The Times-News from Twin Falls, Idaho • 10

DliriGy 10 IfClGclSC IcfflCl IOr SGlllOr CCllICr Jerome won't BvDENISEXURNER By DENISE TURNER spend funds on new pool the city was considering closing the He said publicity about the the city was considering closing the He said publicity about the will be bound to lease the building to offer has created undue pressure. Mr. Spears and the City Council have takJL request from Smith's, but Smith's looked into buying the Jand to build a new store. The plan raised the opposition of some local residents who feared the effects of a large grocery store next to Gem Memorial Gardens, a local cemetery. The seniors asked the council last month for a lease on the center but needed an official reply before they could apply for grant funds to remodel it.

The city agreed Monday to give them the letter of intent and appointed City Clerk Bud Brinegar to act as the grant administrator. If the grant is approved, the city By DONNA SCHORZMAN Times-News correspondent BURLEY Burley City Council may have closed the door to a new Smith's Food King at Overland Shopping Center by opening the door to the Burley senior citizens' group. The council Monday authorized City Attorney Bill Parsons to give the seniors a letter of intent to lease the city-owned community center for their new facilities. The center is on the property that Smith's had expressed some interest in buying last September. The city never received a formal Utah school board member wants religious values taught in classroom FARMINGTON, Utah (AP) A member of the Davis School Board says instruction about religious values has a place in Utah's classrooms.

Ray Briscoe of Bountiful, a researcher for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, said at a board meeting Tuesday that the religious views of the nation's founders and the history of religious persecution have been excised from history books. Briscoe suggested that the State Board of Education review textbooks, particularly those used in American history classes, and select those with information about religious beliefs. He also said teachers should be able to speak more freely about the belief systems of different religious, city pool "Some members of the media at that meeting do not see it this wav because thereM3 discussion about closing the city pool and using the pool from Spears," McMullen said. Peters said the city had no intention of closing the city pool. The Times-News did not attend the session.

A city official said he forgot to notify the paper of the session. Councilman Rocky Jackson was the only council member voting against allocating $5,000 for city pool repairs. Jackson, a strong proponent of fixing the city pool, said after the meeting his vote reflected concerns about not giving the public enough chance to discuss the issue. "Maybe I misunderstood the vote, but I wanted a full discussion by this body with everyone having a chance to say something," Jackson said. He said he favors the Recreation District taking up the offer.

"The Recreation District has a good opportunity to take over a nice facility which, with the city parks and recreation budget, we would never be able to handle financially," Jackson said. regarding the Bliss Valley venture. Babcock has testified that within two days in May 1985 his feelings about the project changes to concern from optimistic. Babcock told jurors Wednesday his change in attitude came from a May 30, 1985, meeting with Hyder, not from the bank's concern over loans. "Dr.

Hyder was extremely upset. He was saying the project was a mess. We were all pretty shocked," he said referring to Idaho First. Babcock also fielded questions changes," she said. "This is not a contract we are asking them to sign." US West has made no changes in rates or services since the recent deregulation, Carter-Herbert added.

"We are not adding or taking away any of the services customers originally requested." In addition to the special mailer, US West will change its billing to list regulated and deregulated services on separate pages. Carver-Herbert said the April and May telephone bills will provide customers with a the Tax Commission lawyer spelling everything out exactly, we will then consider whether or not we should comply with the order." The Magic Valley has three of the state's five counties resisting the Tax Commission's directive to reassess cable television property taxes, which it claims are undervalued by as much as 97 percent. Gooding County commissioners Obituaries the seniors, Fronk said. In other action, the council awarded bids for maintenance and repair. The bid for concrete work was awarded to Ralph Thornton for $30,383.

The bid for chip seal oil went to Koch Asphalt for 190 tons of chip seal oil at $94 a ton. The bids for asphalt paving went to Gordon Paving, $5,947 for a boat ramp at Community Park and $4,995 for sidewalks. All bids were the low bids submitted and all were awarded on condition they meet the specifications. "My perception is that there is a movement on the national level among numerous organizations that are asking to prevail on this point of view," he said. "They want to make the discussion of morality an issue in the classroom." Teaching about the history of religious belief and the open discussion about how people believe would lead to more tolerance in society, Briscoe said.

"Teachers ought to be able to openly discuss in the classroom why Johnny doesn't pledge the flag because he is a Jehovah's Witness," he said. Briscoe also wants students to understand religious value systems as they relate to sexual morality and the debate between creationism and evolution. law, Margaret Walker of Salt Lake City. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1974, and one stepson. The funeral will be at 10 a.m.

Tuesday at the Gooding Christian Church with the Rev. Harold Hake officiating. Interment will follow at the Elmwood Cemetery in Gooding. Friends may call at Demarays Gooding Chapel from 1-7 p.m. on Monday.

Ava H. Brown BUHL Ava Hunt Brown, 79, of Buhl, died Wednesday, May 3, 1989, at the Harrals Nursing Home of natural causes. She was born Jan. 22, 1910, in Bunkerville, the daughter of Joseph and Nora Hunt. She moved to Rose worth in 1921, where she graduated from the 8th grade.

She then attended Twin Falls High School. She married Ernest Brown on Nov. 6, 1929, in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple. Surviving are her husband of Buhl; five sons, Robert E. Brown of Boise, Melvin J.

Brown of Wendell, W. Darwin Brown of Jerome, Paul A. Brown of Modesto, and A. Rolston Brown of Salt Lake City, Utah; one daughter, Arlene Stevens of Boise; one brother, Paul Hunt of Wendell; three sisters; Elnora Blackburn of Wendell, Golda Roberts of Buhl, and Verda Skeem of Inkom; 29 grandchildren; and 38 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by three brothers, one sister and one grandson.

The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the LDS 2nd Ward Chapel on Fair St. with Bishop Gerald Karel conducting. Burial will follow at the West End Cemetery. Friends may call at the Farmer Funeral Chapel on Friday from 10 a.m.

to 8 p.m. and Saturday at the church from 10-11 a.m. No. 107. Friends may call at the Payne Mortuary, 221 W.

Main, Burley from 6-8 p.m. today. KETCHUM The memorial service for Mary Patricia Jacoby, 47, of Ketchum, who died Friday, will be at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Trail Creek Cabin with the Rev. Charles Berger officiating.

Cremation will precede the service. The family suggests memorial contributions may be made to the Wood River Animal Shelter, P.O. Box 1496, Hailey, 83333. Arrangements are under the direction of the Wood River Funeral Chape in Hailey. Times-News correspondent JEROME The CityCouncii.

backs the city pool and has no plans at this time to spend funds on the recreation facility at the old Tupperware site, Mayor Ralph Peters said Tuesday. About 50 people crowded into Jerome council chambers to ask about the city's plans for the facility, in light of an official offer from Spears Manufacturing Co. to donate it for recreational use. Some residents said they'd heard around town that the council decided at a work session Monday with Jerome Recreation District officials to buy and upgrade the facility and close the city pool. "The City Council will go on record as appropriating $5,000 for city pool repairs and intending to open the pool on schedule this year," Peters said.

"The Jerome City Council has nothing to do with the property south of town, which, if appropriated to anyone, will go the recreation district, not the council." Steve McMullen, publisher of the Jerome County Courier, said impressions of the meeting were that Trial Continued from Page Bl branch, where Babcock was manager. Idaho First's action triggered a countersuit by Robert Erkins and Thomas Walker co-developers of the farm, and 12 investors, mostly Twin Falls residents, claiming the bank forced the farm out of business. Tuesday Erkin's attorney, Ed McCabe, tried to draw a parallel between the bank's concern over its loan portfolio in May 1985 and Babcock's sudden change in attitude Phone Continued from Page Bl continue to assist with service questions or problems involving US West. Richardson said customers should also be aware that they are free to shop around for the best price and combination of services that meet their needs. "We just wanted them to be aware of their rights," he said.

Carver-Herbert said US West has the same goal. "Our intention is simply to notify customers about, the regulation Taxes Continued from Page Bl options," she said. Lincoln County commissioners have suggested that the Tax Commission should collect the funds. They are concerned that the county could become mired in lawsuits if it collects and the reassessments are later determined to be illegal. They have asked County Attorney Lavon Lloynd to determine the legal responsibilities of the county, Commissioner Buck Ward said.

"When we get the letter back from Awards Continued from Page Bl Commission announced the award of scholarships to a Jerome and a Nampa senior. Kristina Bean of Nampa High School won a two-year, full-tuition scholarship based on her research paper submitted in the recent History Day competition, sponsored by the Idaho State Historical Society. Her English teacher at Nampa High, Gayle Cooper, also will receive a $250 incentive award in recognition of excellence in teaching. Her paper, one of 157 entered, was titled, "Who Gave the Vote to Idaho's Little Woman?" It centered on Abagail Scott Duniway and the suffrage movement in Idaho. Jerome High School senior Neil Fox was runner-up, winning a one-year full tuition scholarship to Boise State University for "God's Workman," a paper on George Washington Carver.

His English teacher, Karen James, won the incentive award last year. 71) times 7 ana i suwe me mcuia. uas held them ud with a gun held to their backs or heads with what are you going to do with it?" Jackson said Public Works Director Lanny Sloan was not cooperative in helping raise funds for the city pool repair. "Lanny does a good job, but he's left me hanging on this so that I question where his loyalty lies," Jackson said. Asked after the meeting, Sloan declined to comment.

Under the current tax structure, a bond issue would be needed to maintain the city pool on a long-term basis, Peters said. In other council business, the city will have to decide by Dec. 22 whether to upgrade or remove three underground storage tanks at the city barn, Councilman Don Jacobsori said. New Environmental Protection Agency regulations require the decision, he said. The EPA is asking cities to carry $1 million worth of insurance on underground tanks but no insurance company is willing to write the policy, he said.

from Walker's attorney, Dick Greener, who read excerpts from a' handout given at a financial seminar' Babcock attended dealing with-problem loans. The manual had suggestions on how to treat' borrowers in a problem loan and used such phrases as "prepare a battle plan" and "don't assume the' debtor is a rational being. Babcock said he didn't subscribe; to that policy and didn't know if he, had read the handout or had a copy of it at his branch. detailed list of specific options they have already agreed to changes must be made by contacting a telephone company representative, she said. Those who have questions about the recent US West mailing or about their telephone bills can call the' PUC at 334-0369.

US West has set up a toll-free' customer assistance line with operators in place weekdays from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. In the Magic Valley or Blaine County: call 1-385-2444.

last week decided to seek a restraining order against the Tax Commission's directive and asked for a declaratory judgement to resolve whether the commission has the authority to issue the directive. The county filed the papers Wednesday. Ada and Canyon counties have also challenged in court the commission's authority. DID YOU KNOW? We are having a Cosoel having a May 14th the 19th meeting May 14th through but without proselytizing. "I would like us to support a resolution to the State Board of Education to examine the feasibility and appropriateness of including academic instruction about religion and morality," he said.

The board voted unanimously to consider the resolution on its first reading agenda in two weeks. "In the history of education we have had teaching of morality. Now there is a movement toward secularism," Briscoe said. "We are not teaching about morality in the classroom." Briscoe said the religious views of Thomas Jefferson, for example, are absent from history texts, while the history of religious persecution of Catholics, Baptists, Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons is left out. Raymond T.

Wolfe 39 years ago. She moved to California in 1961, and worked for the Rocketdyne Co. Mrs. Wolfe was a member of the Sycamore Hill Church of God in Simi Valley. Surviving are her husband of Simi Valley; five daughters, Bonnie Brown of Kimberly, Stephanie Johnson of Twin Falls, Cherri Wilson of Moorpark, Rae Lynn Wolfe of Simi Valley, and Marcie Moniot of Northridge, Calif.

one brother, Bud Schultz of Bradford, one sister, Joy Swanson of Bradford; and six grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents and one sister. The funeral will be at 4 p.m. Friday in the Kimberly Christian Church with the Rev. Bruce Thacker officiating.

Interment will follow in the Twin Falls Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of White Mortuary in Twin Falls. Lois W. Jenkins GOODING Lois Walker Jenkins, 91, of Gooding, died Monday, May 1, 1989, at the Friendship House in Gooding. She was born April 20, 1898, in Salt Lake City, Utah, the daughter of Charles and Nellie L.

Walker. She then moved to the Gooding area where her parents homesteaded. She married George W. Jenkins on Oct. 26, 1919, in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Shortly afterward, they returned to Gooding where she had since resided. She was a member of the Christian Church, Gooding Grange, Rebekkah Lodge and the Gooding Historical Society. Surviving are one daughter-in-law, Katheryn Luscombe of Tyler, Texas, two nieces, Betty Mason of Saratoga, and Ruth Lemons of Oakdale, and one sister-in- LDS Church. The graveside service will be at 3 p.m. in the Paul Cemetery.

Friends may call at the church one hour prior to the funeral. The family suggests memorial contributions may be made to the Idaho Lung Association, 2621 Camas Boise, 83705. Arrangements are under the direction the Wood River Funeral Chapel in Hailey. BURLEY The graveside ervice for Jessie E. Fenstermaker, 87, of Indio, and formerly of Cassia County, who died Saturday, will be at 10 a.m.

Friday at the Pleasant View Cemetery under the direction of the Burley Ruth Rebekah Lodge Mildred M. Morgan HEYBURN Mildred Maughan Morgan, 79, former HeyburnEmerson resident, died Tuesday, May 2, 1989, in a Sacramento, Calif. Hospital. Arrangements are pending and will be announced by Payne Mortuary in Burley. W.

Dean Ricketts JEROME W. Dean Ricketts, 64, of Jerome, died Wednesday, May 3, 1989, at St. Benedicts Family Medical Center following a sudden illness. Arrangements are pending and will be announced by the Hove-Robertson Funeral Chapel in Jerome. Steve Pomikala TWIN FALLS Steve Pomikala, 78, of Twin Falls, died Monday, May 1, 1989, at his home.

He was born Feb. 6, 1911, in Tacoma, W. sh. He married Irene Desoto in Tacoma. She preceded him in death.

He had lived in Twin Falls for the past 12 years, moving here from California. Surviving are one stepdaughter, Edith Schmidt of Twin Falls; two brothers, Tom Pomikala of Salt Lake City, Utah, and Paul Pomikala of South Carolina; and two stepgrandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers and two sisters. No local service is planned. Cremation is under the direction of White Mortuary and Crematory.

Valjean Wolfe CALIFORNIA Valjean Wolfe, 58, of Simi Valley, died Monday, May 1, 1989, in Simi Valley. She was born Dec. 6, 1930, in Smithport, Pa. She was raised in Pennsylvania and married Services TWIN FALLS Mass will be celebrated for James M. Cunningham, 73, of Twin Falls, who died Saturday, at 10 a.m.

today at St. Edwards Catholic Church with the Rev. William Gould officiating. Cremation will follow. Arrangements are under the direction of Reynolds Funeral Chapel.

The family suggests memorial contributions may be made to the St. Edwards School Foundation, and may be left at the chapel. KETCHUM The funeral for Simon Andrew Andy Beck, 84, of Ketchum, who died Sunday, will be at 11 a.m. today at the Sun Valley Call Transwestern To Find Out About. FHA, VA, CONVENTIONAL HOME LOANS AND MOBILE HOMES ON PERMANENT FOUNDATIONS Put Our Experience to Work for You We'll Help You Find the Loan to Fit Your Needs "The Experienced Company" Transwestern Mortgage 734-9990 1294 Addison Avnut East, Twin Fall.

QUESTION OF THE DA How many were baptized for the remission of their sins on Pentecost? Hospitals MAGIC VALLEY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Admitted Jeannette Hayes, Theo Morris, Berry Durham, Mrs. E.O. Walker, Mrs. John Spafford, Matthew Rodgers and Aaron Martin, all of Twin Falls; Mrs. Thad Harrison, and Barbara Bostwick, both of Jerome; Mrs.

David Anderson of Hailey; Mrs. John R. Meyers, Mrs. Don Howard, and Mrs. Richard Carter, all of Buhl; Mrs.

Raymond Adams of Gooding; Emily Gomez of Paul; Mary Christensen of Murtaugh; and Willie Harbison of Hagerman. Released Melissa Roy, Matthew Rodgers, Sylvia Tapia and Ellen Upp, all of Twin Falls; Mrs. Michael Henson and son of Buhl; and Genio Alfredo of Jerome. Births Daughters to Mr. and Mrs.

Todd Romans of Twin Falls; and to Mr. and Mrs. David Anderson of Hailey; and a son to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Carter of Buhl.

CASSIA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Admitted Dennis Hof of Burley; Connie Davies of Malta; Loyd Davis of Rupert; Fern Shaw of Albion; and Robert Wheeler of Saskatoon Saskatchewan, Canada. Released Shirley Gibson of Burley; Sara Esquivel of Paul; Lori Hall and Louise Recancone, both of Rupert; Chloe Warr of Malta; and Elmo Woodhouse of Oakley. Births A Baby to Mr. and Mrs. Wenden Davies of Malta.

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