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Crapo predicts switchin House majorityBy Amy HuddlestonTimes-News writer

It might lead to ayear of head-buttingand gridlock for theHouse and theSenate, but U.S. Sen.Mike Crapo thinksthings will get done ifRepublicans win a majorityin the House in November.

The Idaho Republican’sconversation with theTimes-News editorial boardon Monday harkened back tothe Clinton administration,when the Democrats andRepublicans each held acongressional majority.

“This puts Republicans atthe table to negotiate,” Craposaid. “Things like the welfarereform were accomplished

last time, and I thinkgood things willhappen.”

Both parties havelong wish lists, andCrapo said collabo-ration is really theonly way things canget done.

That includescollaboration for U.S. Rep.Mike Simpson’s proposedCentral Idaho EconomicDevelopment and Recrea-tion Act. The proposalwould create three wilder-ness areas totaling 332,775acres in central Idaho. Theproposal from Simpson,R-Idaho, has been 10 yearsin the making but has yet tobecome a law.

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Judge sentences Straub to 8 yearsBy Bradley GuireTimes-News writer

On paper, it’s eight years. In reality,it’s a life sentence.

That was 5th District Court JudgeRandy Stoker’s take on the sentencingof Daniel Ryan Straub,who received upto eight years in state prison for strik-ing down cyclist David Webster with atruck in 2009.

Straub, 22, is set to serve three yearsbefore becoming eligible for parole. Inaddition, Straub was ordered to pay$554,506.67 in restitution, $500,000of which goes for half of Webster’spotential future earnings had he notbeen killed. The rest goes toward legalcosts,funeral expenses,medical insur-ance premiums and grief counselingfor the Webster family. Stoker alsoordered that Straub’s driver’s licensewill be suspended for two years uponhis release from prison.

None of that brings Webster back to

his family or changes the fact thatStraub has to live with knowing he tooka life.

“It’s a life sentence for everyonehere,” Stoker said.

Prior to setting sentence, Twin FallsCounty Deputy Prosecutor StanHolloway made his final argument,saying, “This is a classic example ofwhy people should not drink anddrive.”

As part of the victim impact state-ment, the Webster family played aslideshow of family photos set to adultcontemporary music. Songs from

Michael Jackson and Celine Dionaccompanied the chronicle of DavidWebster’s life up to his death at age 57,as the court watched the northwestwall on which his image was projected.

Straub sat straight in his chair,motionless, and when Webster’sdaughter, Rachel, and widow,Charlene, took the stand to offer theirstatements, Straub stared a hole downinto the desk before him. When fin-ished with her statement, CharleneWebster asked Straub if he had readother statements from family mem-bers submitted as part of the pre-sen-tence report. He meekly replied that hehad read a few.

He later offered no statement at hissentencing.

Straub pleaded guilty to felonyvehicular manslaughter on June 17 forthe head-on crash that killed Websteras the latter rode east of Twin Falls

Straub ordered to pay $504K in restitution for death of David WebsterMORE ONLINE

WWAATTCCHH 5thDistrict CourtJudge Randy

Stoker pronounce sen-tence on Daniel Straub.

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New year, new crowd at CSI Search formissing familyends at bridgein Jerome Co.By Nate PoppinoTimes-News writer

JEROME — The searchfor a missing woman andher children ended Mondayon a rural Jerome Countybridge.

Alisha Hepworth, 30, andher children, JohnHepworth, 7, and MahaillaHepworth, 3, became thefocus of a missing-personssearch after they vanisheden route to the GoodingCounty Fair last week.

Emergency responderson Monday found their1996 Chevrolet Lumina,their bodies inside, in afeeder irrigation canal atroughly 300 N. 90 E. — justa half-mile from where theybegan their journey atHepworth’s parents’ home.On the bridge over the canalwere clues to theHepworths’ fate: a brokensignpost and a dentedguardrail.

“At this point, it appearsto be a tragic accident,”Jerome County SheriffDoug McFall said aroundnoon, while his deputiesand first-responders from avariety of other agenciesrecovered the last bodyfrom the dented and brokencar.

A full investigation of the

crash by Idaho State Policeand the county could takeseveral weeks to wrap up,McFall said. But from whatthey’ve learned so far, this ishow they believe eventsunfolded:

The Hepworth familyheaded out earlyWednesday evening to meeta friend at Gooding’s paradeand rodeo. While travelingwest on 300 North, theircar drifted off the right sideof the road and struck first asign marking the start of thebridge, then a guard railbefore dropping into thecanal. The current, McFallsaid, apparently nudged thecar right under the smallbridge, where it rested fullysubmerged on all fourwheels until Monday.

Meanwhile, AlishaHepworth’s husband andfamily reported her missingto the sheriff’s office, anddeputies started a search,alerting local residents andthe media to watch for thefamily.

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Seen here is the 1996 Chevrolet Lumina that Alisha Hepworth, 30,

and her children, John Hepworth, 7, and Mahailla Hepworth, 3, were

found in Monday in a canal north of Jerome. The three were on their

way to the Gooding County Fair last week when, officials say, their

car apparently drifted off of the road and into the canal.

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By Amy HuddlestonTimes-News writer

The parking lots at the College ofSouthern Idaho were overflowing onMonday morning.

“The parking is bad? Well that’sgood, that’s good,” said Jeff Fox, thecollege’s executive vice president andchief academic officer.

With the influx of fall-semester stu-

dents and the partnership between theC3 call center and CSI, the parking lotshave a reason to brim with vehicles.The new business in town will useclassrooms in the college’s new HealthServices and Human Sciences buildingto train various members of its newlyhired workforce. The 248 employees,along with what Fox estimated to be7,200 students, are testing the limits ofthe college’s class space, though

administrators are excited about thegrowth. The college expects to reach9,000 students by the end ofSeptember, a 9 percent increase inenrollment from last year.

CSI President Jerry Beck said thepast 40 years have shown slow andsteady growth for the college, while theprevious two years have provided anenrollment explosion due to dual-credit courses, new programs andaffordable costs and scholarships.

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An employee with Half Moon Ranch moves cattle Monday in the Bell Rapids area that was burned over the weekend in the 375,000-acre Long

Butte Fire.

T.F. County declares disasterarea as ranchers try to rebuildBy Nick ColtrainTimes-News writer

HAGERMAN — JerryCaven estimates that 12,000of his 15,000 acres nearHagerman are scorched, ifnot outright destroyed. Butthe rancher of 40 years stillcalled himself “fortunate” onMonday.

“We didn’t lose any cattle,”he said, watching a ranch

hand herd the animals in thedistance. “I think some of theneighbors did. Lost about 20head.

“We were fortunate.”He called the Long Butte

Fire, which has absorbed theBig Draw Fire, the biggest firein the Bell Rapids area that heknows of. At nearly 328,000acres as measured Mondayevening, in recent historyonly 2007’s 653,000-acreMurphy Complex Fireexceeds it.

The Long Butte grew froman estimated 215,000 acresSunday night, mostly to the

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ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENTLLeett’’ss DDaannccee CClluubb,, with line, contra, square,circle, couple and round dances, 6 to10 p.m., Twin Falls Senior Center, 530Shoshone St. W., $3, no cost for childrenyounger than age 14 with an adult,410-5650 or galenslatter.com.

CCoolllleeggee ooff SSoouutthheerrnn IIddaahhoo SSllaamm PPooeettrryy CClluubb,,7 p.m., Room 232, CSI Student UnionBuilding, 315 Falls Ave., Twin Falls, publicwelcome, no cost, shereehaggan@eagle-mail.csi.edu.

BENEFITS AND FUNDRAISERSBBuurrlleeyy CCoommmmuunniittyy BBlloooodd DDrriivvee,, hosted bythe American Red Cross, 9:30 a.m. to1:30 p.m., Burley Armory, 2000 E. Main St.,donors and volunteers needed, 650-8172.

LIBRARYTTeeeenn FFlliicckkss in Yscapes, movie and snacks,4 p.m., Twin Falls Public Library, 201 FourthAve. E., no cost, open to the public, 733-

2964 ext. 110.EE--mmaaiill BBaassiiccss,, for ages over 50 to learn howto set up and use an e-mail account, 1 p.m.,Twin Falls Public Library, 201 Fourth Ave. E.,no cost, open to the public, 733-2964 ext.109.

MUSEUMS FFaauullkknneerr PPllaanneettaarriiuumm ““WWSSKKYY:: RRaaddiioo SSttaattiioonnooff tthhee SSttaarrss,,”” 2 p.m. with live sky tour; ““TThheePPllaanneettss,,”” 7 p.m; and ““UU22,,”” 8.15 p.m.;Herrett Center for Arts and Science, northend of the College of Southern Idaho cam-pus, Twin Falls, education-show tickets:

$4.50 for adults, $3.50 for seniors and$2.50 for students, tickets for 8:15 p.m.entertainment show: $4.50 for all ages, freefor children younger than 2, 732-6655 orcsi.edu/herrett.

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•• Discover the Twin FallsWarehouse HistoricDistrict. A free driving tourincludes former millingwarehouses, silos, a Basqueboarding house and 1926creamery. Pick up the pam-phlet at the Twin Falls AreaChamber of Commerceoffice on Blue LakesBoulevard North.

•• How can you live inIdaho and not visit the IdahoPotato Museum? Located at130 NW Main St., Blackfoot,the museum features oldfarming equipment andeducational exhibits, not to

mention the world’s largestpotato chip and lots of stuffto buy made from spuds. It’sopen from 9:30 a.m. to5 p.m. Cost is $1 to $3.

•• Rehear the hits of TheDoobie Brothers at theWestern Idaho Fair’s concertseries at 7:30 p.m. in theGrandstand Arena in Boise.Concert entry is free withgate admission.

Have your own pick toshare? Something unique tothe area that may surprisepeople? E-mail me atpatm@magicvalley.com.

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JFK almostnever made it

out of Twin FallsBB

et you didn’t knowthat John FitzgeraldKennedy almost met

his demise on a visit to TwinFalls.

In the summer of 1956,Kennedy — then a first-termsenator from Massachusetts— gave a speech here forFrank Church, who was run-ning against incumbentRepublican Sen. HermanWelker. The speech was a hit— standing-room only — buta small plane chartered bythe Democratic NationalCommittee to take Kennedyto California flipped overafter takeoff and almostcrashed.

It was Kennedy’s last tripin a single-engined plane,according to Church. Afterthat, JFK demanded an air-craft big enough to hold apilot and a co-pilot.

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neighborhood? I think other-wise.

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in the Magic Valley? I thinkotherwise.

Jerome historian VirginiaRicketts related this story:

In the last summer ofWorld War I, Jack Williams —a former vaudeville acrobatwho had recently been mus-tered out of the Marines —fetched up in Twin Falls aspart of a recruiting drive.

After signing up 12recruits, Williams passed thehat — collecting $260 — forwar bonds.

Then he climbed the frontof the Twin Falls CountyCourthouse with no toolsexcept a rope to get over thecornice. He discarded therope and kept climbing untilhe reached the top of theflagpole on the roof of thebuilding, which according tothe Twin Falls News “swayedprecariously under hisweight.”

Back on solid ground,Williams proclaimed thestunt “inconsiderable.” Hehad, after all, previouslyclimbed the WashingtonMonument.

As far as the recruits wereconsidered, they were still onthe Marines’ waiting listwhen the war ended inNovember.

Steve Crump is the Times-News Opinion editor.

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A farmer noticed the road signknocked over and, after hearing of themissing-persons search, becameconcerned, McFall said. The farmercalled the Jerome Highway District,and with the help of the districtsupervisor spotted the car’s antennapoking up from the water.

To recover the car, McFall called inhelp from Jerome County Search andRescue, Twin Falls County Search andRescue’s dive team,Idaho State Police,Jerome County Paramedics and thehighway district. The effort began at8:30 a.m. Twin Falls County SheriffTom Carter was on scene at one point,and his office’s victims’ assistancecoordinator, Lori Stewart, stayed to

assist throughout the morning.As the water level in the canal was

dangerously high, the North SideCanal Co. closed a headgate to make itsafer for the dive team to do its work,McFall said.

The incident was a rare one in thearea — McFall and others at the scenecould only recall one or two recent,similar cases, both in the 1990s. Hesaid he’d spoken to the family mem-bers who thankfully have “lots of sup-port” from other friends, family andclergy.

“The family’s taken it hard, ofcourse,” he said.

Jerome County took custody of theLumina until its missing-personsinvestigation is complete.

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Crapo said the bill hascaused a significantamount of unrest, but itsoutcome will depend onpolitical dynamics.

“Any controversial billswill likely be held back bySenate Majority LeaderHarry Reid, (D-Nev.),”Crapo said.

Crapo is firm in hisdesire for state’s rights

when it comes to theSafe and EfficientTransportation Act of2010. The act would allowheavier trucks on the fed-eral interstate system — anincrease in truck weightsfrom 80,000 to 97,000pounds for those statesthat opt into the plan.

Although he has receivedpush-back on the legisla-tion, Crapo told the

Times-News that the actsimply gives the stateauthority to decide what isbest.

Crapo said the billwouldn’t force a weightincrease — it would merelyallow for one if transporta-tion departments deemedit safe and effective.

He argued trucks filled totheir full capacity will helpgrowers in the area and

reduce wear and tear on theroads and economic strainas trucks transport goodsin fewer trips and fewervehicle miles.

“It’s a state’s right issue,but there is no mandatehere,” Crapo said.

Amy Huddleston may bereached at 735-3204 orahuddleston@magicval-ley.com.

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6 pounds of marijuanafound in T.F. woman’s carTimes-News

A Twin Falls woman facesdrug trafficking charges inGooding County.

Gooding County SheriffShaun Gough told theTimes-News Monday thatCarlene Harding, 47, wasarrested on Aug. 14 when lawenforcement agents discov-ered six pounds of marijuana

and $4,200 in cash during atraffic stop on Interstate 84near Bliss.

Gough said Harding waspulled over for speeding, butthat she was a person ofinterest to narcotics officersin Twin Falls and Goodingcounties. Harding posted a$5,000 bond two days later.She is scheduled for a prelim-inary hearing on Sept. 2.

Although this year’s $105-per-credit tuition for up to12 credits is the same priceCSI charged three years ago,the college’s state fundinghas decreased by 20 percent.Beck said the college is rely-ing on student revenuesmuch more than in the past,adding that students andfaculty have supported CSI’sprogram and class expan-sion at a time other collegesand universities are scalingback.

“We’ve tried to grow ourway out of the financial

dilemmas we were in,” Becksaid.

Classes have traditionallyboasted around 21 studentsper teacher, though spaceand funding constraintshave increased class sizes to25 students this semester.The college prides itself onalways having open classesavailable — granted, theymay not be at preferredtimes — so students canaccess affordable educa-tional opportunities.

Holly Batista, a 34-year-old student, didn’t notice anincrease in class size on

Monday but said instructorshave always provided per-sonalized help. She chose toreturn to study nursing andcommutes to the collegefrom Burley every day.

“I’ve always been reallyhappy with programs here,”Batista said. “I heard goodthings about the nursingprogram and it was a goodoption for me to come here.”

The newest programs CSIis offering this year includeenvironmental technology,wind energy technician,industrial mechanics tech-nology, dental hygiene, and a

culinary arts program with abaking and pastry emphasis.

CSI’s partnership with C3is something that Fox seescontinuing for the next fewmonths, if not years,depending on the business’needs.

“CSI’s been a part of thespirit to make a better com-munity,” Fox said. “We wantto be part of a solution bybringing business to thistown. The more we can raisepeople’s quality of commu-nity and quality of educationthe more we can promotethat.”

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Sunday night, mostly to thesoutheast, and now meas-ures almost half the size ofRhode Island. Fire officialsat one point Mondaydeclared it to be 375,000acres in size, but they laterdropped their estimate afterrealizing they’d included anarea burned earlier thissummer in the total, saidU.S. Bureau of LandManagement spokeswomanBarbara Bassler.

As of Monday evening,Bassler said she knew of 10outbuildings that hadburned, but no injuries.About 375 firefighters andother crew were on sceneand the fire was 10 percentcontained

From the lighting strikeSaturday afternoon thatsparked the flames throughmidday Monday, Caven saidthat some tractors and fiveof his Half Moon Ranchbuildings burned down: twofor potato storage, two largeshops and an unoccupiedhouse. He said power wasalso out at the ranch, forcing

him to rely on a diesel gener-ator to keep water pumpingfor his cattle. It costs aboutthree times as much to runas power from Idaho Power,he said.

“The generator that burnsdiesel is tremendouslyexpensive,” Caven said.

He paused when askedhow much damage thequick-moving fire causedhis ranch, furrowed his browand thought.

“Oh jeez,” he said. “I sup-pose a million dollars. Imean, if you count thebuildings and the pasture, itall adds up.”

A major factor will be ifthe fire torched the pastureenough to require reseeding,something he won’t knowuntil spring.

The Twin Falls County

Commission passed a reso-lution Monday declaring adisaster in the county to helpease burdens like the onesCaven faces. CommissionerTerry Kramer said it stillneeds approval from thegovernor’s office, but if itdoes pass muster, it willmean low-interest loans andgreater support from thestate and federal govern-ment.

“(The fire is) racing. It’sreally racing,” he said. “Wejust decided we should getthat declaration to the gov-ernor and let it workthrough the process.”

Kramer also noted thedamage done to theHagerman Fossil BedsNational Monument and theneed for more cash there.Officials estimated Sundaythat three-fourths of themonument has burned.

Some residents were wor-ried enough by the fire totake matters into their ownhands. The BLM announcedmid-afternoon that it hadreceived reports of individu-als intentionally lightning

new fires to try to deny fuelto the Long Butte and slowor stop its advance.

In a press release, theagency announced it hadlaunched a formal investi-gation into the matter.Further details weren’tavailable Monday, but therelease stated such a practiceis “potentially life-threat-ening” when done withoutprofessional firefighterspresent and without coordi-nating with the rest of thefire crews.

Idaho Power teams spreadthroughout the areaMonday, attempting to fixpower outages caused by thefire. A message posted on itsoutage information lineMonday evening said morethan 100 poles for distribu-tion and transmission linesare still down, cutting powerto about 86 people in Blissand Hagerman. There is notime estimate for power tobe restored.

Nick Coltrain may bereached at ncoltrain@mag-icvalley.com or 735-3220.

DisasterContinued from Main 1

The BLM will host a publicinformation meeting at7 p.m. today at HagermanHigh School, 150 East LakeSt. in Hagerman.

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along 4000 North Road on June 25,2009.

Straub still faces a separate $5 millioncivil case filed in June by CharleneWebster. The lawsuit claims negligenceon the part of defendants Straub, HesperD. Straub, and “Corporations A ThroughZ, General Corporations AA ThroughDD, and their heir John Does And JaneDoes I-X.” The suit names the corpora-tions as “unknown to plaintiff at time offiling,” and to be identified at trial.

According to online court records, thecivil case was re-assigned to 5th DistrictCourt Judge Randy Stoker on July 29after Judge G. Richard Bevan was dis-qualified. The suit is still pending, but nofurther hearings are scheduled.

StraubContinued from Main 1

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The eastern half of theintersection of OverlandAvenue and Fifth Street inBurley will be closed tonightand Wednesday night ascrews complete intersectionexcavation work.

An Idaho TransportationDepartment release statedthat the closures should lastfrom 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. eachnight. Fifth Street east of theintersection will be restrict-ed to one lane Wednesday.Flaggers will control theintersection and all FifthStreet traffic east ofOverland Avenue. Driversare asked to seek alternateroutes if possible, though theintersection will remainopen to north-south trafficwithout interruption.

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Dale P. Raine, 46, Boise; posses-sion of paraphernalia, $500bond, public defender appoint-ed, pretrial Oct. 5.

Wayne E. Pearson, 25, TwinFalls; domestic battery, $500bond, public defender appoint-ed, pretrial Oct. 5.

Wayne E. Pearson, 25, TwinFalls; attempted strangulation,$35,000 bond, public defenderappointed, preliminary Sept. 3.

Heather Marie Velguth, 39, TwinFalls; attempting to obtain acontrolled substance by mis-representation, fraud, forgeryand/or deception, $20,000bond, public defender appoint-ed, preliminary Sept. 3,arraignment Aug. 25.

Gina Renee Ghan, 39, Boise;possession with intent to deliv-er, $20,000 bond, publicdefender appointed, prelimi-

nary Sept. 3.Gina Renee Ghan, 39, Boise;possession of a controlled sub-stance, possession of para-phernalia, $500 bond, publicdefender appointed, pretrialOct. 5.

Matthew Wilford Frantz, 50,Twin Falls; inhalation of intoxi-cants, $10,000 bond, publicdefender appointed, pretrialOct. 5.

Kerry Lee Horn, 49, Modesto,Calif.; possession of parapher-nalia, $1,000 bond, publicdefender appointed, pretrialOct. 5.

Anthony Tel Cattaneo, 21,Bozeman, Mont.; possession ofmarijuana, possession of psilo-cybin mushrooms, possessionof paraphernalia, $500 bond,public defender appointed,pretrial Oct. 5.

Jonathan Steven Corey, 18,Boise; possession of a con-

trolled substance, possessionof paraphernalia, released,public defender appointed,pretrial Oct. 5.

Nicholas Robert Starr, 31,Jerome; fugitive warrant fromWashington state, publicdefender appointed, fugitiveidentification hearing Sept. 3.

Thomas Benjamin Withers, 32,Buhl; grand theft, burglary,$5,000 bond, public defenderappointed, preliminary Sept. 3.

Kevin Milton Mingo, 37, Filer;fugitive warrant fromWashington state, publicdefender appointed, fugitiveidentification hearing Sept. 3.

Dean Wade Trumbull, 46, TwinFalls; resisting/obstructing anofficer, released, public defend-er appointed, pretrial Oct. 5.

Sonya Anne Rebecka Scott, 24,Twin Falls; domestic battery,released, public defenderappointed, pretrial Oct. 5.

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T.F. council moves ahead with $7.5 million sewer bondBy Nick ColtrainTimes-News writer

The Twin Falls City Councilis moving forward on a$7.5 million sewer improve-ment project, asking city staffto update the preliminarybudget to reflect the projectand a roughly $1-a-monthincrease to residential waterand sewer bills.

The proposed cost to resi-dents would fluctuatebetween $1.02 and $1.14 dur-ing the next five years, thougha rebounding economy or citygrowth will offset that figure.

The plan calls for a 20-yearbond to pay for the project.The council explored four

options before moving for-ward with the full bond: twopartial bonds for parts of theproject — one for five yearsand the other for 15 — and

cash reserves for the rest, ormaking no improvements forthe next fiscal year. Even noimprovements would requirea 59-cent rate hike to main-tain the sewers because of ris-ing costs and increasing waterconservation.

The improvements to theproject are needed to meetprojected demands on thesystem in the next 10 years,according to city documents.

Most council debate on theissue surrounded saddlingfuture councils with theirdebt. However, all memberswere hesitant to empty theircash reserves to pay for theproject. They asked for thechanges to be made to the

budget with a 7-0 vote. Therate hike is not yet finalized.

The council also inchedcloser to passing its budget,holding the mandatory publichearing on the matter. Oneperson spoke.The council willnow meet over the next cou-ple of weeks to make adjust-ments by the Sept. 9 deadlineto send a budget to the county.

Mark Livingston, ofKimberly,urged the council tocut 2 percent from its entirebudget and to put it intoreserves in case the economyworsens. He also decried anytalk of tax increases.

“We’re in the worse reces-sion in 80 years and propertyvalues are down,” he said.

“Those of us lucky enough tobe working are having to takepay cuts to keep doing that.”

After the testimony, coun-cil members emphasized thatnone expect to pass the$47.6 million budget theypublished; the $2 millionincrease over the preliminarybudget was listed only so thecouncil had more flexibilityafter the public hearing, theysaid.

In other council news, by a7-0 vote,the council approvedchanging the name of LaHabra Drive betweenWirsching Avenue and FilerAvenue to Robbi Way. Theroad there will be privatelyowned as part of an apartment

complex, and is separatedfrom the northern portion ofLa Habra by cement walls.

The landowners, Tom andJoan Parnell, wrote in a letterto the council that theydeserve to name the streetbecause they invested in thearea for their retirement.

“I tried to find an Englishtranslation for La Habra, andfound there is no translation,and I could not come up withany reason why there wouldbe a Spanish name on a TwinFalls street,” the Parnellswrote.

Nick Coltrain may bereached at ncoltrain@magic-valley.com or 735-3220.

Mountain Ridesto run commuterroute itselfBy Karen BossickTimes-News correspondent

KETCHUM — Twin Fallscommuters who’d like to takethe bus to work in the WoodRiver Valley will have to wait alittle longer.

Daily commuter servicewon’t be up and runninguntil November at the earliest— a month later thanMountain Rides had hoped toprovide it.

Mountain Rides, whichalready provides bus servicein the Wood River Valley, isexamining the feasibility ofproviding the longer com-muter route itself after failingto get a private contractor totake on the job.

The bus company put thejob out to bid to private con-tractors but received only oneproposal. And that bid wasway too high, said MountainRides Executive DirectorJason Miller.

The contractor — SaltLake Express — bid to dothe job for $348,000.Mountain Rides had bud-

geted $220,000.“I would’ve hoped we

would have had more sub-missions based on the initialinterest we received. But thecontract is too small for big-ger companies and too big forsmaller firms,”Miller said.

Mountain Rides does nothave a bus suitable for thelonger highway trips and willhave to lease one if it doesoffer service.

The company has heardtalk that some Wood RiverValley residents have foundwork in the Magic Valleysince the Great Recessionstarted. But whether that’strue and whether those peo-ple would be interested in busservice can’t be answeredwithout a sophisticated sur-vey,Miller said.

Are there still enoughMagic Valley commuters tojustify bus transportation tothe Wood River Valley?

“We still get a lot of calls,but it’s hard to tell,” Millersaid. “I would imagine thedemand is less than it wastwo years ago.”

Former Treasury Secretary Paulson dishes in S.V.By Karen BossickTimes-News correspondent

SUN VALLEY — Faced withthe worst financial collapsesince the Great Depression,former U.S. Treasury secre-tary Henry Paulson said he feltas if he were using duct tapeand baling wire to try tostaunch the nation’s econom-ic hemorrhage.

The truth is, Paulson toldabout 1,500 people Sunday atthe Sun Valley Pavilion, thatCongress gave him a bazookain the form of unspecifiedauthority that he didn’t intendto use.

“But when we got in such abig mess we had to use it,”saidthe former chairman and chiefexecutive officer of financialgiant Goldman Sachs. “Inessence, we nationalizedFannie Mae and Freddie Mac.Trouble was that bazookawasn’t big enough.”

Paulson and other notables,such as five-time EmmyAward-winning actor JohnLithgow and U.S. Supreme

Court Justice Stephen Breyer,came to Sun Valley Fridaythrough Monday to addressthe Sun Valley WritersConference.

Paulson discussed hismemoir,“On the Brink: Insidethe Race to Stop the Collapseof the Global FinancialSystem.”

Ketchum City CouncilmanSteve Shafran, who served asone of Paulson’s advisers, saidPaulson’s personality makes

the book a compelling read.Paulson said he accepted

President George W. Bush’sinvitation to be U.S. Treasurysecretary even though his wifeand mother were against it.“My mother broke down intears,”he said.“She was no fanof George Bush.”

Paulson said he warned thepresident of the impendingfinancial crisis during theirfirst economic meeting atCamp David in Maryland.Though Paulson said heimmediately began work onregulatory reform andimproving relations betweenBush and Congress, he said itwas too little too late, due to acombination of the housingcrisis he failed to anticipateand Congress’ slow reaction.

“Even after the crisis hit, ittook Fannie and Freddie on theverge of melting down to getthe authority to do what Iwanted to do,” he said.

And while the effects of thefederal $700 billion bankbailout of 2008 continue toreverberate through the eco-

nomic downturn, the meas-ures helped avoid catastrophe,Paulson argued.He noted thatmore than 90 percent ofAmericans — himself includ-ed — hated the Troubled AssetRelief Program, even thoughthe money was paid back withinterest. Conversely, only halfthat number opposed torture.

“I’m not a great communi-cator,” he said. “We had fail-ure-of-communicationissues. I was never successfulin convincing the Americanpeople what we did was suc-cessful in preventing eco-nomic Armageddon.”

Though Bush was criticizedfor appearing to be disen-gaged, he was a quick studyand willing to do what wasneeded, Paulson said.

“He certainly didn’t want tospend his last days in the officedoing bailout. He believes infree market,” he said. “But heencouraged me to build bipar-tisan relations. He motheredme, told me to get exercise,straightened my tie. He was agreat support.”

Photo courtesy B. ANNE REED/Sun Valley Writers Conference

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DENVER (AP) — Somemilitary veterans are angrythat a World War II service-man who died in prisonafter pleading guilty tokilling his wife is scheduledto be buried Tuesday inDenver’s Fort LoganNational Cemetery.

Raymond R. Sawyer, aformer Marine fromColorado, died Aug. 11 in aTucson, Ariz., state prisonwhile serving 13 years forsecond-degree murder.

His wife, Frances A.Sawyer, was found strangledin August 1981 in Glendale,Ariz., where the couplelived. The case remainedunsolved for 26 years.

In 2007, sometime afterRaymond Sawyer moved tothe Denver suburb ofArvada, a cold-case investi-gator from Glendale went toArvada to interview him inhopes of turning up newleads, Glendale police said.

During the interview,Sawyer “broke down’’ andmade statements about theslaying that only the killercould have known, Glendalespokesman Matt Barnettsaid at the time.

Sawyer was arrested andtaken to Arizona. He plead-ed guilty and was sentencedto prison in 2008.

Besides citing the slaying,Sawyer’s critics also say heonce falsely claimed to havereceived the Navy Cross, themilitary branch’s second-highest medal for valor.

The only conviction thatdisqualifies veterans fromburial in a national cemeteryis a capital crime, accordingto federal law.

By Ben EvansAssociated Press writer

WASHINGTON —Republican Rep. Paul Brounof Georgia won his seat inCongress campaigning as astrict defender of theConstitution. He carries acopy in his pocket and isparticularly fond of invokingthe Second Amendmentright to bear arms.

But it turns out there areparts of the document hedoesn’t care for — lots ofthem. He wants to get rid ofthe language aboutbirthright citizenship, fed-eral income taxes and directelection of senators, amongothers. He would add plentyof stuff, including explicitlyauthorizing castration aspunishment for child rapists.

This hot-and-cold takeon the Constitution is sur-prisingly common withinthe GOP, particularly amongthose like Broun who portraythemselves as strictConstitutionalists and whofrequently accuse Dem-ocrats of twisting the docu-ment to serve political aims.

Republicans have pro-posed at least 42Constitutional amendmentsin the current Congress,including one that hasgained favor recently toeliminate the automaticgrant of citizenship to any-one born in the UnitedStates.

Democrats — who typi-cally take a more liberal viewof the Constitution as anevolving document — haveproposed 27 amendments,and fully one-third of those

are part of a package from asingle member, Rep. JesseJackson Jr., D-Ill. Jackson’spackage encapsulates a lib-eral agenda in which every-one has new rights to qualityhousing and education, butmost of the Democratic pro-posals deal with less ideo-logical issues such as con-gressional succession in anational disaster or votingrights in U.S. territories.

The Republican proposals,by contrast, tend to be socialand political statements,such as the growing move-ment to repeal the 14thAmendment’s birthrightcitizenship. Republicans likeSen. Jeff Sessions ofAlabama, the leadRepublican on the SenateJudiciary Committee, arguethat immigrants are abusingthe right to gain citizenshipfor their children, somethinghe says the amendment’s

authors didn’t intend.Sessions, who routinely

accuses Democrats of tryingto subvert the Constitutionand calls for respecting thedocument’s “plain lan-guage,’’ is taking a differentapproach with the 14thAmendment. “I’m not sureexactly what the drafters ofthe amendment had inmind,’’ he said, “but I doubtit was that somebody couldfly in from Brazil and have achild and fly back home withthat child, and that child isforever an American citi-zen.’’

Other widely supportedRepublican amendmentswould prohibit governmentownership of private com-panies, bar same-sex mar-riage, require a two-thirdsvote in Congress to raisetaxes, and prohibit dese-cration of the Americanflag.

During the health caredebate, Rep. Pete Hoekstra,R-Mich., introduced anamendment that wouldallow voters to directlyrepeal laws passed byCongress — a move thatwould radically alter theFounding Fathers’ system ofchecks and balances.

Rep. Michele Bachmann,R-Minn., who founded a teaparty caucus in Congresshonoring the growing con-servative movement thatfocuses on Constitutionalgovernance, wants torestrict the president’s abili-ty to sign internationaltreaties because she fears theObama administrationmight replace the dollar withsome sort of global currency.

Broun, who is among themost conservative membersof Congress, said he sees nocontradiction in his devotionto the Constitution and hisdesire to rewrite parts of it.He said the Founding Fathersnever imagined the size andscope of today’s federal gov-ernment and that he’s sim-ply resurrecting their visionby trying to amend it.

“It’s not picking andchoosing,’’ he said.“We needto do a lot of tweaking tomake the Constitution as itwas originally intended,instead of some perverseidea of what theConstitution says and does.’’

The problem with such aview, says constitutional lawscholar Mark Kende, is thatdivining what the framersintended involves subjectivejudgments shaded with poli-tics. Holding up the 2ndAmendment as sacrosanct,for example, while dismiss-ing other parts of theConstitution is “cherry pick-ing,’’ said Kende, director ofDrake University’s Con-stitutional Law Center.

Virginia Sloan, an attorneywho directs the nonpartisanConstitution Project, agreed.

“There are a lot of peoplewho obviously don’t likeincome taxes. That’s a polit-ical position,’’ she said ofcriticism of the 16thAmendment, which author-ized the modern federalincome tax more than a cen-tury ago. “But it’s in theConstitution ... and I don’tthink you can go around say-ing something is unconsti-tutional just because youdon’t like it.’’

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Ex-Marine convicted of killing colleagueGOLDSBORO — A jury on Monday convicted a former Marine of

first-degree murder in the death of a pregnant colleague who hadaccused him of rape, a charge that stalled the military career hetreasured.

Cesar Laurean, 23, of Las Vegas, was found guilty of killing LanceCpl. Maria Lauterbach, 20, of Vandalia, Ohio, in December 2007. Thetwo were assigned to the same logistics unit at Camp Lejeune, thebase in Jacksonville that is home to about 50,000 Marines.

The former Marine corporal was sentenced to life in prison with-out the possibility of parole.

The victim’s mother, Mary Lauterbach, read a statement beforethe judge imposed the sentence. She told Laurean to look at hismother and see the pain in her face.

“I feel so sorry for your daughter. She will have to live with theshame that her father is in prison for murdering not one but twopeople,’’ Mary Lauterbach said.

FLORIDA

SeaWorld fined $75,000 for trainer’s deathORLANDO — The federal job safety agency fined SeaWorld

Orlando $75,000 on Monday for three violations uncovered whileinvestigating the February death of a trainer who was grabbed by akiller whale and dragged underwater.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration categorizedthe most serious violation as “willful,’’ or showing indifference orintentional disregard for employee safety. That citation, carrying a$70,000 penalty, was for exposing workers to drowning hazardswhen interacting with killer whales.

The agency proposes not allowing trainers to have any physicalcontact with Tilikum, the killer whale responsible for trainer DawnBrancheau’s death in February, unless protected by a physical barrier.

The OSHA report described Tilikum as having “known aggressivetendencies.’’

VIRGINIA

3 dead, 4 wounded in shootoutLOUISA — A man who shot and killed his son and nephew and

wounded four other relatives had been involved in an ongoing fami-ly dispute over a piece of property in rural central Virginia, authori-ties said Monday.

Sheriff’s deputies had been called to the property nearly twodozen times in recent years — including once earlier in the daySunday — before Charles P. Steadman Sponaugle, 52, opened fireon his family members, Louisa sheriff’s Maj. Donnie Lowe said.

Sponaugle fired at two deputies and unleashed his pit bull atthem before deputies fatally shot both Sponaugle and the dog, saidCorinne Geller, a Virginia State Police spokeswoman.

Deputies had been called out to the property around 2 p.m.Sunday and a dispute was resolved. But they were called againaround 4:45 p.m. when Sponaugle opened fire with a .22-calibersemiautomatic target pistol, Geller said.

MINNESOTA

Firm to pay $52.4M in bridge collapseMINNEAPOLIS — After enduring countless surgeries and hours of

court hearings, victims of the deadly 2007 Minneapolis Interstate35W bridge collapse reached the end of their legal fight after anengineering firm agreed to pay $52.4 million to settle scores of law-suits.

The settlement by San Francisco-based URS Corp. — agreed tomore than a week ago but kept quiet until Monday — resolves thelast major piece of litigation brought by victims. All told, the stateand two of its contractors will have paid out $100 million to the fam-ilies of the 13 people who died and the 145 people who were injuredwhen the Mississippi River bridge broke apart during rush hour.

— The Associated PressNEW ORLEANS (AP) — A

startling number of Gulfcoast area children displacedby Hurricane Katrina stillhave serious emotional orbehavioral problems fiveyears later, a new studyfound.

More than one in threechildren studied — thoseforced to flee their homesbecause of the August 2005storm — have since beendiagnosed with mental healthproblems. These are childrenwho moved to trailer parksand other emergency hous-ing.

Nearly half of familiesstudied still report householdinstability, researchers said.

“If children are bellwethersof recovery, then the socialsystems supporting affectedGulf Coast populations arestill far from having recoveredfrom Hurricane Katrina,’’ theresearchers said.

The study was publishedonline Monday in the journalDisaster Medicine and PublicHealth Preparedness.

Lead author DavidAbramson of ColumbiaUniversity said researcherswere astonished by the levelof distress.

Children are “a bit ofcanary in a coal mine in thatthey really represent a failureor a dysfunction of many,many other systems in thecommunity,’’ said Abramson,who is with Columbia’sNational Center for DisasterPreparedness.

About 500,000 people,including more than 160,000children, weren’t able toreturn to their homes for atleast three months after thestorm hit on Aug. 29, 2005.

At least 20,000 of thosechildren still have seriousemotional disorders orbehavior problems, or don’thave a permanent home, thereport suggests.

Anxiety stillrampant in Katrinakids, studyindicates

WASHINGTON (AP) — Afederal judge on Mondaytemporarily blocked Obamaadministration regulationsexpanding stem cellresearch.

The nonprofit groupNightlight ChristianAdoptions contends thatthe government’s newguidelines will decrease thenumber of human embryosavailable for adoption.

U.S. District Judge RoyceLamberth ruled that theplaintiffs are entitled tobring their lawsuit in thecourts.

A federal appeals courthad ruled that two doctorswho were among thosebringing the lawsuit, adultstem cell researchers JamesSherley of the BostonBiomedical ResearchInstitute and TheresaDeisher of AVMBiotechnlogy, had theauthority to do so, prompt-ing Lamberth to reverse a

decision he made lastOctober.

Lamberth said that theinjury of increased compe-tition that Sherley andDeisher would face becauseof the guidelines “is notspeculative. It is actual andimminent. Indeed, theguidelines threaten the verylivelihood of plaintiffsSherley and Deisher.’’

Nightlight helps individ-uals adopt human embryosthat are being stored in fer-tilization clinics. It beganthe program in 1997, usingsome of more than 400,000frozen embryos.

Lamberth concluded thatthose filing the lawsuit havedemonstrated a strong like-lihood of success in arguingthat the new governmentguidelines violate a law thatprohibits the use of federalfunds for research in whichhuman embryos aredestroyed.

It is in the public interest

to block the governmentfrom implementing theguidelines because theyallow federal funding ofembryonic stem cellresearch, which involves thedestruction of embryos, thejudge said.

Stem cell research has thepotential to produce break-throughs in treating life-threatening diseases thathave resisted traditionaltreatment.

“As demonstrated by theplain language of thestatute, the unambiguousintent of Congress is to pro-hibit the expenditure of fed-eral funds on ‘research inwhich a human embryo orembryos are destroyed,’’’Lamberth wrote.

“The question before thecourt is whether ESCresearch is research in whicha human embryo isdestroyed. The court con-cludes that it is,’’ the judgeadded.

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More than a dozen problem areasneed to be addressed by California-based Molina Healthcare, said IdahoDepartment of Health and WelfareDirector Dick Armstrong in a jointnews conference Monday with Gov.C.L. “Butch’’ Otter.

Molina Healthcare took overIdaho’s Medicaid payment system onJuly 1, just as the state enacted athree-week delay in Medicaid pay-

ments so the agency could balance itsbudget. Thousands of Idaho serviceproviders expected to receive theirpayments beginning July 1, but thenew billing system has not beenworking smoothly.

While the contract with MolinaHealthcare gives the state the optionof penalizing the company if it does-n’t perform as expected, Armstrongand the governor said they are com-fortable with the corrective actionsbeing taken.

“We’re not spending much time onthat right now,’’ Armstrong said.“Our effort is to get a stable systemthat’s paying claims on a timely basis,

because we can always go back andrevisit those terms.’’

Health and Welfare officials metwith Molina executives earlier thismonth to work out a solution.

The company has agreed to add 50computer technicians to make surethe new software is set up correctlyand 48 customer service specialists,which may encourage providers fromaround the state who have said thecompany doesn’t have enough peo-ple to answer their questions and fixthe problems.The state has identified18 problem areas with the Medicaidbilling system and some will takelonger to fix than others, with the last

expected to be resolved in lateOctober, Armstrong said. The com-pany has already taken action to cor-rect some of the problems that result-ed in a backlog of claims.

“There is strong evidence that newclaims are now processing in a normalfashion,’’ Armstrong said.

Dr. Mario Molina, president ofMolina Healthcare, apologized toIdaho providers for the problemsthey’ve experienced since his compa-ny took over the payment system.

“I’m not here to make excuses,’’Molina said. “We’re very committedto do what is necessary to fix the sys-tem.’’

COEUR d’ALENE (AP)— A celebration is plannedfor the 10th anniversary ofthe trial that bankruptedthe Aryan Nations innorthern Idaho.

The Kootenai CountyTask Force on HumanRelations on Sept. 7 willmark the Sept. 7, 2000, daywhen a civil jury in Coeurd’Alene returned a verdictof $6.3 million against thewhite supremacist groupafter its guards attackedtwo people.

The verdict forced AryanNations founder RichardButler to give up his com-pound and the group even-tually withered away.Butler died a few yearslater. Other groups havecropped up around thecountry that use the nameAryan Nations.

The ceremony will beoutside the KootenaiCounty Courthouse, nearthe downtown area wherethe Aryan Nations for yearsheld public parades.

Celebrationto markAryan trial

LEWISTON (AP) — A statejudge will decide today ifConocoPhillips can ship fouroversized loads of oil refineryequipment along a highwaythat traces a winding, feder-ally protected river corridor innorthern Idaho.

Last week, 2nd DistrictJudge John Bradbury put atemporary halt on the oilcompany’s plans to ship themassive coke drums along

the 175-mile stretch of U.S.Highway 12.

During a hearing Monday,the attorney representing theplaintiffs who sued to blockthe shipments claimed theIdaho Department ofTransportation failed to con-sider a wide range of issues inapproving permits for theoversized loads, the LewistonTribune reported.

Plaintiff attorney Natalie

Havlina told the judge thatagency officials narrowlyfocused their review onpotential damage to roadsand bridges but failed to ade-quately consider other fac-tors, such as public safety andconvenience, as required bystate code.

The agency “has aban-doned its responsibility toprotect the public’s health,’’Havlina, an attorney for the

Boise-based Advocates forthe West, told the judge in acourtroom packed withopponents of the shipments.

But attorneys for the stateand oil company disagreed.The agency suggestednumerous changes in thecompany’s travel plans,resulting in a 700-page doc-ument that lays out theground rules for the ship-ments, they said.

“Two years of negotiationshelped us create a plan thatwas in the public’s best inter-est,’’ agency attorney TimThomas told the judge.

Bradbury said he woulddecide today whether toextend the ban or clear theway for the trucks to rollalong the highway thatsnakes the Clearwater andLochsa rivers and was onceexplored by Lewis and Clark.

State judge to decide today in oversized load case

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COPIAPO, Chile (AP) —Engineers reinforced a lifelineMonday to 33 miners entombeddeep inside a Chilean gold and cop-per mine, preparing to keep themsupplied with food, water, medicineand communications during thefour months it may take to carve atunnel wide enough to pull themout.

A team of doctors and psychiatricexperts also arrived Monday at theremote mine, implementing a planto maintain the miners’ sanity aswell.

“We need to urgently establishwhat psychological situation theyare in. They need to understandwhat we know up here at the surface,that it will take many weeks for themto reach the light,’’ Health MinisterJaime Manalich explained.

Engineers worked through thenight to reinforce the six-inch-wide

bore-hole that broke through to theminers’ refuge on Sunday, more than2,257 feet below the surface. Using along hose, they coated the walls witha metallic gel to decrease the risk ofmore rock falls in the unstable mineand make it easier to pass material incapsules nicknamed “palomas,’’ ordoves.

The first capsules — which takeabout an hour to descend from thesurface — will include water andfood in the form of a high-energyglucose gel to miners who havealmost certainly lost significantweight since they were trapped withlimited food supplies on Aug. 5.

Also being sent down are ques-

tionnaires to determine each miners’condition, along with medicines andsmall microphones to enable themto speak with their families duringtheir long wait. Rescue leader AndreSougarret said the communicationsequipment could begin workingwithin hours, and that officials wereorganizing the families into smallgroups to make their talks as orderlyas possible.

An enormous machine with dia-mond-tipped drills capable of carv-ing a person-sized tunnel throughsolid rock at a velocity of 20 yards aday was on its way Monday to theSan Jose gold and copper mine out-side Copiapo in north-centralChile.

Engineers also were boring twomore narrow shafts to the trappedmen to ensure that their lifelineswould remain intact while the largertunnel is being carved.

It will be important for the men’swell-being to keep them busy andwell-supported throughout thisordeal, Manalich said.

“There has to be leadership estab-lished, and to support them and pre-pare them for what’s coming, whichis no small thing,’’ he said.

Rescuers expand lifeline to trapped miners

O U A G A D O U G O U ,Burkina Faso (AP) — TwoSpanish aid workers kid-napped almost ninemonths ago by an al-Qaidaaffiliate were freed Mondayin Mali after a multi-mil-lion-dollar ransom wasreportedly paid — a sign ofthe terrorist group’s grow-ing sophistication inbankrolling operationsthrough kidnappings,experts said Monday.

Aid workers RoquePascual and Albert Vilaltawere abducted lastNovember when their con-voy of 4-by-4s was attackedby gunmen on a stretch ofroad in Mauritania. Theywere whisked away to Mali,whose northern half is nowone of the many stretches ofremote desert where al-Qaida of Islamic Maghreb,orAQIM, has stretched its ten-tacles.

Hostagesfreed byterror group

WASHINGTON (AP) — Asenior U.S. commander onMonday wouldn’t predictwhen Afghanistan might takecontrol of its own securityand warned that NATO needsat least another year to recruitand train enough soldiers andpolice officers.

The assessment by Lt.Gen.Bill Caldwell, the head ofNATO’s training mission inAfghanistan, further dimsU.S. hopes that the plannedU.S.withdrawal next year willbe significant in size.

President Barack Obamahas said that troops will beginpulling out in July 2011, thesize and pace of withdrawaldepending on security condi-tions. Defense officials,including Defense SecretaryRobert Gates, have said theybelieve next summer’s pull-out would be modest.

In a Pentagon briefing,Caldwell told reporters thatAfghan army and policeforces won’t reach sufficientnumbers until Oct. 31, 2011 —three months after Obama’sdeadline to start U.S. with-drawals.

NATO has set the goal ofcreating an Afghan militaryand police force of 305,600

personnel — 171,600 armyand 134,000 police.

There are currently249,500 personnel —134,000 army and 115,500police.

But Caldwell predictedthat desertion and injuryrates are so high amongAfghan forces that NATO willhave to recruit and train141,000 people to ensure ithas the 56,000 additionalpersonnel needed next fall.

Caldwell said there was noaccurate estimate on whenKabul might take control ofeven the more peaceful partsof the country.

Afghanistan security forcemore than a year away

AP photo

Carlos Araya stands next to Chilean flags representing the 33 miners trapped at the San

Jose collapsed mine in Copiapo, Chile, Monday.

Doctors, psychiatricexperts gear up forfour-month ordeal

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) —Attacks by insurgents killedfive foreign troops inAfghanistan on Monday,including two Americans, twoFrench marines and aHungarian soldier.

The attacks came in the north,south and east of the war-torn country, the militaryalliance said.

No additional information wasgiven about the Americancasualties.

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Garth Willard AtwoodVERNAL, UTAH — Garth

Willard Atwood, passedaway Aug.23 in Ogden,Utah.after an extensive battle withbone and prostate cancer. Hewas born June 18, 1922, inVernal, Utah, to Ivan Willardand Marie Hall Atwood.

Being the oldest child,Garth learned at a very youngage to harness and drive ateam of horses to do all of thefarm work. By age 11 he wasdriving a 10 ton truck with 12 speeds forward, 7 inreverse and 3 gear shifts.Lessons learned on the 880acre ranch they homesteadedon Diamond Mountain, nearVernal, gave him a work ethicthat was a great blessingthroughout his life.

He married the love of hislife, Marjorie Lee Thurman,in the Salt Lake City LDSTemple, Aug. 3, 1943. Thefirst few years of their mar-riage, he worked at JCPenney in Salem, Ore. Hethen served a stint in theArmy’s field artillery duringWorld War II. Atwood wenton to graduate from WesternStates Chiropractic Schooland School of Naturopathy,and then practiced in Baker,

Ore., for awhile. He startedhis own practice in Buhl,Idaho, in 1950.

People came from far andwide to be treated by Dr.Atwood, who genuinelyloved helping his patients,many times providing hishealing services at his ownexpense. In addition to hischiropractic practice, hefarmed 80 acres at Black Bearcorner in Buhl; raised andtrained Arabian, Appaloosaand American Show horses.

Garth loved hunting, fish-ing, snowmobiling andcamping, and swam a mileevery day with his family atBanbury Hot Springs nearBuhl. He was an avid privatepilot, owning many differentairplanes during his life whileflying to all parts of our greatcountry. Mountain andback-country flying was hispassion.

Together, Dr. and Mrs.Atwood worked hard servingtheir community as activemembers the Jaycees,Kiwanis, PTA, Chamber ofCommerce, Grange, and inestablishing the College ofSouthern Idaho, when it waslocated in Buhl. Additionally,Atwood also served in hisprofession “going up thechairs,” and as the presidentof both the State andNational ChiropracticAssociations. In 1978, hemoved his practice to Prestonand then Mink Creek, Idaho,when he entered semi-retirement.

Dr. Atwood served as aBishop in the LDS Church,served a full-time missionin Texas with Marge, andloved to work in varioustemples of the Church.Marge passed away inAugust of 1999. Garth thenmarried Ida Frodsham ofBurley, Idaho. Later, in2008, he married DorisStock of Ogden, Utah, wholoving stood by his sidethrough these trying times.

Garth is survived by his fivechildren, Linda (Diamond)Loosli of Syracuse, Utah,

Betty Jo (Dale) Quigley ofTwin Falls,Idaho,Beverly (Dr.Trent) Harrison ofTaylorsville, Utah, Mary Sue(Steve) Crookston of Preston,Idaho, and John (Susan)Atwood of Bristol, Virginia;along with 27 grandchildrenand 79 great-grandchildren.He is also survived by his sib-lings, Ella (Arvel) Allred ofVernal, Utah, Marvel (Dick)Kearsley of Ogden, Utah,Alice (Lee) Mecham ofRedding, Calif., and Charles(Linda) Atwood of Tillamook,Ore.

Family and friends areinvited to celebrate Garth’slife on Saturday, Aug. 28,viewing from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., service at 10:30 a.m. to be held in theJensen Park LDS Chapellocated at 3024 S. 1200 W.in Syracuse, Utah. He willbe laid to rest at 5 p.m. aftergrave-side services in theRock Creek Cemeterylocated in Vernal, Utah.Services under the directionof Myers Mortuary ofLayton, Utah.

Send condolences to thefamily at www.myers-mor-tuary.com

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PAUL — The Rev.John Gerrard, a 90-year-old Paul resi-dent, died at hishome on Aug. 22,2010, surroundedby his family.

He was born May21, 1920, in Chandler,Okla., to Lelia Alice Burnettand Adelbert Gerrard.

John served in the UnitedStates Army fromNovember 1940 to May1945 in the Pacific Theater,he was very proud of hisservice to his country. Hemarried Mildred Thurmanon June 12, 1945. John metMildred through letterswhile he was serving in theUnited States Army, twoweeks after he got home,they were married. He pio-neered the Assembly of GodChurch in Big Piney, Wyo.and served as the Ministerfrom 1958 to 1963; thenministered in Brigham Cityfrom 1963-1964, in Burleyfrom 1965-1968, andHazelton from 1972-1976.He also worked for JacksonPlumbing, between 1965-1985. He was very instru-mental in the Emm-

aus program.John enjoyed

fishing and camp-ing. He lovedpreaching andhelping people.John could be foundhelping the elderlywith their faucet

and accepting an apple piefor his labors.

He is survived by his wife,Mildred; children, John M(Nancy) Gerrard, Iva Louise(L. Wayne) Tuttle, DeborahK. (Fredrick S.) Carpenterand E. Vernel (Mike) Easley;12 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren; and threegreat-great grandchildren.He was preceded by his par-ents and four brothers.

Funeral services will beheld at 11 a.m. Wednesday,Aug. 25, 2010, at theMountain View ChristianCenter, with Pastor DoyleFulkes officiating. Burialwill follow at the GemMemorial Cemetery. Aviewing for family andfriends will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 24,2010, at Hansen PayneMortuary, 321 East Main St.in Burley.

Tuesday, August 24, 2010 Main 7Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho

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WENDELL —Deanna S. SmithShaw, 45, ofWendell, and for-merly of Penn-sylvania, died Sun-day, Aug. 22, 2010, inTwin Falls, Idaho,following a battlewith brain cancer.

Deanna is survived byher parents, Leonard andClaire Smith of Wendell;daughter, Alecia ofWendell; siblings, David(Pat) Smith of Wisconsin,

Sharon Smith ofSouth Carolina,Colleen (Rod)Adams of Wendelland Darryl (Diana)Smith of Bliss; andnumerous niecesand nephews.

Deanna was pre-ceded in death by her infantdaughter, Alexis.

A private family servicewas held at a previous date.

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The funeral is pending and will beannounced by the Rasmussen FuneralHome of Burley.

Lola D. KernerGOODING — Lola Deane Kerner, 79,

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held as a graveside service at 1:30 p.m.Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010, at the JeromeCemetery. At Thelma’s request, therewill be no public viewing. Services areunder the direction of ReynoldsFuneral Chapel, Twin Falls.

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MMiicchhaaeell DDaallllaass SShheellll ofBurley, graveside service at11 a.m. today at thePleasant View Cemetery,1645 E. 16th St. in Burley;visitation from 6 to 8 p.m.today at the Hansen-PayneMortuary, 321 E. Main St.in Burley.

VViivvaa MM.. WWaarrrr of Oakley,graveside service at 11 a.m.today at the Pleasant ViewCemetery, 1645 E. 16th St.;visitation from 9 to 10:30 a.m. today at Hansen-Payne Mortuary, 321 E. Main

St. in Burley.

NNoorrmmaa YYvvoonnnnee ““VVoonnnniiee””GGoossnneeyy of Eugene, Ore.,graveside service at 3:30 p.m. today at theRupert Cemetery (HansenMortuary Rupert Chapel).

CCaarroollyynn KKnnuuddsseenn of TwinFalls, funeral at 1 p.m.Thursday at the Twin FallsLDS 9th Ward Chapel, 421Maurice St. N.; visitationfrom 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.Thursday at the church(Serenity Funeral Chapel in

Twin Falls).

AAlliiccee MMaattiillddaa LLaannggssttoonn ofBakersfield, Calif., funeral at2 p.m. Friday at GreenlawnSouthwest Mortuary, 2739Panama Lane in Bakersfield;visitation from 6 to 8 p.m.Thursday at the mortuary inBakersfield (Parke’s MagicValley Funeral Home in TwinFalls).

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Lincoln in Jerome St., withvisitation at 10 a.m.; grave-side at 3 p.m. in the MountainView Cemetery, 1520 S. FifthAve., Pocatello; visitationfrom 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday atthe chapel in Jerome.

LLoonnnniiee DDaallee SSccrruuggggss ofGooding, funeral at 11 a.m.Thursday at DemarayFuneral Service GoodingChapel; burial will follow atthe Elmwood Cemetery inGooding; visitation from 5 to7 p.m. Wednesday at thechapel in Gooding.

‘Howdy Doody Show’ writer Edward Kean dies at 85WEST BLOOMFIELD

TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) —Edward Kean, primarywriter of the “Howdy DoodyShow’’ and who is creditedwith creating the exclama-tion, “kowabunga,’’ has diedat the age of 85, family friendDel Reddy said.

Kean also penned thetheme song to which mil-lions of American childrensang along each week during

the show’s run on NBC from1947 to 1960.

Kean died Aug. 13 at anursing care facility in theDetroit suburb of WestBloomfield Township fromcomplications of emphyse-ma, Reddy said.

The New York City nativewrote the song “It’s HowdyDoody Time,’’ which wassung during the show’sopening. He had a major role

in developing the charactersand their personalities, andcreated the exclamation,“kowabunga,’’ made popularby one of the show’s charac-ters and borrowed by BartSimpson, the animatedproblem child on the long-running comedy “TheSimpsons.’’

“He influenced a wholegeneration of kids throughhis writing,’’ Reddy said.“He

was a prolific writer. Hewould take his typewriter,even on the road.’’

As for the freckled-facetitle character, HowdyDoody took on some ofKean’s character traits.

“He created Howdy, kindof in his image, from hisbackground and how hetreated people,’’ Reddy said.

Kean’s run as writer forthe show ended in 1954.

Obledo, Latino civil rights pioneer dies at 78By Emma BrownThe Washington Post

Mario Obledo,a son of poorMexican immigrants whobecame a prominent civilrights activist and the firstLatino to head a Californiastate agency, died Wednesdayat his home in Sacramentoafter a heart attack.He was 78.

Obledo, one of 12 childrenraised by a single mother inSan Antonio, Texas, has beencalled the godfather of theLatino civil rights movementfor his efforts to raise Latinos’profile as a political force.

A lawyer by trade, he co-founded the MexicanAmerican Legal Defense andEducational Fund in the late1960s and served as its firstgeneral counsel, using thecourts to fight discriminationagainst Latinos in the work-place, in public schools andelsewhere.

He also co-founded theHispanic National BarAssociation and the NationalCoalition of HispanicOrganizations, and he played

an early leadership role withthe Southwest VoterRegistration EducationProject, which works to boostthe number of Latino voters.

In 1975, he was tapped byCalifornia Gov. Edmund“Jerry’’ Brown to head thesprawling Health and WelfareAgency, overseeing more than50,000 employees and anannual budget exceeding $11billion. During his tenure,Obledo fought allegationsthat he was tied to theMexican Mafia and stirredcontroversy with hisunapologetic efforts to hiremore minorities into stategovernment.

He served until 1982, whenhe resigned to run unsuccess-fully for governor.

In the mid-1980s, heserved as president of theLeague of United LatinAmerican Citizens, thenation’s largest and oldestHispanic American organiza-tion. He was outspoken onissues including immigrationreform and bilingual educa-tion, and he refused to accept

what he considered the scantattention mainstream politi-cal candidates gave Latinovoters.

At the 1984 DemocraticNational Convention, heurged Latino delegates toboycott voting on the firstballot to reprimand the pre-sumed presidential nominee,former Vice President WalterMondale, for ignoring issuesimportant to them. Askedwhether sending that mes-sage to Mondale was moreimportant than defeatingPresident Ronald Reagan,Obledo replied: “I’m aDemocrat and I love my party.But I love my communitymore.’’

Obledo served as chairmanfrom 1988 to 1993 of theNational Rainbow Coalition,the left-leaning organizationfounded by Jesse Jackson afterhis 1984 presidential bid.Then Obledo largely fadedfrom view until 1998, whenPresident Bill Clinton award-ed him the Presidential Medalof Freedom, the nation’shighest civilian honor.

Clinton said Obledo “cre-ated a powerful chorus forjustice and equality,’’ citing asan example his efforts in 1970on behalf of Latino childrenwho were banned from a pub-lic swimming pool in Texas.

Obledo drove 200 miles tothe pool and was told hecouldn’t enter. He broughtsuit, and when he won,Clinton said, “even the joy inthe courthouse could notmatch that of MexicanAmerican children whosecivil rights had been defend-ed, as finally they had achance to jump into that pub-lic pool.’’

Also in 1998, Obledo madea series of statements thatlanded him at the center of thenational debate over race andimmigration.

“It’s inevitable thatHispanics or MexicanAmericans are going to con-trol the institutions of thestate of California in the not-too-distant future,’’ he toldthe Los Angeles Times. “Ifpeople don’t like that, theycan leave.’’

Disputing informationabout President Obamaand the Boy Scouts

One recent letter to theeditor wrongly and wildlyclaimed President Obama (a)refused to accept the hon-orary presidency of the BoyScouts of America, (b) hasrefused to sign Eagle Scoutcertificates and (c) refused tosign Scout lifesaving certifi-cates. These spurious claimshave been repeatedlydebunked as deliberatesmears.

First, the presidentaccepted the honorary presi-dency during an Oval Officemeeting on March 3, 2009,when offered by sevenScouts representing 5 millionother Scouts. Second,President Obama has sent13,000 letters of congratula-tion to individual EagleScouts in addition to signingtheir certificates, along withthe president of the BoyScouts of America, the BSAnational commander andchief Scout executive. Third,the U.S. president does notsign lifesaving certificates,only BSA executives.

This type of utterly coun-terfeit information aboutPresident Obama his birth-place, whether he’s aMuslim, whether he’s a

Marxist is ginned up bysmear mongers who correct-ly bank on a small percentageof Americans gullible enoughto believe and repeat anyoutrageous falsehood.

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Response to Ken White’scomments about theRepublican Party posted inthe Aug. 14 Times-News:

It was amusing to read Mr.White’s assertions about thesupposed ineptness of JohnMcCain and Sarah Palin ifthey were now in powerinstead of team Obama. It isespecially laughable whenyou consider that the dailydecisions made by PresidentObama, Vice PresidentBiden and Speaker Pelosi,decisions that affect all of us,

fall somewhere betweenLet’s Make a Deal and TheGong Show.

The part that isn’t funnyabout all this is the conse-quences of thei