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Thursday. July 2,1992

Editorial__________

Will chicken-hearted poił kill gambling amendment?

Idaho’* lcgislativc Icadcrship i*s Boyd, a Gcncscc RcpuNican. told u* polling iis mcmbcrs on whctlicr to Juvc th:n llt<r council considcrcd putting ihc_# a spccial session on rescryation rep lic* on rccord. Bul thal would havc gambling. WonldnT you likc lo-know .madc souk ntcfiibcrs uncomfortablc.

how your hnnictnwn senator* and rcprcscnintivc* answer thal poll?

Unfonunutcly. you may not firn! ou|.

'lln?-K»pivl:nivc-IciufcTduP-Pluns.to lotal Ihc votcs and announcc ihc rcsults. Bul ihc individual mcmbcrs* replies will rcniain set*ret.

This cxcrcisc in political gullcssncss menns lawmakers wonT be pcrsonatly accoutiiahle for how they answer one of ihis ycar*s liotccst issucv

___Oh. iheir vole% durittg lite spccial

session will be on rccord. if a spccial' session cvcr huppens. But ir rruy rtcccr happen.

Gov. Andrus says he won‘l cali the session unlcss a majoriiy of lawmakers reach a conccitsus on what to do. So if the lawmakers say they won*t support -thc-lcadcrvhip'* proposJ. ibcrcTI be no session. If thcrc*s no-session. Indian tribes will be frcc to bring casino pnmblingio Idaho;

The problem, aceording to Boyd. is th.it the constitutional amendment proposal which is on the labie now may changc a linie beforc mcmhers get to lioisę.    ’    *•    • "*

If they votc mnv to support the generał conćfcpi^nut dccidc latcr thal they don*t like the specifics. they*11 havc a hard limo juslifying the flip-ltop lo folks hack liomc.

That sounds reasonahlc - front a politicianS vicwpoint But front a volcr*x yiewpoint. il\* decp-fried gibłets.

ęhicken hcarts. to be spccific. It*s a fancy way of saying legislator* don*t want jo be beld accountahle during an clcction ycar.

The possihility that the sccrct poll will kili the soccial session b not the only risk. The oppiV*itc could happen: A majoriiy of mcinbers could hut then opposc the amendment in

Tli* Tlmo*-No\vS'A-8

Is abortion a woman’s choice or not?

Ali without a single member** votc Boise— wąsting limę and iaxpaycrs*

”Kemg rćcordcd'

Tlić Manie for lim cowardly system helongs 10 ihc Lcgislaiive Council. headed by Sehate President Pro Tern Nlike Crapo and House Speaker Tom Bovd.

itKmcy.

Boyd and Crapo should sce ahout reversing ihc Lcgisiativc Council** misiakc. Short of that. local lawmakers should announcc llteir individua! answer* publicly.

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Cl«k Wjluonh MAn.v|irtn olM

Alm Wito* Circi4.it* «i ■uum-wt

Pcicr Y.*k »Vłvi^,n>«ia'b«'

The iiicmbcis ut Ute cdMońal board and wnter* od c<iionM arc Stępiicii I LirlQcn. Clark Wułworth and Stcve Cnimp.

Letters

Girls State story dressed up

—    Re: Odicr vicv\i - Giih State pamcipant_

dc*crvcd to he scm bonie.

Bcaulilul. beauliful. hcauiiful - and thanks -for pnn-.ing iruc facu rachcr ihan a Uascd reporter'* ticw point.

—    -And. tlhHighi y»‘u pupili likc co know chat in

JcH.uk c ofSuŃie FRłćfVAdMii!. 73 MIM ol l«Liho\ Girls Siatcrs wore drwcs the Inllowing day. wioch incidcntally was a "panu day.**

A bo. thanks co lite Nanipa Idalio Press lobom: for sending a rcponer lo Alhertson College lo mci morę ihan tw side ofthe Mory.

COLLEHN BERLIE

Member, Gixl$ Sunę Suff .

President. American Legion Auxiliary

Hkr ^    .

Contro! watering, end dropght

_kceetuly. I havc hcard pcork comnlajning

.iKuifibc drought'^,'situalH>tt.liow ^,^łry*^r IiUIio lus hceomcand the laik of water.

Thtfse commciMs arc tnie. Howcver. driving in Twin FalJs County. a person might ihink • atlu.ru iw. Duri/ig ihc weekend. I saw scveral inie.it ton ditchcs akwig High way 30 Mrcaiiiing'* down lite ruad. Bluc Lakes lt«silcvard. Filer Avcnuc. Falls Avcnuc*and v ar ii his udtef bosy strects tiad waier    hackcd

up ili.il it was nuking a minor "swiromiag liokr” in \oiiic of the eurbs and guiicrs.

Oiurchcs. schools. Kinks. cily^owncd___

I.k iliticv and rcsulctiti.il huiises arc w jtcnng" ’ nm only iheir bcautiful Kamburtheir sidcw*a!ks. aspłull. mailbt»xcs :ind cars ihal aa-passing by.    •    ~ .

IVople necd lo Mart umsendng water now. beforc we arc inily m a "rmijor drouglu’* siiu.uk>n. Evcry linie bi* hclps.

THERESA LOWE

Filer

. wiincssćs ib sueh. Spceiaiors wcrc m* ilrUnk-thoya^auUln'1 passibly have watdicd. ,.|_u._{f lo}fiukc »«

---Somc ycanrago.-f-agrred lo dris-c a fricmł------—— - —- - -

bctwccn ihc tt'wn w herc w*c both livcd and    sliltl TfOltOr

an abortion elinie ut lite city down Ihc road.

’l had knowit (hk woman for a Kong timc.

SIk- wa\ snwrt and lhoughtful and in a vcry lough spoi.

TTte snuli business iliat she was u partner in lud failed. She had invcsted cvcryiliing she had and what she could bonow. In ihc loss of priHitisc. which had becn brighl. and in the unccnainiy^of the futurę, thcrc was cnormous pressurć. Friends had insested.

T)«a- wcrc bilb thai couldn'1 he paid.

But lier dccision to havc an aborticMi was incire ihan financial. although stic would evcniually losc ber liomc in ihe foundercd ilc.il. ller boyfriend hatl dcclincd lo enter inu» any anangcnwnt. It was ihis brcach on his part. I thmk. Iltai rcsullcd ultmutcly in _:-ber dccision.

I rcntemhcr Ute diun irip as utKiHttfOrtablc. li was a wami summer • niommg. Thcrc was ,m awkwardncvs bctwccn us. She w.t> wcigbtcd by holh her deeisum and Ihc cimmtsianecs that foored

I tried a fcw awkword words. whkh seemed to Autlcr out the windo w likc smali birds. She sal as far away us she could. wedged bctwccn ihc comcr of the^ar scal and ilie door.

I rcalized my role. I dro%c.

She wept.

I don‘1 supposc ibat nbortion it sueh an agoni/ing proposition forćvcr>onc. TIkcc was a young woman ui ihc elinie that day. in fnci. wiło announeed to ihc wailing room. in generał, that her boyfriend likcd to do it. and herc she was again. The idea of abortion as a rouiinc form of birth contro! madę ihc hair on my ncck sund up.

_; -My friend wa> cnllcd. She lumed and vaid.'you go away for a whilc. p(ca%c.

I w cni oul and.dros c around. It was noonthne. but I luid noappctilc. I remember bcing profauTtdly graicfut that ihis dccision was not minę lo makc. I had alwrays lended lo ihink thal aboffton would not be my cltoicc. all Ihings bcing ctiual. But in _

ilu*'■riiecA.iuu.ilui u maiicred.-Mosuwem----siK* s,iid. I luve ilhmglti i!uviiuougJi.vexyI.-undex^tanding the bittemess and dsmcully

p.iying no^itcntion any way. Ttjęy wcrc    carclully. I havcnT slcpt ai ttigłrt. I’nt    of my fricnd’% posiikut. I undcrsiood the    .

ihcre. apiuwntly, lor one mason - lo get    cxhauMcd. I havc no mlter choice. Tln-rc is    ncccv\ity of her cboicc. Ttic ariay of

s. You    mi iwivdkk* vvnv I imii haw ihi^ rhild hy    circumMancc. .iftcr all, is umguc lo cach

rtnink. The lanpuage was ntnKiou*__

ediildnT help siumhllng over cotiplcs ntaking out. Thcrc wcrc fights. Humań* — feccs was right ncar food booihs. The trash was cvery whcrc.

Tlić ama/ing ihing ahout the races is włten you laik to ehe Incal pcoplc. no one ihal you cvct run inio aitcnds. iku would tltey cvcr drcant of tak mg chctr nw-of-iown rclativcs i* friends. Since ihis cvcnt rcccUes rranonal olttfttlioo. il would serso ihc aren wcll to make an aiccmpt to clean up llic aci. Maybe somc local pcoplc would May homo and tako thcir fannlics. Most pcoplc I laik lo canT pet <hji of Knwn fasl cnough Ihc weekend ol lite Kcgałla. and now I know why.

—LESLfE LONG-

Burlcy

mysclf tuiw.

Letters

Kccp our dollars in Idaho

As la.spayers and supporters of il»c Buhl SelhHit Disiricrrwc"wlsh7orxprcccmn— conccnts aNiul lite school iransportaiion hids. We feel ihal lite School Bo.ird did not negotiaie ni pxxl faitlt with West Valley Bus Co. lor Ute followmg rcasons:

I .*wltcti Ihe bids wcrc kl. Wesi Vallcy Hus Co. was ihe only bidder. Why Ihcn was ihe seliool hoard not willing to talk to

could hąyc savcd almost $40.000 by awarding, rouics acconling to ihc lowest hid.

jrOiir fmal pbint of cdńccm is/whal “ happencd latlic phi|p>opliy of buying in Buhl and suppordng our communiiy?-Mr. Scott has opemted Ihc school iransportaiion for the past 19 ycars and is a local bomcowncr who pays Uxc*. J\ MayBower I«h:jI? Will thcir Insurance be purehased iluough a local agdtl and how .

What does abortion tqual?

I^nw u ncw.bumpcr slickcr on Bluc Lakes Uoukvard totlay. li surely has raised somc new ijucstions in ihc abortion debato. *

The stickcr a^%;nJ ^Pro-child/Pro-clMike.’

Does Ihis mcan U is OK lo kill babics bul

not childrcn? At what point does a baby . _t    . ...... ... _n ~

betonie a thikl? If my ».«Wlcr bccomcs a ** ^to u«xkrb.d Wes Vajlcy Bux Co fm.inti.il hunlcn when ihc (Scc^T    ^{,hcrc wc,tf ,hree b,<WcrN} *^{a,l,c sccond}

I luggics junips i* his tantmms hccomc inconvcnicnt for my lifcsiylc. do I havc a “riglu mchoose*" tocJiminalc htm? Or does this mcan loddlcrs arc sjfc frum ihis “righl** bul a colicky infant could surely be suckcd or seraped oul of my lifc?

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-In UuU-il seems to mc. is ihe ulumalc

conccil of the ;utli abortion crowd. How can any one profcvs to know ihc one right way for all women to pro^cd. wich all cvidcncc of unwanted childrcn. compoumkd poserty and human mi sery lo Ihc conirary?

Under the law of ll»c land as cstablishcd by Roe v^. Wadc. my fnend had the righr to make her own dccision in privjcy. As difficuh and upsetting as that dccision was. who could or should presume to havcmadc it for her?

No one I sec. Il has to be the individunr\ right to dccidc.

Abortion causcs pcoplc of guod will to disagrcc. cvcn w hen the debatę Ls thoroughly and fairly artieulated. MoMly. lhough. it is awash in a dcmagogucry that sIyows no sigm uf abating now. In the aftermath of the rnosi rcccnt Supremo Coun dccision. the law of Ihc land is uphcld but jiiminishcd. plcasmg no.one. _    £

I dropped my fncntl off tiul summer dajC.

10 y«ars ago with roorc •wkwanlncss. Can l_# do anything? Bring you anything? No_sshc j saki. fhank you. I juM necd lo be alonc now..'

Traid i underMood.' I iMntrrdld:-1—

Jim Trotter is a coiumnhi for r/tc Sun Jtne 7CWD MWmyffcm:--r

Dnup Scoioyhcnbiriifrr^fo-nepniiiiie niwunircTffaołrpan^andTTiIwcIlancous?--«-CoM-of pumpinp-

ilie lipure. We understund tliai his bid    Lel's support our [ocal pcoplc ;ind kccp incrca\cd montłily we

includcd scwral new prograim and ■ |j.,_ho-_s moncy in Iduho. Ukasc wnic or    The cosi of repay

nptions that could liave becn chminated upiMi discussion. But ihc school N»ard refused to cvcn talk to Mr. Scott.

2. Wltcn ihc sccond round of hkls wcrc lei. WcM Vallcy Bus Co. )udJx:cn lold lo bul picccmeal. cach ruutc scpanitcly.* whilc Mayllower was givcn a different crilcria and was ablc lo bid a packagc deal. ihus

•    'Hic necd for standardi/mg c.sisting * water linę.*. •

•    Expansion for futurę nccds.

—We^would aKo llkino bnngTOrthc--*—

community** aiiention ihc following adverNC cffeccs of using a wcll for a major sourec of water requircmenrs and the rcsults of fcdcral/Matc grant involvcmcni.

•    "Thcrc is no guarantce ihal a wcll will be or will rcmam contaniinatc-frcc.

Water metent will be rcquircd.

muMbcntei-by water fees.

of rcpaymcnf mpsi be met by new taxcs ihal would be bom only by ihc city rcsidcnts.

•    Tlić cily ant! surrounding arca sbould----

txpcct annexaiion in order lo incrcasc volumc usc and pcr-mooih fcc payments. _t This would rcsull in dimmished wuicr availabiliiy per rcsidcm.

We would likc 10 offer somc vtablc ałtcmatiscs lo obtaining grani funds for wcll drilling.

vSystcmaiically rcplacc lines wiih budgeted funds.

•    Bond issue lo pay for water storage. filtnition and linc rcplaccmcnt.

•    Mandatc that new \ubdivisions providc iheir own water system.

•    Budget for futurę fundmg of wcll for

back-up system.    .    \

•    Purchasc oddilional Big Springs water shares wticn avuilabk.

Plcasc unilc with us in a protest against elhng or rcleaking^my^jLUicCJty.oL

moncy

cali your school board member of Mr. Bob Bnilcy and tell ihcm of your conccms. DONNA LYNCH And 11 other signert -Buhl

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Hagerman has watery situation

^f Open letter to iIk rcsidcnts of Hagemum:

AIter rcvicwing ihc rcccnt infomuition rekased to the media by ilie mayof of Hagemum. we would likc tocxpa-ss u conccm about Hagcmtan'% waier supply and righls.

The currcru ;idminisiration indkraics a necd lo insiall a wcll rather ihan usc cxisting spring flow. We ogrre ihal Ihc . waier system of ihc city of Hagerman nccds improvcmćni. bul ilie mayor\s ossumption that a wcll would resoWc ihc

round of bkJs. We*vc hcard m.tny limes ihc diffcreiicc bctwccn WcM.Vą|lcy Bu> imd MuyHówcr Comraci Scrvk*c%. What happencd to Doug Stut/man's bid for Roule 13 that was $21.001) less ihan Mayflowcr’s bid? AKo on four specific routes. WcM Vallcy Bus underbid Mąyflowcf front $1.000 to $5.000 and on Roule 13 was $30.000 less ihan Mayflowcr.

li seems lo us ihat if cost is ihc factor.

Whatćvcr h.ippencd lo our “right” to lifc. liberty and the pursuil of happiness rcgardkss of our age?

I havc one last qucstion. Ifpw do sccmincly cducated pcoplc get duped into

—•"“display jciivityin puMictlui make*--SSaruSrt..,d?ikc^—lbHlw.|o»^4Mdde«JBteaclŁMUlc^S»^

an X-ratcd movic look likc a Sunday    ._#^JP°^nK^ ^{w,m a wcłI ,n}•^{łfkclct, worcX ,,kc} _Ł    ^------------

School lesson. whosc vocabulary is limited    .    . .    .

to one four-lcltcr word beginning with F. ^Fo.^{r ,ł}?^ONCl°_ł[ ^{who ł,}f^vf ^bccnl . .

mampulatcd by bumper stickcrs, debates

ovcr “freedom.** •^,richis“ or “choice.** one fact rcmains elear: Abortion cquals dc ad childrcn.

MAYZ LEONARD

Regattn nccds respectability

1fai»fuctinc'hordcs of ravitgingdrunks

why werenT the routes awarded aceording ..problem is incorrcci. We feel that the lisi

----    *    •    *    • •    ----- : cit/« nccds in—

hcedrwUTfcqui

asscMMjnc cittrf nccos in order of becn donc for many ycars in ihis diMrięi?.^1, * •'Atoorffy. W* ifięic TTk b»d spccificatiom siole. 'The Board ćf • CpnsJdęrtibtccAęensc irt nddition to the

who sec no rcason lo scck lhc privacy of a resiroom lo rclkvc themseWes (including dcfecalion). whosc g-siring hathing luils would causc legał sirip joints lo be closcd -'and-who^woukl rather ihrow-łlkcir-trajJt on— ihc grass Ihan walk five paces lo the providcd comaincr. ihcn the rtccntly concludcd Burlcy Boat Regalia was indeed a sinashing-soccess.

If, on ihe olher band. the orca i% mterested in artracting a liltle better class of tourisis and perhaps eyen expccis somc of ihc focaJ rcftidepts to support (his cvcni. somc changes necd to lakc place'.

I was thcrc only in ibe capacny of assisling a local group in ckaning up; diowcvcr. the roccs wcrc running latc so I “and myiwo childrcn wrre thcrc for somc— of ihc mcc activiiy on Soiurdoy

! was appollcd ai ihc dcspicablc. scummy. disgraccful activily going on and -wm Itorrificd Ihal my childrcn wcrc ----

TwinFalS'

Tnisiccs rcservcs the right to acccpi or # ^ćbśr of dHlflng af wcll. Furthermorc. a new rcjcct any and/or all bids. or ponions .    woujd &lTĆaólvc thesc problcms.

thereforc. and waivc any formality which ¹ $ ^JTbc nc»fdr^dditjonal wnter is deemed to be in ihc beM iniercM of tlie ^,|ł

Buhl School Dislnct.. Ifponiom    The «ćc<1 for anadc<{uu«c filiralion

.—ihcrcoT* had becn nwortkd..the district

Hagcrmun’s water shares or righls. Lcf s work together to improve Ihc system we havc now.

EUNICE E. AND VERN H. MCCLELLAN And five olher signers Hagerman

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