the lawn.

• AAccttiivvaattee a “BiennialSeedling ProductionNucleus.’’ The children, the“Biennial Brigade,’’ will startseedlings that will bloomnext year. Young cosmicgardeners won’t be disap-pointed by hollyhocks(Alcea), forget-me-nots(Myosotis sylvatica), fox-gloves (Digitalis), sweetwilliams (Dianthus barba-tus) and pansies. Some willre-seed and grow backannually. Sow them whereyou want them because theyare difficult to transplant.Biennial Brigade childrenlearn patience — a third-grader won’t see bloomsuntil the end of fourthgrade.

• Energetic future gar-deners who want to dig canestablish your bearded-irisdivision and begin trainingexercises today. Many gar-deners consider the beardedor German iris to have theshowiest late-spring flow-ers. They grow and bloomfrom shallow, fleshy rhi-zomatous roots. To keepthem producing flowers,divide thick masses ofplants now. One-year rhi-

zomes attached to a fan ofleaves are the only roots thatshould be moved. Discard allolder and diseased rhi-zomes. Cut the fan of leavesin half when transplanting.Of course, adult supervisionis warranted if children arehandling sharp tools.

• Form a deadheadingcrew. This team is responsi-ble for cleanup operationrequiring careful removal ofspent flowers withoutaffecting other parts of theplant. Sometimes newflowers will form if plantsare deadheaded, but manyspent blooms will be sent tothe compost pile.

• Choose a morale officeror two for cut-flower duty.Send them into the gardento select ornamental bloomssuch as bee balm, black-eyed Susans, lilies, daylilies,phlox, baby’s breath andsunflowers. Teach them tocut the entire floweringstem (called a scape) to thebase, to bring cuttingsindoors when they are justbeginning to open and toplace them in water imme-diately. When these flowersare placed in a decorativevase, make an angled freshcut on the stem bottom tohelp them absorb water.

• One final order fromMission Control is to prune.Pruning safely is an activity

for only the most elite, oldercadets. It demands carefulattention to detail and safe-ty. At first, only dead woodshould be targeted. Then,water shoots or suckersshould be removed. Theseare stems that are usuallygreener than the normalwood of the plant. Theyoften grow straight up fromthe roots and can get tallerthan the parent plant.Suckers also grow fromupper branches. They looklike long, straight whips.Removing them keeps theplant from looking weedyand allows its more orna-mental characteristics toshow through.

SANDRA LEAVITT LERNER/For The Washington Post

The writer’s great-nephew Evan Corle, seen in the garden at age 5. Gardens and kids are a natural match.

Why thegarden’s a naturalattraction

Children and dirt

what lies beyond. There arealso some interesting waterfeatures and a variety of land-scape styles. Each homestands alone with its own per-sonality, its own style.”

Here’s a sneak peak at thehomes on the tour:

Amber aanndd KKeenn RRoohhll’’sshome, 670 E. Second Ave.

This couple lived in theWarm Springs canyon andStarweather — an upscaleneighborhood tucked away inthe woods between Ketchumand Hailey — before decidingto go urban.

Their new home is one offive luxurious homes builtalong Trail Creek on the site ofa cabin in which ErnestHemingway wrote several ofhis works.

The home looks modestfrom the outside but opens upinto a surprisingly expansive,elongated living area.

A handicapped-accessibleelevator serves all three floors.The couple’s own Rohl deco-rative plumbing fixtures,which were crafted in Europe,round out the bathrooms andkitchens, while 17th centuryantiques highlight the masterbedroom. And there is a not-to-be missed view of TrailCreek from the porch.

Debra aanndd JJoohhnn BBaaccoonn’’sshome, 450 N. Bigwood Drive.

This 5,000-square-footSierra-style home, on theedge of Bigwood Golf Course,looks over a pond on one sideand a reflective swimmingpool on the other. The homealso boasts its own tenniscourts, as well as stunningviews of Baldy and the moun-tains to the northwest.

An impressive wood-framed porte-cochere leadsinto the house, while a triplebunk bed calls attention toitself in the children’s guestroom.

Patricia aanndd GGaarryyDDaarrmmaann’’ss hhoommee, 350 N.Bigwood Drive.

Corners take second placein the Darman house, whichappears to hover above thegolf course.

The dining room in the8,000-square foot home isround, as is its opposite twinroom. Each boasts difficult-to-bend wood and a coppersoffit, which had to bend intwo directions. And even thekitchen includes an open,rounded-off eating nook.

Lynn aanndd AAuusstteenn GGrraayy, 117Sheep Meadow Lane.

Austen T. Gray, a New Yorkarchitect, was hands-on withthe building of his home. Hishome, a classic Westernhomestead,displays his affin-ity for territorial architectureand his commitment to pre-serving the architecture of theOld West.

He describes the main hall-way, however, as theChamps-Elysees,because it isthe common thoroughfarefrom which all the roomsinterconnect.

The Grays collected theantique hand-hewn beamsand siding from old dairybarns in New England andhad the stone quarried inIdaho and Utah. The woodfloors with their circular sawcuts were crafted from old oakbeams reclaimed fromHouston, Texas.

Native American-themedfurnishings are complement-ed by Native American pat-terns in the bathroom tile.One of the most telling piecesis a lamp made from a pair ofjeans and cowboy boots with azipper switch.

Frank aanndd SSuussaann WWaarrdd

hhoommee, 175 Stoneridge Road.Both Frank and Susan Ward

were also hands-on in thebuilding of their home, whichfeatures Japanese framingmethods and plenty of glassoffering unparalleled views ofBaldy and the mountainsnorth of Ketchum.

Frank — a former Portland

bridge builder — used hisexpertise to bridge the ravinetheir home sits on. His wife,Susan, who foundedKetchum’s Boulder Mount-ain Clayworks, has relied onher expertise to furnish thehome with a myriad of artpieces, including some of herown.

The Wards channeled thewater that runs off the steephill beneath Sun Valley’sWhite Clouds Golf Courseinto a shimmering waterfall,which prompted architectJack Smith to call it his“Waterfall House” in defer-ence to Frank Lloyd Wright’s“Falling Waters.”

Home & Garden 4 Tuesday, August 3, 2010 Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho HOME & GARDEN

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to live and a fun place to host indoor and out-door parties.Walking to the front door,visitorsare greeted by a stone walkway with flowersand bushes, a small iron gate, a fountain withrunning water and a high table with corre-sponding chairs.

“I had a major vision for my yard,” LindaRupert said.“I loved reusing stuff.”

Peggy Bates of Ketchum, a feng shui practi-tioner who used to teach the philosophy out ofSalt Lake City, offered her wisdom to theTimes-News.

“Creating space in the garden with runningwater, whether it is a fountain or a pond —depending on the size of your property — isconsidered good feng shui,” Bates said. “Goodfeng shui means it makes you feel good. Youcan use things to open the space up. You coulduse fountains, benches, a deck with chairs, orsomething like that to create an open area.”

Linda Rupert followed those rules, withoutintending to.

“I’ve been able to incorporate feng shui intothe garden,and that’s why it’s so comfortable,”she said. “Unbeknownst to me, it just kind of

came out that way.”Bates, who has decades of experi-

ence with feng shui, tells beginnersnot to fret: It is only as difficult as youmake it.

“It can be complicated, if you getinto the deeper feng shui,”Bates said.“It’s like an onion; there are manylayers. But it can also be basic, sim-ple.”

A large part of the Ruperts’ gar-den and home is comprised ofpieces of the original design, cutapart and placed differently orrestructured to fit another purpose.For exam-ple, the interior had iron railing around theentrance, which was taken out to open thespace to the living room. The railing nowresides elsewhere, including the PurpleGarden, where all the flowers and decorativerailing are purple.

“She had a place in her mind for every-thing,” Bill Rupert said.

“Go with that intuitive feeling, what makesyou feel youthful, what catches your eye andgives you a sense of relaxation,” Linda Rupert

said.“Without really trying, we accom-plished a lot of the feng shui, but it’s the intu-itive link that brings it in.”

Even the yard art — lamps, statues, knick-knacks — came together thanks to LindaRupert’s eye for design.

“Some of it I saw in the stores and thought,‘Ican find a place for that,’”she said.“Other stuff,I knew where I wanted it to go. A lot of it webrought from our house in Scottsdale,Ariz.”

The couple bought the Kimberly house five

years ago and immediately began renovations.Their advice for anyone who wants to remod-el a fixer-upper?

“Be prepared for the unexpected,” LindaRupert said. “It’s a lot of hard work. And it’sstressful on a relationship. He was ready for itto end and I wanted to go at it some more.”

“I’m ready for it to be done,”Bill Rupert said.For the landscape’s crowning achievement,

the rose garden, the couple took out weeds,garbage and railroad ties that littered the prop-erty. There was even a fountain topped with asmall cherub statue scattered around thebackyard.

The fountain “was in pieces when webought the house,”Bill Rupert said.“We had toput it back together.”

The couple decided to dedicate the rose gar-den to Agi Lidle.

“I want to put a plaque right there on thearbor,” Linda Rupert said, gesturing to the topof the arbor that frames the rose garden’sentrance.

“Even though there might not be somebodythere,” Linda Rupert said, “it’s nice to feel likeyou’re not sitting alone.”

Feng shuiContinued from H&G 1

Photo courtesy of LINDA RUPERTAn image taken before the Ruperts’ landscape remodelingdepicts clumps of rose bushes and an abundance of evergreens.

TourContinued from H&G 1

Photo courtesy of TIM BROWN, Balance Productions

Lynn and Austen Gray collected antique hand-hewn beams and siding from old dairy barns for their home

on Ketchum’s Sheep Meadow Lane.

Photo courtesy of KEVIN SYMS

In Amber and Ken Rohl’s Ketchum home, bathrooms and kitchens fea-

ture the couple’s own Rohl decorative plumbing fixtures.

Photo courtesy of TIM BROWN, Balance Productions

Frank and Susan Ward’s home on Stoneridge Road features many pieces

of art, Japanese framing methods and windows with views of the moun-

tains north of Ketchum.

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USDA to pay top dollar for conservation landBy Joshua PalmerTimes-News writer

Landowners are expectedto take a substantial amountof farmland out of commis-sion this year, say officialswith the Idaho Farm ServiceAgency.

That’s because the federalgovernment is offering topay landowners up to 70 percent more than in pre-vious years to put agricul-tural land into a federal con-servation program.

“The Salmon Tract southof Twin Falls could see rates

as high as $53 to $69 peracre, far more than the

$18 per acre during the lastsign up,” said Lance Phillips,executive director of theFSA’s Twin Falls Countyoffice. “The latest Farm Billalso lets us do some interest-ing things like pay land own-ers more to allow huntingrights.”

He said part of the rateincrease was a correction tothe previous farm bill, whichunderstated agriculture’simpact on environmentallysensitive areas in southernIdaho.

The last ConservationReserve Program sign-upwas in 2004, when com-

modity prices were strongand most landowners inMagic Valley opted not totake part in the program. In acruel twist of irony,the latestsign-up period will fall onharvest season — a timewhen many farmers andranchers are too busy tohandle the paperwork.

Agriculture SecretaryTom Vilsack launched thegeneral sign-up for the con-servation program onMonday, adding that it willcontinue through Aug. 27.

“It’s probably not the besttime, but that’s what wasdecided,” said Tom Snow,

executive director of theFSA’s Jerome County office.“It will be interesting to seewhat the response is, notjust because of the timing,but also because of what’sgoing on with commodityprices, water issues and thegeneral economy.”

Put simply, the conserva-tion program, often abbrevi-ated as CRP, pays landown-ers to voluntarily put farm-land out of commission byentering into long-termcontracts for 10 to 15 years.The rate paid is based on soil

Slump inbeer saleshits growersTimes-News staffand wire reports

Malt barley pays the bills for barley producers acrosssouthern Idaho.

Problem is, the better deals seem a long way off.America’s beer consumption is on the decline and that’skeeping malt from Idaho’s barley out of brown bottles.

Some growers, who received a $13 per hundredweightcontract for 2009 malt barley, are looking at a signifi-cantly lower price this year.

Analyst Eric Shepard of Beer Marketer’s Insights Inc.,said beer hasn’t been recession-proof.

“The industry is down some-where between 3 and 4 percent,depending on what dates youuse, this year versus last year,”said Shepard, who tracks thebeer economy nationally andinternationally. “Calendar year2009 ended up being down 2.3 percent from the yearbefore. That’s about 5 millionbarrels.”

A barrel of beer holds 31 gal-lons.

The decline in beer sales isalarming because for decadesAmerican beer consumptionhas neither increased nordecreased significantly, Shep-ard said. The beer industry isconsidered a mature market, with an annual growth rateof zero to 1 percent. The number of new customersentering the market roughly equals the number of olderconsumers getting out.

But new customers, the predominantly male-21-to-30 crowd, have been hit hard by the recession, andthey’re not drinking as much beer. Earlier this year, thefederal government reported a 15.2 percent unemploy-ment rate for workers ages 16 to 29, the highest rate since1948.

And the numbers didn’t improve when the under-21crowd was pulled from the equation. There were 2.3 mil-lion new college graduates unemployed in March,roughly 1.45 million more than three years earlier.

“If you talk to the higher-up executives in the indus-try, they say as soon as employment bounces back, par-ticularly for males 21 to 30, they’re fairly confident over-all consumption will come back,” Shepard said.

Traditionally strong sellers like Coors Light are doingwell, but the strong growth is elsewhere.

Pricey craft brews are seeing growth, but so are“economy beers,” cheaper labels with wide regional ornational distribution.

On the farm, prosperity’s return will be gauged by thelevel of barley in the bin, rather than beer from the bot-tle. Things are so backlogged that there’s rumored to be2009 malt barley still for sale with the 2010 crop just acouple months from being harvested.

A farmer unable to sell his barley as malt will probablybe forced to sell it as animal feed for about two-thirdsthe price. The economic dominoes that fell into placemaking this year’s malt barley market so tough couldn’thave been stacked much worse against farmers, said

Managing fertility a challenge in organic systemsBy Cindy SnyderTimes-News correspondent

BUHL — Transitioningfrom conventional to organ-ic production isn’t as easy asmerely shifting fertilizersources, even if you’re a soilscientist.

Amber Moore, Universityof Idaho extension soil sci-entist at Twin Falls, knowsthat first hand. She knew itwould take time to build upnitrogen levels in the soilneeded for organic produc-tion and counseled growerswho were transitioning to

organic to be patient. But itwasn’t until the UI decidedto grow organic potatoes atthe Kimberly Research andExtension Center that sherealized just how muchpatience growers needed.

UI researchers applied 10 tons per acre of compostfor the last three falls to theorganic production trials.

Ten tons sounds like a lot,but it’s like dusting the soilsurface with powder.Adding to the wait is the factthe nitrogen from compostis so stable it takes a longtime to break down and

become available.“It takes time,” she said.

“Much more time than youthink.”

Mike Heath is a long waypast that slow process ofbuilding up soil nitrogen, butproviding enough nitrogenfor his signature crop is still achallenge. The Heaths areknown at the Twin Falls andSun Valley farmers marketsfor their fresh potatoes (theygrow 16 different varieties),but it’s the lesser well knowncrops and livestock enter-prises that help keep the soilhealthy to raised their signa-

ture crop.Heath was also one of the

first producers in Twin FallsCounty to receive an organicEQIP (Environmental Qual-ity Incentive Program ) con-tract to provide cost-shareassistance for covercrop/nutrient managementplanning.

When he first began con-verting his 180-acre farm toorganic production in 1982,he used alfalfa as the transi-tion crop to ensure there wasadequate soil nitrogen for his

Times-News file photo

A farmer threashes barley on a farm in Twin Falls County.

Declining beer sales are forcing brewers to scale back contracts,

and an above average crop in 2009 has loaded bins to the rim —

making it a difficult year for growers.

CINDY SNYDER/For the Times-News

Mike Heath explains how his father-in-law, who owned a blacksmith shop in Buhl, converted old grain drills into bean planters. Even though it’s

not a precision planter by today’s standards, these old planters are easy to adjust and are still available.

Building nutrients

Web turns farmers into ‘agvocates’By Cindy SnyderTimes-News correspondent

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.— For some producers get-ting bigger isn’t the answerto thriving or bringing onthe next generation offarmers.

Zweber Family Farms,located south ofMinneapolis-St. Paul, isone of those. The 104-year-

old, fourthge n e ra -

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dairy farm decided to goorganic in 2007. They alsoraise pork, beef and poultrythat are sold directly toconsumers.

During the change, Emilyand Tim Zweber found thata presence in social mediawas key to growing theirbusiness.

“It is more and moreimportant each day to tellour story because more andmore people are telling thewrong story,” said EmilyZweber during theannual American

Agricultural Editors’Association meeting.

Since first launchingtheir website a year ago(www.Zweberfarms.com),they’ve added a weeklyblog, Facebook, Twitter andeven a few videos onYouTube. They’ve devel-oped a central message thatis consistent across all thesocial media platforms.

That message has threekey points: Zweber Farms

provides the best carefor our animals

and land

because it is the right thingto do, Zweber Farms pro-duces wholesome food, andthe Zwebers farm in a waythat is best for their family.

In the beginning, thefocus was raising awarenessabout the farm, but thefocus has shifted to raisingawareness about positiveagriculture.

For example, Emily heardthat CBS was working on a

CRP sign-up beginsTwin Falls County FSA1441 Fillmore St.Twin Falls, ID 83301-3330 733-5380

Jerome County FSA310 W. Nez Perce Ave.Jerome, ID 83338-6124 324-4325

Cassia County FSA1361 E. 16th St.Burley, ID 83318-2008 678-1225

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Dave Henderson, president ofthe National Barley GrowersAssociation.

“We kind of had a perfectstorm as far as the maltingindustry goes,” said Henderson.

Barley followed wheat up theprice ladder two years ago,enticing more farmers to plant.The grain didn’t fetch as highprices as wheat for some, butmalt barley didn’t require the

expensive fertilizer wheat dideither. In wheat, the fertilizer isneeded to drive up the grain’sprotein count. In malt barley,low protein is preferred becausehigh protein causes problems inthe brewing process, Hendersonsaid.

Most years, only 60 percentof malt barley crops makes thegrade, as the rest has proteinlevels that are too high. But late-ly, weather conditions were just

right for most malt barley tomake the cut.

“The acceptance rate hasbeen over 90 percent the lastcouple years,” Henderson said.“Even when acres are down,yields have been up.“

This year, fewer farmers aregetting into the barley game.Plantings are down 8 percentnationwide, possibly creatingthe lowest barley plantedacreage on record, according to

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first organic crop. And he stillrelies on alfalfa to boost organicmatter in the soil, but it’s notalways enough for crops such aspotatoes or corn.

That’s where some of thelesser known crops and live-stock enterprises on M&NHeath Farms come into play.

In addition to potatoes, theHeaths also grow 10 varieties ofwinter squash, 14 kinds oftomatoes plus summer squash,cucumber, peppers, lettuce,beets, swiss chard, herbs,

onions, fresh beans, dry beans,sunflowers, hay and grain. Theyalso raise organic beef, pork,chickens, other poultry andeggs.

“Regular compost applica-tions help maintain organicmatter and biological activitybut availability is slow,” Heathsaid. He’s found that applyinglivestock manure in the fallahead of a non-food crop, suchas corn to be used for livestockfeed, helps boost nitrogen avail-ability for more nitrogen hungrycrops.

But just like conventionalgrowers who are using dairymanure or compost on theirfields, phosphorus managementis an issue for organic producersalso. At a field day held at M&MHeath Farms in late July, Moorerecommends that organic grow-ers keep their soil test phospho-rus below 19 parts per million.

Dairy manure is relatively lowin available nitrogen so applyingmanure to meet crop nitrogenneeds can lead to graduallybuilding up soil phosphoruslevels.

quality — generally the higher the quality, thelower the rate, because lower-quality soil ismore environmentally sensitive.

FSA officials say land can range from thecorners of pivots to entire farms.

Landowners must seed the land with grass-es or other groundcover to prevent soil erosion— the U.S. Department of Agriculture reim-burses landowners for 50 percent of the seed-ing cost.

The program is a massive effort by the U.S.Department of Agriculture to put 32 millionacres into conservation across the UnitedStates. However, landowners in countiesthroughout south-central Idaho have beenreluctant to participate.

No landowners signed up for the conserva-tion program in Jerome County in 2004. About50 in Twin Falls County signed up for the pro-gram during the same year.

In comparison, Bannock County in easternIdaho has hundreds of contracts.

“With all the changes under the new farmbill, that could all change for the guys in ourarea,” Phillips said. “With everything that’sgoing on, this could be the opportune time tosign up.”

The USDA signed partnership agreementswith several conservation and wildlife organi-zations, which will play a role in the conserva-tion efforts.

Contracts awarded under the sign-up arescheduled to become effective Oct. 1.

story about dehorning cattle,so she wrote a blog describingthe reasons why Zweber Farmsdehorns cattle with an empha-sis on safety. She posted theblog the minute the segmentaired.

“People are always search-ing ‘Do dairy farmers care?’”she said. By providing infor-mation about why a farmwould choose to dehorn, shehopes to present a positiveimage of agriculture.

But, she cautions otherfarmers interested in enteringthe social media world, it’smore important to paint anaccurate picture of their farm,not a rosy picture. “It’s muchworse if things on the farm arenot the way the consumerenvisioned it,” she said.

Providing a face for agricul-ture is the number one reasonZweber encourages otherfarmers to create a social mediapresence.

That’s why Tim Zweber is onthe board of AgChat Foun-dation, a grass-roots organi-zation formed last spring toallow farmers and ranchers toconnect with the communitythrough social media.

Lori Anne Lau, of SodaSprings, is planning to attendan AgChat conference nextmonth to learn more how to

use social media to enhancerelationships with customers.They raise grassfed beef andlamb in southeastern Idaho,and sell meat cuts as well assausages and beef salami plusraw fleeces, roving and yarn.

“If we in agriculture don’ttell our story then it will betold for us by people whoknow far less about the choic-es we make every day,” Lausaid.

The Laus developed a web-site (www.laufamilyfarm.com) about six years ago to

reinforce their brochures andanswer questions more thanto help consumers find them.E-mails to customersannouncing deliveries gradu-ally became e-newsletters asLori Anne became more“chatty,” as she describes it.She developed a Facebookpage for the farm last winter.

“Direct marketing is verymuch about developing a rela-tionship with the customer sothey feel they know you andcan trust you,” Lau said. “Thenewsletters and now theFacebook page help me to tellthem about things going on onthe farm so hopefully theyknow it isn’t all peaches andcream out here. It’s hot anddirty and often frustrating,but also a wonderful way tomake a living.”

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the U.S. Department ofAgriculture. Hendersonexpects the smaller plantingcould begin to turn thingsaround.

“If we in agriculture don’t tell our story then it will

be told for us by people who know far less about

the choices we make every day.”— Lori Anne Lau, of Soda Springs, who plans to attend an AgChat

conference next month

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Broncos’Johnson,Vandals’Keo onThorpe listTimes-News

Boise State senior JeronJohnson and Idaho seniorShiloh Keo have been namedto the 2010 Jim ThorpeAward Watch List.

Johnson and Keo areamong 35 players on the listfor the award, which honorsthe nation’stop defensiveback.

J o h n s o nearned sec-o n d - t e a mAll-WesternA t h l e t i cConferencehonors lastseason afterleading theBroncos intackles forthe secondconsecutiveseason with91 tackles, 54of whichwere unassisted. He wassecond on the team with fourinterceptions and recorded1.5 tackles for loss and sixpass breakups.

Keo, a defensive captain assophomore and a specialteams’ captain this fall, is11th on the Vandals’ all-timetackles list with 293. He had113 tackles last year and ledthe WAC in solo stops with72.

The Thorpe Award com-mittee will narrow the fieldto 10 or 12 semifinalists inearly November. Threefinalists will be named theweek of Thanksgiving. Thewinner will be announced atthe ESPN College FootballAwards Show.

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Armstrong lawyers: USADA offering riders dealsBy Jim VertunoAssociated Press writer

AUSTIN, Texas — LanceArmstrong’s attorneys saythe U.S. Anti-DopingAgency is offering cyclists a“sweetheart deal” if theytestify or provide evidencethat the seven-time Tour deFrance winner cheated bydoping.

If those riders have beencaught doping, the deal fromUSADA could result in areduced ban from competi-tion and other incentives,attorney Tim Herman toldThe Associated Press onMonday.

Federal investigators inLos Angeles are looking at

cheating in professionalcycling and have showninterest in Armstrong sinceformer teammate and 2006Tour de France winner FloydLandis alleged this springthat Armstrong and otherstook performance-enhanc-ing drugs, which Armstrongstrongly denies.

In 2007, Landis saidUSADA offered him a similar

deal to finger Armstrong. Atthe time, Landis called theoffer “offensive” and did notprovide evidence againstArmstrong.

USADA spokeswomanErin Hannan said the agencycould not comment in detailabout an investigation.

“Our effort in any investi-gation is a search for thetruth, nothing more and

nothing less,” Hannan said.“On behalf of clean athletes,we will fairly and thoroughlyevaluate all evidence of dop-ing to reveal the truth. Whenthe process results in credi-ble evidence of doping, cleanathletes can rest assured wewill take appropriate actionunder the rules establishedby federal law.”

USADA has a history ofreducing penalties for ath-letes who provide evidenceof doping violations by otherathletes, but asking forinformation about specificathletes is not allowed underthe agency’s rules.

Armstrong’s attorneys say

“USADA is promising riders a sweetheart deal

if they can produce anything harmful on

Armstrong. A rider who has doped, they tell

them, ‘If you can finger Armstrong, we’ll get

out the eraser ... and everything is cool.’”— Tim Herman, Lance Armstrong’s attorney

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Delany: Big Ten title game likely next seasonBy Andrew SeligmanAssociated Press writer

CHICAGO — Commissioner JimDelany expects the Big Ten to hold achampionship game next season, whenNebraska joins and brings the league to12 members.

He also said teams will likely playnine conference games instead of eightin the future to help preserve rivalries.

“I think there’s a real consensusamong our athletic directors to dothat,” Delany said Monday at theleague’s football media days. “Howquickly we can do that? We can’t dothat in the next year or two. I’m hope-ful we can make some progress foryears three, four. Hopefully, it’s notthree or four, but it could be dependingon the contractual commitments.”

The timetable for the championshipgame is sooner.

Delany expects there to be one nextseason, although he’s not sure where itwould be played and if the site wouldrotate. He also wants to sell naming

rights to the game.Delany said he’s spoken to represen-

tatives from potential host sites andChicago is in the running. But he’s notsure he’ll have time in the next fourmonths to make visits. The conferencecould choose one for the first game andthen tour venues in the spring.

“I just think that selection, the phi-losophy, the economics around a

championship venue may require morefocused energy than we have right atthis moment,” Delany said.

Luring Nebraska from the Big 12 andadding one of college football’s tradi-tional powers put the Big Ten in posi-tion to add what figures to be a lucrativechampionship game to the schedule. It

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Dallas Cowboys running back Emmitt Smith takes the hand-off from

quarterback Troy Aikman during a preseason game against the

Denver Broncos Aug. 17, 1996, in Irving, Texas.

By Jaime AronAssociated Press writer

IRVING, Texas — The story is true. As a rookie, EmmittSmith really did tell Michael Irvin that he was going tobecome the NFL’s all-time leading rusher.

But let the record also show that Smith was setting agoal, not making a prediction.

“The conversation started with Michael asking me,‘What did I want to do in this league?’” Smith recalled.

Smith always liked a good challenge.Told he was too small and too slow all the way back in

high school, all he did was set national records. Then hewent to the University of Florida — as a backup. His firststart came on the road against a ranked Alabama team andall he did was set the school’s single-game rushing record.

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Members of the Twin Falls Cowboys Class AA American Legion Baseball team celebrate after scoring a run against the Jerome Cyclones July 16 in Twin Falls.

By David BashoreTimes-News writer

It wasn’t the ending they wanted,but it was progress just the same.

Two days removed from the stingof a second straight elimination inthe American Legion Baseball ClassAA state tournament championshipround, that was the sentimentshared by members of the TwinFalls Cowboys.

Twin Falls lost 8-7 to the BoiseGems Sunday night, a year after los-ing to Lewis-Clark in the if-neces-sary title game. Both victors werethe hosts for the state tournament.The Cowboys finished the 2010 sea-son with a 43-12 record.

“Everybody kind of remembers

that last one, and that’s what we allwere gunning for,” said Cowboyscoach Tim Stadelmeir. “But theyhad a remarkable run. Over the sea-son we accomplished a lot of things.We just struggled swinging the batsat the end … couldn’t get one ofthose timely hits.”

Stadelmeir maintains his teamwas the best one in the field, but

acknowledged that the best teamdoes not always win.

Baseball, he said, is every bit asmuch about good fortune as it ishaving top-tier talent. He citedthird baseman Jared Jordan, who hita grand slam in his third straightgame to open the state tournamentbut went noticeably silent after.

“He was 0-for-9 on the last day,

and five or six of those were balls hesmoked but just hit right at some-body,” Stadelmeir said.

It was that kind of tournament atthe plate for the Cowboys, but theydid play well in the field. Jordan andshortstop Michael Williams werepraised by Stadelmeir for theirdefense, while center fielder RyanPetersen made what many consid-ered the defensive play of the tour-nament.

In a game Twin Falls was control-ling against Lewis-Clark on Fridayafternoon, the Twins loaded thebases against Zayne Slotten and sawthe next batter crush a pitch into theleft-center-field gap. Petersen,

Cowboys reflect on season’s end“Everybody kind of remembers that last one, and that’s

what we all were gunning for. But they had a remarkable

run. Over the season we accomplished a lot of things. We

just struggled swinging the bats at the end … couldn’t get

one of those timely hits.”— Tim Stadelmeir, Twin Falls Cowboys coach

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USADA’s current offer is forriders to talk to federalinvestigator Jeff Novitzky,who could then give theinformation to USADA. Aspokesman for the U.S.attorney’s office in LosAngeles did not immediatelyreturn a call seeking com-ment.

Presumably, the allegeddeal would only be worth-while for riders who are stillcompeting or young enoughto return to competition if aban was lifted.

“USADA is promisingriders a sweetheart deal ifthey can produce anythingharmful on Armstrong,”Herman said. “A rider whohas doped, they tell them,‘Ifyou can finger Armstrong,we’ll get out the eraser ...and everything is cool.”‘

Herman said he could notdisclose which rider or ridershave been offered a deal.

Landis implicated at least16 other people in variousdoping acts, including long-time Armstrong confidantGeorge Hincapie,Armstrong’s current TeamRadioshack teammate LeviLeipheimer and anotherelite American rider, DaveZabriskie.

Tyler Hamilton, who rodein support of Armstrong onthe U.S. Postal Service teamin 1999 and 2000 reportedlyhas been subpoenaed.

Hamilton won the 2004Olympic gold medal in the

time trial in Athens, butfailed a test for blood dopingafterward and eventuallyserved a two-year suspen-sion.

Hamilton returned to rac-ing and won the 2008 U.S.road championship, butretired last spring afteradmitting that he took anantidepressant that con-tained the banned steroidDHEA. He was officiallybanned from cycling foreight years.

In 2007, Landis saidUSADA general counselTravis Tygart approachedhis attorney shortly afterlearning of Landis’ positivedoping test during the Tour.

Herman questionedwhether USADA couldlegally offer such an incen-tive for testimony.

In a 2007 letter to the U.S.Olympic Committee, whichcontracted with USADA,Herman claimed that, as aprivate entity, USADA’s dealoffer is similar to bribery.

Herman said Monday hewould raise the some con-cern with federal investiga-tors.

At USADA, Hannan saidthe agency considers all ath-letes “innocent until andunless proven otherwisethrough the established legalprocess. Attempts to sensa-tionalize or exploit either theprocess or the athletes are adisservice to fair play, dueprocess, and to those wholove clean sport.”

also created some issues.The conference now has

to figure out how to aligninto two six-team divisionswhile maintaining long-standing rivalries, likeMichigan-Ohio State.Delany hopes to have thatresolved in the next 30 to 45days.

While geography will beconsidered, it’s not the toppriority. Competitive balanceand rivalries trump that.

“I don’t know that we’llbe able to preserve every tro-phy game or every rivalrygame, but I can tell you thatwe’re going to go throughgreat lengths to make surethe traditions and the rival-ries are respected,” Delanysaid.“I’ve seen other expan-sions where you expandyour conference, you don’tincrease the number ofgames and play each otherless.”

Nebraska athletic directorTom Osborne said “there’s aframework there that’s pret-ty good” for the divisionalignment, although noth-ing’s been decided.

With the championshipgame, it’s possible teamscould meet twice and even inconsecutive games. Thatcould mean, for example,back-to-back games for

Michigan against OhioState.

Wolverines coach RichRodriguez has no problemwith that. At the moment,they play on the final weekand Rodriguez would like tocontinue that “just from atradition standpoint.”

The most important thingis they meet, period,whether they wind up in thesame division or not.

Further expansionremains a possibility,although Delany said the BigTen “is not activelyinvolved” at the moment.He said the league will prob-ably decide in Decemberwhether to look into it again.

If it does, Penn Statecoach Joe Paterno hopes theconference looks east.

“It would help us particu-larly in the recruiting, thetelevision and all those kindsof things,that are pluses thatyou get when you expand aswe have with Nebraska,” hesaid.

And he was in favor ofadding the Cornhuskers,calling it “a good move forthe Big Ten.”

Penn State played themevery year from 1979-83when Osborne was theircoach, but Paterno’s historyagainst Nebraska goes backeven farther.

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shaded toward right-center,made a beeline toward thearea where the ball wouldland and, at the last second,dove and caught it at fullstretch. It resulted in a dou-ble play — everyone had torace back and tag up — andSlotten got out of the inningon the next pitch.

“I just kept running,”Petersen said. “I’m not thefastest guy out there …had apretty long ways to go, but itkind of hung up in the air forme and I didn’t give up on it.Good things happen whenyou work hard.”

“One of the best catchesI’ve ever seen at this level,”Stadelmeir said.

In the end,a stout defensewasn’t enough to overcomea tiring pitching staff andapparently running afoul ofthe “baseball gods.”

The team that goesthrough the winner’s brack-et plays its fourth game forthe state championship,anddoes so against a loser’sbracket team that is playingits sixth — a distinct advan-tage for the team that keepswinning.

While Twin Falls drew onits previous experience ofcoming through the loser’sbracket a year ago, the hillwas again too tall to climb.

“It wasn’t unchartedwaters for us. It’s not thehigh-school state tourna-ment where if you lose, you

cannot win the state titlegame,” said Cy Sneed, whoearned the win in three ofthe Cowboys’ four victoriesat state. “You’ve just got tokeep playing, pick them offone by one and not pressand you can get backaround.

“We fought with every-thing we had, tooth and nailthe whole time … one ofthese times we’re going toget the break.It’s frustratingbut it’s baseball.”

Most programs use theAmerican Legion Baseballsystem as a means to furtherdevelop players for thehigh-school game.Stadelmeir said that whilethe team fell short inaccomplishing its short-term goal, the experiencewill pay long-term divi-dends.

“We gained a lot from thewhole thing. Sure, it didn’tend up the way we wantedto, but I think we went upthere and represented ourcommunity in a first-classmanner. They went downswinging and that’s all I canask,” he said.“As a whole forour program, we’re defi-nitely headed in the rightdirection. We’re right there;we’ve just got to get overthat hump.

“All it takes is one.”

David Bashore may bereached at david.bashore@lee.net or 735-3230.

His lack of size and speedwas supposed to catch up tohim in the NFL,or at least keephim from dominating. That’swhy 16 players were chosenbefore him in the 1990 draft.When the Dallas Cowboystook him, they weren’t sure hewas the perfect complement

to Troy Aikman and Irvin; theyjust hoped so because thedefensive guy they reallywanted already was taken.

The 5-foot-9½ Smithindeed was the perfect fit.Andhis desire, drive and durabilityturned him into the most pro-ductive running back in NFLhistory.

On Saturday night, Smithwill do the only things left inhis career: slip on the goldblazer and unveil the bust sig-nifying his spot in the ProFootball Hall of Fame.

His speech is already writ-ten and it’s big on thank yousto the people who’ve meantthe most in his life and his

career. As much as othershelped shape him,Smith takesgreat pride in having made themost of his abilities and hiscircumstances.

“I was motivated by onething and one thing only: win-ning games,” Smith said. “Iwanted to win. And I wantedto win very bad.”

CowboysContinued from Sports 1

EmmittContinued from Sports 1

IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — MichaelPhelps’ run-up to his last Olympicsbegins with this week’s U.S. nationalchampionships. He’s facing his biggestmonth of the year in the pool, but thechallenge is more mental than physical.

The 14-time Olympic gold medalisthas competed sparingly so far this sea-son, and hardly gotten the results he’sused to. A month ago in Paris, he strug-gled in his freestyle events and appearedoff form.

“Not being as satisfied as I want to beleaving here I think is more than likelygoing to happen,” he said Monday. “It’sgoing to be a meet that is more mental

than physical.”There’s a lot at stake when the five-

day nationals begin Tuesday. The toptwo finishers in each event qualify forthe Pan Pacific championships later thismonth in Irvine, and from that group,the U.S. team for next year’s worldchampionships will be chosen.

Failing to qualify for those teamsmeans American swimmers won’t becompeting at a major internationalmeet until the 2012 London Olympics.

Phelps is scheduled to swim fiveevents in Irvine: the 200-meterfreestyle, 100 butterfly, 200 fly, 200individual medley and 200 backstroke.

His busiest day will be his first, whenhe competes in two events Wednesday.

“I’m more motivated now than I havebeen all year,” he said.“Not being whereyou want to be is frustrating. You knowwhat you need to do to get back and youknow what you need to change.”

Phelps is still perfecting his newfreestyle stroke, which was flawed inParis, where his timing and stroke wereoff.

“It is a lot better than it was a coupleweeks ago,” he said. “I feel like I canactually swim freestyle again. That’salways a good feeling coming into anationals meet.”

Phelps facing biggest month of year in the pool

H I G H S C H O O L / M I D D L E S C H O O L S P O R T S T R Y O U T SFollowing are sports tryout

announcements submitted to theTimes-News. Players must havecomplete physical forms in orderto participate.

HIGH SCHOOL

BOYS SOCCERDDeecclloo:: Practice begins at 6:30

p.m., Aug. 9. Incoming freshmenand juniors must have currentphysicals on file. Players shouldbring soccer cleats, shin guardsand water. Information: CoachTim Henrickson at 678-1131, 654-2611 or 312-4270.

FFiilleerr:: Practice and tryouts willbe held from 6 to 8 p.m., begin-ning Monday, Aug. 9. Practices willrun from 6 to 8 p.m. Mondaythrough Friday and from 9 to 11a.m. on Saturday. Players mustbring completed physical formsto partipate.

TTwwiinn FFaallllss:: Tryouts will be heldfrom 9 to 10:30 a.m. and 4 to 6p.m. Aug. 9-11 at Sunway SoccerComplex.

CROSS COUNTRYDDiieettrriicchh:: Practice begins at 10

a.m. Monday, Aug. 16. Studentsmust bring all signed paperworkand sports fees.

TTwwiinn FFaallllss:: Practices being at 9a.m. and 3 p.m. Aug. 13 behindBaun Gymnasium.

FOOTBALLDDiieettrriicchh:: Gear will be handed

out from 8 to 10 a.m., Aug. 2 andpractice begins at 7:30 a.m., Aug.9. Students must bring all signedpaperwork and sports fees.

BBuuhhll:: Practice begins at 8:30a.m. and 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 13. Aparent/player meeting will be heldat 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 10 in theschool gym. Gear may bechecked out at 5 p.m. that day.Information: Coach Stacy Wilsonat 308-6170.

FFiilleerr:: A player/parent meetingwill be held at 6:30 p.m.,Thursday, Aug. 12 in the schoolgymnasium. Equipment may bechecked out at this time. Practicebegins Friday, Aug. 13, with ses-sions at 7:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.Physicals and other paperworkmust be turned in to participate.Information: Russ Burnum at 521-

7096 or 543-6249, or LarellPatterson at 308-6357.

HHaannsseenn:: Practice begins at 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 23 at theschool. Players should wearshorts and cleats. Information:Coach Lasso at 358-4498.

JJeerroommee:: Player/parent meetingis at 6 p.m., Aug. 5 in the highschool gymnasium. Helmets andlockers will be issued and spiritpacks can be purchased at thistime. Physicals and school paper-work can also be handed in at thistime. Practice begins Aug. 9 at 8a.m. and 6 p.m. Information: GaryKrumm at 731-3709 or SidGambles at 410-2536.

KKiimmbbeerrllyy:: Equipment checkout will be offered from 4 to 6 p.m.Aug. 10-12 at the old gym.Practice begins at 7 a.m. Aug. 16on the practice field behind thehigh school. A player/parentmeeting will be held at 5 p.m.Monday, Aug. 16 in the high schoolgym. Two-a-day practices contin-ue through the annual scrimmageand KHS Booster Club Barbequeon Saturday, Aug. 21. Information:Coach Kirby Bright at 423-6298or 308-8520.

TTwwiinn FFaallllss:: Equipment checkoutwill be held Aug. 9 from 6 to 8 p.m. and Aug. 10 from 8 to 10 a.m.and 6 to 8 p.m. A team meeting willbe held at 5 p.m., Aug. 11, with thefirst practices slated for 8 to 10 a.m.and 6 to 8 p.m. on Aug. 12.

GIRLS SOCCERFiler: Practice and tryouts

being at 10 a.m. Aug. 9 at the highschool. Players must have a com-pleted physical to participate.Information: Shane Hild at 308-6356.

TTwwiinn FFaallllss:: Tryouts will be heldfrom 5 to 7 p.m. Aug. 9-11 atSunway Soccer Complex.

SWIMMINGTTwwiinn FFaallllss:: Practice begins at

7 p.m. Aug. 9 at the YMCA/CityPool and is open to students fromTwin Falls, Canyon Ridge,Kimberly, Jerome, Filer and otherarea high schools. Practices willbe held from 7 to 9 p.m. Mondaythrough Thursday and 5:30 to 7 a.m. on Fridays. Swimming is a

non-sanctioned club sport. Theteam is coached by John Twissand will compete at various meetsleading up to the November statechampionships in Boise.Participants must be able to swim25 yards front crawl or back-stroke. Information: Laurie Wirtzat 733-9102.

VOLLEYBALLBBuuhhll:: Tryouts will be held from

9 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. Friday,Aug. 13 and continue from 9 to 11a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug.14. Information: Coach Moretto at308-4772.

CCaannyyoonn RRiiddggee:: Tryouts will beheld from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 13-14. Players must complete anAthletic Registration Packet toparticipate. A mandatory parentmeeting will be held at 7 p.m. Aug.16. Information: Coach Boer at539-7147.

DDiieettrriicchh:: Practice begins at 5 p.m., Friday, Aug. 13. Studentsmust bring all signed paperworkand sports fees.

JJeerroommee:: Tryouts are 6 to 8a.m., and 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, Aug.13 and 8 to 10 a.m., Saturday, Aug.14. Players must have a complet-ed physical and parent consentform turned in to participate.Information: Coach Clark at 404-9292.

KKiimmbbeerrllyy:: Tryouts begin Aug. 16from 9 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. Allplayers will need to have physi-cals, and freshman and juniorplayers need to have physicalstaken in May 2010 or later.Information: Coach LawrencePfefferle at 731-6623.

TTwwiinn FFaallllss:: Tryouts will be heldfrom 8 to 10 a.m. and 2 to 4 p.m.Aug. 13-14 at Baun Gymnasium.

JUNIOR HIGH/

MIDDLE SCHOOL

BOYS SOCCEROO’’LLeeaarryy:: Tryouts for grades 7-8

will begin at 9 a.m., Aug. 20.

CROSS COUNTRYOO’’LLeeaarryy:: Practice for grades

7-8 begins at 9 a.m.,Aug. 18 behindthe Twin Falls High School gym.

FOOTBALLFFiilleerr:: Parent meeting and

equipment checkout for grades 7and 8 will be held at 6 p.m., Aug.16 in the gym. Practice begins at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 18.Physicals must be turned in toparticipate. Information: ZachDong at 948-0390 or DanielRobertson 307-399-2993.

JJeerroommee:: First day of practice isAugust 16 at 3 p.m. Players musthave a current physical andsigned parent consent form toparticipate.

OO’’LLeeaarryy:: Equipment checkoutfor grades 7-8 will be held at 9 a.m., Aug. 16 at the school gym.

GIRLS SOCCEROO’’LLeeaarryy:: Tryouts for grades 7-8

begin at 9 a.m. Aug. 20.

VOLLEYBALLFFiilleerr:: Open gym is from 8 to

10 a.m. Aug. 12 and 13. Tryouts areAug. 16 and 17; seventh-gradersare from 8 to 9:30 a.m., witheighth-graders attending from9:30 to 11 a.m.

JJeerroommee:: Open gym is from 9 to11 a.m., Aug. 19 and 20. Tryoutsare Aug. 23 and 24. Eighth-gradetryouts are from 9 to 11 a.m., withseventh graders going from noonto 2 p.m. All participants musthave a physical and signed waiverbefore they will be allowed to par-ticipate.

Information: Coach Burke at320-2550.

KKiimmbbeerrllyy:: Tryout begins Aug. 16with eighth graders attending at 9 a.m. and seventh gradersattending at 5:30 p.m. in theschool gym. Physicals arerequired for all players.

OO’’LLeeaarryy:: Tryouts begin at 9 a.m., Aug. 23.

RRoobbeerrtt SSttuuaarrtt:: Open gym willbe held from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.Aug. 10-12. Tryouts will be heldAug. 18-20 with players in seventhgrade attending from 10 a.m. tonoon and players in eighth gradeattending from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.Physicals must be completedbefore tryouts. Information:Coach Brown at 406-4867.

Rays climb into tie with YankeesST. PETERSBURG, Fla. —

Jeremy Hellickson won hismajor league debut, MattJoyce drove in a pair of runsand the Tampa Bay Rays beatMinnesota 4-2 on Mondaynight to snap the Twins’eight-game winning streak.

Hellickson (1-0) allowedtwo runs and three hits inseven innings, helping theRays win for the ninth timein the last 10 games. DanWheeler got the final twoouts for his third save.

Jason Kubel homered andhad two RBIs for the Twins,while Carl Pavano (13-7)gave up four runs and ninehits over six innings. He hadbeen 8-0 in his previous 10starts.

BLUE JAYS 8, YANKEES 6NEW YORK — Travis

Snider hit two of an ALrecord-tying six doubles ina seven-run fifth inning,and the Blue Jays pro-longed Alex Rodriguez’ssearch for his 600thhomer.

Snider began the barrageof doubles with a leadoffhit against A.J. Burnett (9-9) and finished it with adrive off Sergio Mitre. Inbetween, Fred Lewis, JoseBautista, Vernon Wells andAaron Hill also had doublesto match the WashingtonSenators, who had sixagainst the Boston Red Soxon June 9, 1934, and theTexas Rangers on July 31,2002, against the Yankees.

The Yankees rallied froman 8-2 deficit but fell into atie for first place in the ALEast with Tampa Bay. TheYankees had been alone infirst since June 20.

INDIANS 6, RED SOX 5BOSTON — Fausto

Carmona rebounded fromhis worst start of the seasonwith seven solid innings, andShelley Duncan had acareer-high four hits to liftthe Indians.

The victory proved costly,though. Cleveland catcherCarlos Santana was taken off

the field on a stretcher withhis left leg in an air cast afterblocking home in the sev-enth inning.

NATIONAL LEAGUEREDS 4, PIRATES 0

PITTSBURGH — RookieTravis Wood allowed twosingles over seven inningsand fill-in first basemanMiguel Cairo drove in tworuns for Cincinnati.

Russ Springer, the 41-year-old right-handerbrought up from theminors earlier in the day,and Arthur Rhodes, the40-year-old first-timeAll-Star, pitched an inningeach to complete the com-bined three-hitter —Cincinnati’s seventhshutout and fifth victory insix games.

The Pirates, on pace fortheir record-extending18th consecutive losingseason and their first 100-loss season since 2001,have been outscored 34-5while losing their last five.

BRAVES 4, METS 1ATLANTA — Tim Hudson

pitched six solid innings andRick Ankiel drove in tworuns with his first hit forAtlanta.

Chipper Jones added asolo home run in the seventh— his eighth — for theBraves, who had lost five ofseven and two straight.

ASTROS 9, CARDINALS 4ST. LOUIS — Jeff

Keppinger had two hits andfour RBIs, including a keyhit during a go-ahead three-run eighth inning, and theHouston Astros won theirsixth straight to spoil JakeWestbrook’s St. Louisdebut.

BREWERS 18, CUBS 1CHICAGO — Prince

Fielder drove in five runs andhad five of Milwaukee’s sea-son-high 26 hits and YovaniGallardo tied a season-highwith 12 strikeouts.

— The Associated Press

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JThms p 0 0 0 0TToottaallss 3322 44 77 44 TToottaallss 3300 00 33 00CCiinncciinnnnaattii 110011 110000 001100 —— 44PPiittttssbbuurrgghh 000000 000000 000000 —— 00DP—Pittsburgh 1. LOB—Cincinnati 7, Pittsburgh 4. 2B—Gomes (19), Heisey (3). HR—Heisey (7). SB—B.Phillips(13). SF—Cairo.

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CCiinncciinnnnaattiiTr.Wood W,2-1 7 2 0 0 1 4Springer 1 1 0 0 0 1Rhodes 1 0 0 0 0 0PPiittttssbbuurrgghhOhlendorf L,1-9 5 5 3 3 4 4Ledezma 2 0 0 0 0 1Hanrahan 1 1 1 1 0 2J.Thomas 1 1 0 0 0 1HBP—by Ohlendorf (Heisey).Umpires—Home, Doug Eddings; First, Dana DeMuth;Second, Angel Campos; Third, C.B. Bucknor.T—2:46. A—15,172 (38,362).

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Bourn cf 4 2 1 0 FLopez 3b 3 1 2 1AHrndz ss 3 2 1 0 Jay rf-cf 4 0 0 0Michals ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Pujols 1b 4 1 2 1Pence rf 5 2 2 1 Hollidy lf 2 1 0 0Ca.Lee lf 3 2 2 1 Rasms cf 3 0 1 0Lndstr p 0 0 0 0 Motte p 0 0 0 0Kppngr 2b 5 0 2 4 MacDgl p 0 0 0 0Wallac 1b 3 0 1 1 Stavinh ph 1 0 0 0CJhnsn 3b 5 0 2 2 TMiller p 0 0 0 0Quinter c 5 0 0 0 Hwksw p 0 0 0 0Myers p 2 0 0 0 YMolin c 3 0 1 0Bourgs ph 1 0 0 0 Schmkr 2b 4 0 0 0Figuero p 0 0 0 0 Westrk p 2 0 0 0Lyon p 0 0 0 0 Winn rf 2 0 0 0AngSnc ph-ss 1 1 1 0 B.Ryan ss 4 1 1 0TToottaallss 3388 99 1122 99 TToottaallss 3322 44 77 22HHoouussttoonn 000000 220000 003344 —— 99SStt.. LLoouuiiss 110000 220000 110000 —— 44E—Myers (2), Bourn (2), F.Lopez (8). DP—Houston 3, St.Louis 3. LOB—Houston 8, St. Louis 5. 2B—A.Hernandez(1), Keppinger (26), C.Johnson (10), F.Lopez (16). HR—Pujols (26). SB—Bourn (33), Pence (13).

IIPP HH RR EERR BBBB SSOOHHoouussttoonnMyers 6 3 3 2 4 4Figueroa W,3-1 1 2 1 1 0 0Lyon H,18 1 1 0 0 0 0Lindstrom 1 1 0 0 0 0SStt.. LLoouuiissWestbrook 6 4 2 2 1 7Motte H,9 1 1 2 2 2 0MacDougal L,1-1 BS,1-1 1 2 1 1 1 0T.Miller 1-3 3 3 3 0 0Hawksworth 2-3 2 1 1 1 0Motte pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.HBP—by Westbrook (Wallace). WP—T.Miller.Umpires—Home, Bill Miller; First, Todd Tichenor;Second, Eric Cooper; Third, Mike Reilly.T—2:58. A—43,369 (43,975).

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Weeks 2b 6 2 1 3 Colvin rf-cf 4 0 1 0Inglett ph-2b 1 0 1 0 SCastro ss 4 1 2 0Hart rf 7 3 4 1 D.Lee 1b 3 0 0 0Braun lf 7 3 5 2 JeBakr 1b 1 0 0 0Fielder 1b 7 2 5 5 ArRmr 3b 2 0 0 1McGeh 3b 5 3 2 4 Fontent ph-3b 2 0 0 0Edmnd cf 3 2 2 0 Byrd cf 1 0 0 0CGomz pr-cf 0 0 0 0 Fukdm rf 2 0 0 0Bush pr 0 0 0 0 ASorin lf 3 0 1 0Hoffmn p 1 0 0 0 Soto c 3 0 0 0Axford p 0 0 0 0 Schlittr p 0 0 0 0AEscor ss-cf 5 2 3 2 DeWitt 2b 3 0 0 0Lucroy c 6 0 1 0 R.Wells p 1 0 0 0Gallard p 3 0 0 0 Berg p 0 0 0 0Hwkns p 0 0 0 0 Colemn p 1 0 0 0Counsll ph-ss 2 1 2 0 K.Hill c 1 0 0 0TToottaallss 5533 1188 2266 1177 TToottaallss 3311 11 44 11MMiillwwaauukkeeee 000000 555511 223322 —— 1188CChhiiccaaggoo 000000 110000 000000 —— 11E—Ar.Ramirez (12), S.Castro (15). DP—Chicago 1. LOB—Milwaukee 15, Chicago 4. 2B—Weeks (20), Hart (22),Fielder (18), Colvin (14), S.Castro 2 (19), A.Soriano (26).HR—McGehee (15). SF—McGehee.

IIPP HH RR EERR BBBB SSOOMMiillwwaauukkeeeeGallardo W,10-5 6 2 1 1 1 12Hawkins 1 1 0 0 0 2Hoffman 1 1 0 0 0 0Axford 1 0 0 0 0 0CChhiiccaaggooR.Wells L,5-9 4 10 7 6 0 5Berg 1 3 3 0 1 0Coleman 21-3 8 6 6 2 1Schlitter 12-3 5 2 2 0 3R.Wells pitched to 2 batters in the 5th.HBP—by R.Wells (Gallardo), by Schlitter (C.Gomez), byColeman (C.Gomez).Umpires—Home, Lance Barksdale; First, Ed Rapuano;Second, Tom Hallion; Third, Ron Kulpa.T—3:18. A—37,731 (41,210).

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JosRys ss 5 1 1 0 Infante 2b 5 1 2 0Pagan lf 5 0 1 0 Heywrd rf 3 0 0 0Beltran cf 2 0 1 1 C.Jones 3b 4 1 1 1DWrght 3b 4 0 0 0 M.Diaz lf 4 1 2 1I.Davis 1b 3 0 1 0 Saito p 0 0 0 0Francr rf 4 0 1 0 Wagner p 0 0 0 0HBlanc c 3 0 1 0 AlGnzlz ss 4 1 0 0Carter ph 1 0 1 0 Glaus 1b 3 0 1 0Cora 2b 0 0 0 0 Ankiel cf 4 0 2 2LCastill 2b 3 0 1 0 D.Ross c 4 0 1 0Thole ph-c 1 0 0 0 THudsn p 2 0 1 0JSantn p 3 0 0 0 DHrndz ph 1 0 0 0Parnell p 0 0 0 0 Venters p 0 0 0 0Hssmn ph 1 0 0 0 MeCarr lf 1 0 1 0TToottaallss 3355 11 88 11 TToottaallss 3355 44 1111 44NNeeww YYoorrkk 000000 001100 000000 —— 11AAttllaannttaa 330000 000000 1100xx —— 44E—T.Hudson 2 (3). LOB—New York 10, Atlanta 9. 2B—Beltran (3), M.Diaz 2 (11), Ankiel (1), T.Hudson (4). HR—C.Jones (8). SB—Pagan (24).

IIPP HH RR EERR BBBB SSOONNeeww YYoorrkkJ.Santana L,8-6 7 9 4 4 2 11Parnell 1 2 0 0 0 2AAttllaannttaaT.Hudson W,12-5 6 6 1 1 3 3Venters H,14 1 0 0 0 0 1Saito H,14 1 2 0 0 0 0Wagner S,25-30 1 0 0 0 0 1Umpires—Home, Wally Bell; First, John Hirschbeck;Second, James Hoye; Third, Laz Diaz.

T—3:00. A—33,030 (49,743).

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BATTING—Hamilton, Texas, .362; MiCabrera, Detroit,.351; Morneau, Minnesota, .345; DelmYoung,Minnesota, .335; ABeltre, Boston, .333; Cano, NewYork, .331; DeJesus, Kansas City, .318.RUNS—Teixeira, New York, 77; Youkilis, Boston, 77;Crawford, Tampa Bay, 76; MiCabrera, Detroit, 74;Cano, New York, 73; Jeter, New York, 72; MYoung,Texas, 72.RBI—MiCabrera, Detroit, 93; Guerrero, Texas, 85;ARodriguez, New York, 85; DelmYoung, Minnesota, 81;JBautista, Toronto, 80; Hamilton, Texas, 75; Teixeira,New York, 74.HITS—Hamilton, Texas, 144; Cano, New York, 134;ISuzuki, Seattle, 134; MiCabrera, Detroit, 132; ABeltre,Boston, 130; MYoung, Texas, 129; Butler, Kansas City,122; Scutaro, Boston, 122.DOUBLES—MiCabrera, Detroit, 36; Markakis,Baltimore, 35; Hamilton, Texas, 34; Mauer, Minnesota,34; VWells, Toronto, 33; DelmYoung, Minnesota, 32;Longoria, Tampa Bay, 31.TRIPLES—Crawford, Tampa Bay, 7; AJackson, Detroit, 7;Span, Minnesota, 7; Pennington, Oakland, 6;Podsednik, Kansas City, 6; Granderson, New York, 5;FLewis, Toronto, 5; EPatterson, Boston, 5; Youkilis,Boston, 5.HOME RUNS—JBautista, Toronto, 32; MiCabrera,Detroit, 26; Konerko, Chicago, 25; Hamilton, Texas, 23;CPena, Tampa Bay, 23; DOrtiz, Boston, 22; Cano, NewYork, 21; Guerrero, Texas, 21; Teixeira, New York, 21.STOLEN BASES—Pierre, Chicago, 39; Crawford, TampaBay, 38; RDavis, Oakland, 32; Gardner, New York, 30;Podsednik, Kansas City, 30; BUpton, Tampa Bay, 28;Andrus, Texas, 27; Figgins, Seattle, 27.PITCHING—Price, Tampa Bay, 14-5; Sabathia, NewYork, 13-5; Pavano, Minnesota, 13-6; PHughes, NewYork, 12-4; Verlander, Detroit, 12-6; Pettitte, New York,11-2; Garza, Tampa Bay, 11-5; CBuchholz, Boston, 11-5;Lester, Boston, 11-6; Danks, Chicago, 11-8.STRIKEOUTS—JerWeaver, Los Angeles, 162; Lester,Boston, 150; Liriano, Minnesota, 150; FHernandez,Seattle, 149; Verlander, Detroit, 138; JShields, TampaBay, 133; Sabathia, New York, 127.SAVES—RSoriano, Tampa Bay, 30; NFeliz, Texas, 29;Soria, Kansas City, 29; Papelbon, Boston, 24; Gregg,Toronto, 23; MRivera, New York, 22; Jenks, Chicago, 22.

NNaattiioonnaall LLeeaagguueeBATTING—Votto, Cincinnati, .322; CGonzalez, Colorado,.320; Polanco, Philadelphia, .317; Furcal, Los Angeles,.317; Prado, Atlanta, .315; Byrd, Chicago, .315; Pagan,New York, .313.RUNS—BPhillips, Cincinnati, 76; Prado, Atlanta, 75;Votto, Cincinnati, 74; Uggla, Florida, 73; Weeks,Milwaukee, 71; CGonzalez, Colorado, 68; AHuff, SanFrancisco, 67.RBI—Howard, Philadelphia, 81; DWright, New York, 77;Pujols, St. Louis, 74; Hart, Milwaukee, 72; Votto,Cincinnati, 72; AdLaRoche, Arizona, 70; CGonzalez,Colorado, 69.HITS—Prado, Atlanta, 138; CGonzalez, Colorado, 124;BPhillips, Cincinnati, 123; Byrd, Chicago, 121; Howard,Philadelphia, 119; Votto, Cincinnati, 119; Weeks,Milwaukee, 118; DWright, New York, 118.DOUBLES—Werth, Philadelphia, 36; Torres, SanFrancisco, 33; Prado, Atlanta, 29; Byrd, Chicago, 28;ADunn, Washington, 28; DWright, New York, 28;Braun, Milwaukee, 27; Holliday, St. Louis, 27; Loney,Los Angeles, 27; BPhillips, Cincinnati, 27.TRIPLES—Victorino, Philadelphia, 8; SDrew, Arizona, 7;AEscobar, Milwaukee, 7; Fowler, Colorado, 7; Pagan,New York, 7; Bay, New York, 6; Morgan, Washington,6; JosReyes, New York, 6.HOME RUNS—Votto, Cincinnati, 27; ADunn,Washington, 25; Pujols, St. Louis, 25; Fielder,Milwaukee, 24; Reynolds, Arizona, 24; Hart,Milwaukee, 23; Howard, Philadelphia, 23; Uggla,Florida, 23.STOLEN BASES—Bourn, Houston, 32; Morgan,Washington, 28; Pagan, New York, 23; CYoung,Arizona, 22; AMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, 21; HRamirez,Florida, 21; JosReyes, New York, 20; Victorino,Philadelphia, 20.PITCHING—Jimenez, Colorado, 16-2; Wainwright, St.Louis, 15-6; Nolasco, Florida, 12-7; Halladay,Philadelphia, 12-8; CCarpenter, St. Louis, 11-3;Lincecum, San Francisco, 11-4; Latos, San Diego, 11-4;THudson, Atlanta, 11-5; Arroyo, Cincinnati, 11-6.STRIKEOUTS—Lincecum, San Francisco, 152;JoJohnson, Florida, 151; Halladay, Philadelphia, 149;Wainwright, St. Louis, 147; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 144;Haren, Arizona, 141; Dempster, Chicago, 139.SAVES—BrWilson, San Francisco, 31; HBell, San Diego,30; FCordero, Cincinnati, 29; Capps, Washington, 26;Nunez, Florida, 26; Wagner, Atlanta, 24; FRodriguez,New York, 22; Lindstrom, Houston, 22.

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1. Ernie Els 1,751 $3,941,0282. Steve Stricker 1,575 $2,982,1693. Jim Furyk 1,545 $3,022,7724. Justin Rose 1,542 $3,159,7485. Phil Mickelson 1,541 $3,220,9696. Jeff Overton 1,436 $3,059,7817. Tim Clark 1,370 $3,031,9488. Matt Kuchar 1,286 $2,593,1659. Ben Crane 1,265 $2,443,81710. Anthony Kim 1,215 $2,518,52111. Dustin Johnson 1,193 $2,400,56412. Robert Allenby 1,169 $2,519,86713. Bubba Watson 1,124 $2,072,76114. Camilo Villegas 1,121 $2,367,84815. Rickie Fowler 1,100 $2,171,53116. Carl Pettersson 1,097 $1,817,97317. J.B. Holmes 1,081 $2,059,33818. Luke Donald 1,067 $2,095,77019. Bo Van Pelt 1,061 $2,095,30820. Brendon de Jonge 989 $1,768,17321. Zach Johnson 976 $1,886,36822. Hunter Mahan 950 $1,857,54523. Bill Haas 949 $1,585,32024. Stuart Appleby 947 $1,847,76225. Ricky Barnes 947 $1,761,842

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1,993. 3, Tom Lehman, 1,134. 4, Nick Price, 974. 5, JohnCook, 907. 6, Corey Pavin, 790. 7, Dan Forsman, 747. 8,Tom Watson, 631. 9, Tommy Armour III, 608. 10, LarryMize, 588.

AAllll--AArroouunndd RRaannkkiinngg1, Nick Price, 64. 2, Fred Couples, 70. 3, Jay Don Blake,111. 4, Tommy Armour III, 140. 5, Tom Kite, 143. 6, DanForsman, 147. 7, Bernhard Langer, 151. 8, Chien SoonLu, 157. 9, Tom Lehman, 171. 10, Tom Watson, 176.

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TTrrnn MMoonneeyy1. Jiyai Shin 11 $1,211,2522. Na Yeon Choi 14 $1,178,1483. Yani Tseng 12 $1,121,5924. Suzann Pettersen 12 $1,088,7045. Ai Miyazato 13 $1,086,8186. Cristie Kerr 12 $1,079,8037. Song-Hee Kim 14 $880,8838. Paula Creamer 7 $684,6239. In-Kyung Kim 13 $653,48410. Inbee Park 13 $605,32011. Morgan Pressel 14 $581,94112. Sun Young Yoo 14 $538,78513. Amy Yang 14 $515,91214. Angela Stanford 14 $473,42515. Katherine Hull 14 $455,84816. Karrie Webb 12 $403,67617. Brittany Lincicome 14 $382,87618. Stacy Lewis 14 $328,42019. Michelle Wie 13 $321,30020. Anna Nordqvist 12 $319,71621. Jee Young Lee 14 $309,76522. Azahara Munoz 11 $308,39023. M.J. Hur 14 $307,68324. Christina Kim 14 $283,36425. Se Ri Pak 11 $241,716

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1. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, $178,5042. Ryan Jarrett, Summerville, Ga., $86,0583. Josh Peek, Pueblo, Colo., $75,0154. Curtis Cassidy, Donalda, Alberta, $73,2075. Clint Robinson, Spanish Fork, Utah, $61,0096. Russell Cardoza, Terrebonne, Ore., $53,3847. Jesse Bail, Camp Crook, S.D., $48,9678. Ace Slone, Cuero, Texas, $46,4619. Jesse Sheffield, Austin, Colo., $45,99010. Timber Moore, Aubrey, Texas, $39,708

BBaarreebbaacckk RRiiddiinngg1. Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash., $114,3372. Steven Dent, Mullen, Neb., $88,8503. Clint Cannon, Waller, Texas, $71,5654. Bobby Mote, Culver, Ore., $71,5635. Kaycee Feild, Payson, Utah, $64,6266. Kelly Timberman, Mills, Wyo., $60,9687. Will Lowe, Canyon, Texas, $56,7308. Jason Havens, Prineville, Ore., $56,4089. Matt Bright, Azle, Texas, $54,87510. Wes Stevenson, Lubbock, Texas, $53,004

SStteeeerr WWrreessttlliinngg1. Cody Cassidy, Donalda, Alberta, $73,2202. Luke Branquinho, Los Alamos, Calif., $65,1263. Todd Suhn, Hermosa, S.D., $53,6444. Dean Gorsuch, Gering, Neb., $53,4405. Trevor Knowles, Mount Vernon, Ore., $51,6496. Curtis Cassidy, Donalda, Alberta, $51,4517. Matt Reeves, Cross Plains, Texas, $50,0218. Nick Guy, Sparta, Wis., $46,2939. Jule Hazen, Ashland, Kan., $45,31110. Josh Peek, Pueblo, Colo., $44,073

TTeeaamm RRooppiinngg ((hheeaaddeerr))1. Turtle Powell, Stephenville, Texas, $89,2472. Chad Masters, Clarksville, Tenn., $85,3943. Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont., $67,7914. Colby Lovell, Madisonville, Texas, $60,1845. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, $55,6146. Luke Brown, Stephenville, Texas, $51,3947. Britt Williams, Hammond, Mont., $48,4788. Charly Crawford, Prineville, Ore., $46,6759. Derrick Begay, Seba Dalkai, Ariz., $46,43210. Ty Blasingame, Ramah, Colo., $46,204

TTeeaamm RRooppiinngg ((hheeeelleerr))1. Cory Petska, Lexington, Okla., $93,4092. Jade Corkill, Fallon, Nev., $85,3943. Travis Graves, Jay, Okla., $68,8364. Kory Koontz, Sudan, Texas, $58,0635. Patrick Smith, Midland, Texas, $56,4116. Martin Lucero, Stephenville, Texas, $53,3097. Bobby Harris, Highmore, S.D., $49,4298. Russell Cardoza, Terrebonne, Ore., $48,5269. Cesar de la Cruz, Tucson, Ariz., $46,43210. Randon Adams, Logandale, Nev., $46,028

SSaaddddllee BBrroonncc RRiiddiinngg1. Wade Sundell, Boxholm, Iowa, $79,4622. Rod Hay, Wildwood, Alberta, $77,6933. Cort Scheer, Elsmere, Neb., $65,3794. Shaun Stroh, Dickinson, N.D., $63,4815. Jeff Willert, Belvidere, S.D., $63,3986. Heith DeMoss, Heflin, La., $59,0697. Taos Muncy, Corona, N.M., $51,6438. J.J. Elshere, Quinn, S.D., $51,6029. Jesse Wright, Milford, Utah, $50,59510. Bradley Harter, Weatherford, Texas, $48,209

TTiiee--DDoowwnn RRooppiinngg1. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, $94,4812. Stran Smith, Childress, Texas, $82,1833. Tuf Cooper, Decatur, Texas, $76,4054. Ryan Jarrett, Summerville, Ga., $71,9115. Shane Hanchey, Sulphur, La., $68,2606. Fred Whitfield, Hockley, Texas, $61,5037. Jerrad Hofstetter, Portales, N.M., $61,3618. Tyson Durfey, Colbert, Wash., $59,2739. Houston Hutto, Del Rio, Texas, $53,99210. Clint Cooper, Decatur, Texas, $52,781

SStteeeerr RRooppiinngg1. Rocky Patterson, Pratt, Kan., $50,6932. Vin Fisher Jr., Andrews, Texas, $37,4943. Bryce Davis, Abilene, Texas, $30,0814. Chance Kelton, Mayer, Ariz., $29,5725. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, $28,7776. Rod Hartness, Pawhuska, Okla., $26,9057. Dee Kyler Jr., Pawhuska, Okla., $21,3018. J. Tom Fisher, Andrews, Texas, $20,2609. J.P. Wickett, Sallisaw, Okla., $19,09110. Scott Snedecor, Uvalde, Texas, $17,694

BBuullll RRiiddiinngg1. Shawn Hogg, Odessa, Texas, $101,6262. Wesley Silcox, Santaquin, Utah, $88,1963. Chad Denton, Berry Creek, Calif., $76,4664. Steve Woolsey, Payson, Utah, $68,8445. Tyler Smith, Fruita, Colo., $66,9976. Corey Navarre, Weatherford, Okla., $66,9807. Ardie Maier, Timber Lake, S.D., $65,7648. J.W. Harris, Mullin, Texas, $60,0899. Marcus Michaelis, Caldwell, Idaho, $57,47810. Clayton Williams, Carthage, Texas, $56,443

BBaarrrreell RRaacciinngg1. Sherry Cervi, Marana, Ariz., $154,9252. Brittany Pozzi, Victoria, Texas, $101,4823. Lindsay Sears, Nanton, Alberta, $91,7834. Lisa Lockhart, Oelrichs, S.D., $70,6175. Brenda Mays, Terrebonne, Ore., $67,8646. Nellie Williams, Cottonwood, Calif., $62,5597. Jill Moody, Letcher, S.D., $61,6238. Christina Richman, Glendora, Calif., $56,5369. Tana Poppino, Big Cabin, Okla., $55,589

10. Kelli Tolbert, Hooper, Utah, $48,339

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AAmmeerriiccaann LLeeaagguueeBOSTON RED SOX—Placed OF Mike Cameron on the15-day DL. Recalled OF Daniel Nava from Pawtucket(IL).TAMPA BAY RAYS—Recalled RHP Jeremy Hellicksonfrom Durham (IL). Placed RHP Andy Sonnanstine onthe 15-day DL.

NNaattiioonnaall LLeeaagguueeATLANTA BRAVES—Placed 2B Martin Prado on the15-day DL, retroactive to July 31. Recalled SS DioryHernandez from Gwinnett (IL).CHICAGO CUBS—Selected the contracts of RHPCasey Coleman and RHP Thomas Diamond fromIowa (PCL). Placed RHP Carlos Silva on the 15-dayDL.CINCINNATI REDS—Selected the contract of RHPRuss Springer from Louisville (IL).MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Agreed to terms with OFCorey Hart on a three-year contract extensionthrough 2013.ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Agreed to terms with LHPNate Robertson on a minor league contract andassigned him to Memphis (PCL).WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Recalled OF JustinMaxwell from Syracuse (IL). Transferred RHP TylerWalker to the 60-day DL.

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MIAMI HEAT—Signed G Patrick Beverly.PHOENIX SUNS—Signed F Gani Lawal.PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS—Signed G ArmonJohnson.

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NFL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION—Named Nolan Harrisonsenior director of former player services.ARIZONA CARDINALS—Agreed to terms with NT DanWilliams on a five-year contract.CAROLINA PANTHERS—Signed RB Dantrell Savage.Waived-injured CB Marcus Walker.CINCINNATI BENGALS—Agreed to terms with TEJermaine Gresham.INDIANAPOLIS COLTS—Agreed to terms with DEJerry Hughes on a five-year contract.JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Agreed to terms with DTTyson Alualu on a five-year contract.NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Signed TE Carson Butlerand WR Rod Owens.NEW YORK JETS—Signed WR Vic Hall.SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Waived TE Jameson Konz.Claimed G Gregg Peat off waivers fromIndianapolis.TENNESSEE TITANS—Waived DB Jamar Love. SignedDB Pete Ittersagen.WASHINGTON REDSKINS—Traded CB Doug Dutch toBaltimore for QB John Beck.

GGOOLLFFINTERNATIONAL GOLF FEDERATION—Named AntonyB. Scanlon executive director, effective Nov. 1.

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ANAHEIM DUCKS—Signed D Andy Sutton to a two-year contract.BUFFALO SABRES—Agreed to terms with D ShaoneMorrisonn to a two-year contract. Waived LW TimKennedy.CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Agreed to terms with GMarty Turco on a one-year contract.MONTREAL CANADIENS—Signed D Alexandre Picardto a one-year contract.NEW YORK RANGERS—Traded F Donald Brashearand F Patrick Rissmiller to Atlanta for C ToddWhite.

EECCHHLLIDAHO STEELHEADS—Signed D Brendan Milnamow.

MMOOTTOORRSSPPOORRTTSSINDYCAR—Fined Helio Castroneves $60,000 andplaced him on probation for the remainder of theyear for his actions during the July 25 race atEdmonton.

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MLS—Signed commissioner Don Garber to a four-yearcontract through Dec. 2013.RED BULL NEW YORK—Signed D Rafael Marquez to amultiyear contract.SEATTLE SOUNDERS—Placed M Peter Vagenas on the DL.

CCOOLLLLEEGGEEIVY LEAGUE—Named Dan Colleran and Sarah Finneyassistant directors for communications and cham-pionships.METRO ATLANTIC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE—NamedRyan Auriana general of MAAC Sports Properties.FLORIDA SOUTHERN—Named Stephen Piercefieldassistant baseball coach.GEORGIA SOUTHERN—Announced freshman DL CamLoughery is transferring from Colorado State.MEMPHIS—Named Danielle O’Banion associate headbasketball coach.SYRACUSE—Named Sabrina Harbec women’s assis-tant ice hockey coach.UCLA—Named Tyus Edney director of men’s basket-ball operations.VANDERBILT—Removed ``interim’’ from the title offootball coach Robbie Caldwell.

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PHOENIX — The Nationals and Diamondbackswere delayed briefly Monday night when a fandraped a sign over the left-field wall protestingArizona’s immigration law.

Plate umpire Angel Hernandez halted the game inthe first inning when he saw the large sign addressedto Diamondbacks owner Ken Hendrick.

The sign read: “Mr. Kendrick ... Don’t feed hate.Say no to SB1070.”

Nationals left fielder Josh Willingham said some-thing to the fans behind the sign, which was pulleddown by a security guard after a delay of about aminute.

The immigration law was partially blocked by ajudge last week, but it hasn’t stopped protestsaround Phoenix. Numerous groups have askedbaseball to move next year’s All-Star game fromArizona because of the law.

NHL

Blackhawks land Turco,say so long to Niemi

CHICAGO — For Marty Turco, the bottom line isto play for a Stanley Cup contender.

By agreeing to a one-year deal with the ChicagoBlackhawks on Monday, the veteran goaltendermade that clear.

Turco, who will replace Stanley Cup hero AnttiNiemi as the Blackhawks’ top goalie, could haveearned more money and gotten a longer contractelsewhere, according to his agent, Kurt Overhardt.The deal is believed to be worth $1.3 million.

Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowmansaid the team expects “immediate” contributionsfrom the 34-year-old Turco, who has played allnine of his NHL seasons with Dallas. The three-time All Star has never advanced past the confer-ence finals in six playoff appearances with theStars.

The 26-year-old Niemi helped the Blackhawkswin the Stanley Cup this past season after earning

$826,875 as a rookie. He was awarded a $2.75 mil-lion salary for next season by an arbitrator lastweek, putting the Blackhawks in a tough spot.

MAGIC VALLEY

Dey sinks hole-in-oneDick Dey made his second career hole-in-one July

31 at Pebble Ponds Golf Course in Filer. Dey aced the95-yard No. 7 hole using a 9-iron. The shot was wit-nessed by Brian Dey.

Berger nails aceCarl Berger hit a hole-in-one Sunday on No. 13 at

93 Golf Ranch in Jerome. Berger’s shot, hit with a 6-iron on the 180-yard hole, was witnessed by NickHansen, Jess Backus and Doug Ash.

Sports physicals availableMagic Valley Family Practice is offering sports

physicals for area high school athletes. Cost is $25and includes urinalysis. Forms are available for allarea high schools. Call for appointments.

Information: 733-5117.

Rupert Amateur nearsRUPERT — Rupert Country Club will host the

Rupert Amateur Saturday and Sunday. The entryfee is $60 and includes lunch on Saturday. Men’sand ladies divisions will be offered with gross andnet payoffs in each flight. The entry deadline is 6 p.m. Thursday. Information: Pro shop at 436-9168.

M.V. Junior Football sign-ups open

Registration for Magic Valley Junior Football is stillopen.The tackle league is for grades 5-6 and registrationforms are available at Twin Falls Parks and Recreation orthe Boys and Girls Club. The cost is $75 and all playersmust have a current physical. Information: Eric Bauman

at 736-5099 or Mike Ewaniuk at 212-1755.

TFPR holding Sporties for Shorties

The Twin Falls Parks and Recreation departmentwill hold “Sporties for Shorties,” two noncompetitiveprograms designed for 4- and 5-year-old boys andgirls. A soccer program will run each Saturday dur-ing August, while a football program will runSaturdays from Sept. 11 to Oct. 2.

Parents are required to participate and assist withtheir child. Each participant will receive a T-shirt.

Football officiating meeting setA mandatory state football rules clinic for all offi-

cials and coaches will be held Wednesday at TwinFalls High School. Those interested in officiatingfootball should attend the meeting. Registration willbegin at 6:30 p.m.

Information: Art Watkins at 829-5464.

Volleyball clinic upcomingA mandatory state volleyball rules clinic for all

officials and coaches will be held Wednesday at TwinFalls High School. Registration will be held eachnight at 6:30 p.m., and the clinic will begin at 7. Allofficials and coaches must attend one of the meet-ings. District IV volleyball is in need of more officials.Those interested are encouraged to attend. A rulebook will be given out at each meeting.

Information: Velma Jean Mabey at 678-7252.

JRD holds kids fitness nightsJEROME — The Jerome Recreation District will offer

Kids Summer Fitness Nights this Thursday andThursday,Aug. 19.The cost is $5 per night and youth ingrades 2-8 are invited to participate. Each night fea-tures games, crafts, swimming and pizza. Information:324-3389 or www.jeromerecreationdistrict.com.

Oakley youth football camp nearsOAKLEY — Oakley will hold its 2nd Annual

Youth Camp on Friday at Oakley High School.The camp is for children entering kindergarten toeighth grade. Cost is $25 and includes a T-shirt.

Ponderosa G.C. holds scrambleBURLEY — Ponderosa Golf Course will hold a Nite

Lite Four-person Scramble at 8:30 a.m. Saturday.The cost is $25 per player and includes green feesand a glow-in-the-dark golf ball. Space is limited to18 teams. Information: 670-5730.

Buhl soccer registrations comingBUHL — The Buhl Youth Soccer Association will

hold signups for the fall season from 9 to 11 a.m.,Saturday, Aug. 7 at Broadway Java and from 6:30 to8:30 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 11 at El Cazador in Buhl.Students interested in being referees should alsocome to one of the signups. The season runs fromSept. 11 to Oct. 16, with all games played on Saturdays.

Information: Michelle at 543-5662.

Kimberly High School Volleyball Camp

The Bulldog Volleyball Camp will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Aug. 10 and 11 in the Kimberly HighSchool gymnasium. The cost is $30 and is open tovolleyball players coming into grades 5-8.Registration begins at 8 a.m., Aug. 10.

— Staff and wire reports

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