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Owner James Holesinsky talks about the variety of wines he produces Wednesday, June 5, 2019, at Holesinsky Vineyard and Winery in Buhl.

Uncorking potential Idaho wineries are stepping up their game BOWEN WEST

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BUHL — No time for a getaway to California wine country this summer? How about exploring the uncorked potential of Idaho wine? June is Idaho Wine Month, which is as great an excuse as any to venture out and see how Idaho wines have grown. In 2001, James Holesinsky started his own winery. He says that a winemaker is a glorified chemist but it’s a little more complicated than that. Having a vineyard in Idaho requires planning for soil, drainage for the plant and most important, plan-

ning for frost. Holesinsky Winery is one of the highest elevated wineries in the U.S., he said. He started with a chardonnay in his first year. Now, Holesinsky Vineyard and Winery produces merlots, peach wine and more. Despite the amount of growth his winery has experienced, there is still an uphill battle for Idaho wines. “Idaho wine is the underdog, no matter what,” Holesisnky said. “We have some of the most complex soils, which produce some amazing wines.” For anyone looking to explore Idaho wine, look no further than Rudy’s — A Cook’s Paradise, which houses an expansive wine collection. For the month Owner James Holesinsky gives a tour of his vineyard Wednesday, June 5, 2019, at Holesinsky Vineyard and Winery in Buhl. Holesinsky planted Please see WINE, Page A9 his first chardonnay grapes in 2001.

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CALDWELL — Emails obtained by the Idaho Press show Canyon County jail officials actively reaching out to federal immigration officials to come pick up inmates they suspect of violating immigration law. DARIN OSWALD, IDAHO STATESMAN FILE PHOTO In several cases, Canyon County deputies called on fed-

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Financial concerns continue for 4 charter schools BOISE — The Idaho Public Charter School Commission will leave in place letters of financial concern that apply to four charter schools. The four schools are Blackfoot Charter Community Learning Center, Bingham Academy, Syringa Mountain School and The Village Charter School. Although the commission’s staff expressed concern that the four schools “cannot remain fiscally sound for the remainder of its certificate term,” the commission will not take additional steps to intervene. The financial concern letters add one small layer of protection for taxpayers. They modify the state’s payment schedule. Typically, state payments are frontloaded toward the beginning of the school year. These four schools will instead receive equal payments throughout the

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TWIN FALLS — A former Twin Falls County deputy prosecutor has been sentenced for driving under the influence. Michelle Agee, 28, pleaded guilty Tuesday during a pretrial conference before Fifth District Judge Mark Ingram. Ingram issued a withheld judgment for one year, according to a statement from the Idaho Attorney General’s office. Agee will have her driving privileges suspended for 90 days, and an interlock device must be installed on any vehicle she drives until June 11, 2020. She must complete 50 hours of community service within six months and is prohibited from consuming alcohol. Twin Falls police arrested Agee on March 22 on suspicion of misdemeanor driving under the influence. She resigned her position as deputy prosecutor that week. Because of Agee’s position, Twin Falls County Prosecutor Grant Loebs requested a special prosecutor for her case, which was then assigned to Deputy Attorney General David Morse, court records say. Judges who interacted with her as part of cases in Twin Falls recused themselves, which led Ingram’s assignment to the case.

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US stocks notch gains, snap short losing streak ‌Gains in energy and internet companies helped drive stocks broadly higher on Wall Street Thursday, snapping a two-day losing streak for the market in an otherwise choppy week of trading. The gains were initially fueled by rising oil prices, which boosted energy companies following a suspected attack on two oil tankers in the strategic Strait of Hormuz. The sector sustained its gains as a mix of media, internet and consumer-oriented companies took the lead in pushing every major index higher. Small company stocks rose more than the rest of the market. Investors have been searching for direction as they cautiously await any new developments on the global trade war between the U.S. and China. Any continued escalations could crimp global economic growth and put the brakes on what is poised to be the longest economic expansion in U.S. history. Anticipation of next week’s Federal Reserve meeting of policyholders helped lift the market Thursday, said Jeff Zipper, managing director at U.S. Bank Private Wealth Management. “You’ve got two competing forces here right now,” Zipper said. “The lingering issue of when is this trade tariff deal going to get resolved, and a more dovish Fed.”

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GRAINS REPORT‌

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Prices are net to growers, 100 pounds, U.S. No. 1 beans, less Idaho bean tax and storage charges. Prices subject to change without notice. Producers desiring more recent price information should contact dealers.‌ Open market prices established by Kelley Bean’s Idaho locations: pintos $21, great northerns $23, small reds ask, blacks ask, pinks ask. Quotes current June 10.‌

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Prices for wheat per bushel mixed grain, oats, corn and beans per hundredweight. Prices subject to

Cheese ‌ Barrels $1.6025 +5 Blocks $1.8000 +1.5 Prices current June 13.‌

‌Average daily flows Snake River at Heise 12,379 cfs Snake River at Blackfoot 7,049 cfs Snake River at American Falls 9,484 cfs Snake River at Minidoka 7,568 cfs Snake River at Milner 0 cfs Little Wood River near Carey 551 cfs Jackson Lake is 93% full. Palisades Reservoir is 86% full. American Falls Reservoir is 98% full. Upper Snake River system is at 94% of capacity. As of June 13.

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BOISE — The director ‌ of the state Department of Water Resources on Thursday issued an order to potentially cut off water to some groundwater pumpers. Gary Spackman issued the order that involves some 85 pumpers who are not in compliance with an agreement intended to prevent declines in a giant Idaho aquifer. The 2015 agreement is intended to stabilize the level of the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer so that surface users and groundwater pumpers have a reliable source of water. But some groundwater pumpers are ignoring the agreement, causing others to also consider abandoning the deal. The state’s existing water law says “first in time is first in right,” meaning

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Welders Dean Graves, left, and Jeff Flegel install a flow meter in February 2018 at a farm south of Wendell. water-rights holders with older rights have priority to water when there’s not enough for everybody. The surface water users have water rights dating to the 1880s, predating groundwater pumpers with rights from the 1950s. When the aquifer level

drops because of groundwater pumpers, springs used by surface water users dry up. That means senior water rights holders aren’t getting their fair share of water, requiring the state to step in and shut down groundwater pumpers, including cities that pump

water for residents. The new law gives the state additional authority to cut off water to those groundwater pumpers ignoring the agreement, including those with older rights than groundwater pumpers honoring the agreement. “Although ground water levels have partially recovered due to state-sponsored recharge, ground water pumping reductions, and ample water years, aquifer water levels have not yet recovered to levels necessary to avoid conjunctive management,” the Idaho Department of Water Resources said in a news release. The agency is predicting a nearly 16,000 acre-foot shortfall. An acre-foot is the amount of water it takes to cover one acre with a foot of water. An acre-foot contains about 326,000 gallons.

Summer Art Camp is next week in Hailey ‌ AILEY — In June and H July, elementary- and middle-school students can get in touch with their inner artist through special programs offered by the Sun Valley Center for the Arts education team. The Summer Art Camp for children in grades three through five will take place all day from Monday to June 21 at 314 Second Ave. S., Hailey. Grab the oppor-

tunity to develop artistic skills, engage with friends, play and make original artwork. Campers will also expand their creative knowledge through art-focused field trips where they will meet local artists. Students in grades six to eight can get involved in A Week of Art all day from July 8 to 12, also in Hailey. Participants will paint, draw and work in three-dimensions. They will also meet working

artists and visit a studio, the center’s museum and a local art gallery. Instructor Susie Quinn Fortner grew up in Ohio, where she received her bachelor’s of fine arts in art education. After graduation, she moved to the Colorado mountains, where she taught art for many years. Fortner earned her master’s degree in creative arts and learning curriculum from Lesley University and received her

administrative license from the University of Denver. In 2017, she relocated to the Wood River Valley to accept the position of visual arts education program coordinator at the center. The cost of each camp is $300 for SVCA members and $350 for non-members. Space in these programs is limited, so early registration is recommended. To register, call 208-726-9491 or go to sunvalleycenter.org.

Police seeking identity of graffiti suspect JULIE A. FERRARO

change without notice.‌ Wheat, $3.60, barley, $6.50 (cwt) corn, $7.50 (cwt) oats, $6.90 (cwt). Prices are given by Rangen in Buhl. Prices current June 10.‌ Corn, $8.90 (cwt) barley, $5.00 (cwt) wheat, $4.50 (bushel). Prices quoted by JD Heiskell. Prices current June 10.‌

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‌TWIN FALLS — A graffiti spree found early Monday has the Twin Falls Police Department seeking the public’s help. A number of businesses were found with graffiti painted on them in the 200 and 300 blocks of Fourth Avenue South and the 200 and 300 blocks of Idaho Street South, according to

Officer J.P. O’Donnell. A couple of delivery-type trucks, parked outside businesses in that area, were also painted with graffiti, O’Donnell said. Twin Falls Police has released a surveillance camera photo of a possible PHOTO COURTESY TWIN FALLS POLICE‌ suspect, who they are atTwin Falls Police hope to identify the person in this tempting to identify. Anysurveillance camera photo related to a rash of graffiti in one with information is downtown Twin Falls found on Monday morning. asked to call 208-735-4357.

Governor creates panel to help fight opioid abuse KEITH RIDLER

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‌BOISE — Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Thursday took another step in the battle against opioid abuse by forming a panel that will analyze where and how money should be spent to fight the problem. Little, a Republican, signed an executive order creating the Opioid and Substance Use Disorder Advisory Group that will look at everything from prevention to treatment to recovery. “From a troubled child that might be susceptible to drug abuse to the last inmate coming out of the door of the prison, tell me all the in-ramps and offramps and where we deploy money into all of them to most effectively increase quality of life,” Little said. The group will have 21 members and be comprised of state government officials, elected leaders, law enforcement officials, judiciary members and medical workers. Melinda Smyser, administrator of the Governor’s Office of Drug Policy, will chair the group. Smyser said that, according to county coroner

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Idaho Gov. Brad Little looks at his wife Teresa in the balcony as he delivers his State of the State address inside the house chambers at the state Capitol building, Monday, Jan. 7, 2019 in Boise. reports, every 35 hours in Idaho, someone dies from a drug overdose. Every 70 hours, someone dies from an opioid overdose, she said. The office has a five-year strategic plan for dealing with opioid abuse, and part of that involves prevention, Smyser said. People age 18 to 25 are a key part of those efforts, she said. “We can so more about education and prevention,” Smyser said. Idaho is expected to get millions of dollars in federal

grant money to fight opioid abuse as well as a potential payout from legal action the state is taking against Connecticut-based Purdue Pharma, which makes OxyContin. Medicaid expansion starts in Idaho in January, and Little said that should help with the state’s opioid problem as well by bringing in money to help those with opioid additions. “Altogether these investments will turn the tide on the opioid crisis,” he said. Some specific items Lit-

tle said he wants considered by the panel include sending first-time, non-violent drug offenders to a local crisis center for help rather than to jail. He also wants advice on limiting prescriptions and better tracking through electronic records of the sale of opioids. Little said he’s asked the Idaho Department of Correction and the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare to research a potential pilot program using medicated-assisted therapy programs. The panel is an advisory group only. Little said he expects recommendations from the panel in time to prepare his budget for the 2020 legislative session. On a related front, Little earlier this year signed into law legislation aimed at reducing the number of opioid deaths in the state by making naloxone overdose reversal medication more available. The new law approved unanimously by the Legislature alters wording in an existing law to make it clear that emergency responders, family members and others can get and administer the medication.

5TH DISTRICT COURT NEWS Bruce G. Somrek, 57, Hollister; driving under the influence-excessive, bond previously posted, public defender appointed, pretrial July 30. THURSDAY ARRAIGNMENTS‌ Holly Ann Morrissey, 31, Twin Falls; injury to a child, own-recogniKenisha M. Christian, 20, Twin Falls; possession of a controlled zance release, public defender appointed, pretrial August 6. Joseph Andrew Cruz, 24, Twin Falls; frequenting, failure to appear, substance, own recognizance release, public defender appointed, prelim June 21. bond $500, public defender appointed, pretrial July 30. TIMES-NEWS

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Wyoming diocese: 11 former clergy accused of sexual abuse MEAD GRUVER

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‌CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Roman Catholic officials in Wyoming for the first time have published a list of former clergy they say have had substantiated claims of sexual abuse against them. The Wyoming Catholic Register newsletter mailed Wednesday the names of 11 accused clergy who served in Wyoming. They include a bishop, priests and a member of a religious order. Church officials said in 2018 that former Bishop Joseph Hart faces substantiated allegations by three men who say he abused them as boys in the late 1970s. Hart worked as a bishop and auxiliary bishop in Cheyenne from 1976 to 2001. He has denied the allegations, one of which first became public in the early 2000s. The other 10 former clergy listed in the June newsletter

weren’t previously named by the Diocese of Wyoming. They are accused of abusing male and female children and one vulnerable adult between the late 1950s and late 1990s. No clergy with substantiated abuse claims against them have served in Wyoming since at least 2004, according to the newsletter. “On behalf of the church, I apologize to each victim, not only for the misconduct of those who committed sexual abuse but also for the failure of any church leader who did not take appropriate action after having received a report of an allegation,” Bishop Steven Biegler wrote in the newsletter. The Cheyenne Diocese is the latest of about 130 dioceses and religious orders to issue lists of clergy members credibly accused of sexual abuse since a Pennsylvania grand jury report released

in August named more than 300 predator priests. All abuse claims tied to Wyoming have been referred to police where the abuse allegedly occurred, diocese Chancellor Patti Loehrer told The Associated Press on Thursday. Police in Cheyenne are wrapping up a church abuse investigation that took longer and was more complex than expected, Cheyenne Police Department spokesman Kevin Malatesta said Thursday. “I can say that investigation branched out,” Malatesta said. “We fully investigated all these tips coming in, and any time we get new information it kind of leads us down additional paths.” Wyoming law prevents police from naming suspects in sexual abuse cases. Details of the case align with the allegations against Hart.

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This photo shows the offices for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cheyenne and the Cathedral of St. Mary, Thursday, June 13, 2019 in Cheyenne, Wyo. The diocese has published a list of 11 former clergy in Wyoming it says have had substantiated claims of sexual abuse made against them.

Tyson enters plantbased meat market DEE-ANN DURBIN

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‌The fast-growing market for meat alternatives has a surprising new player: Tyson Foods. Tyson, one of the world’s largest meat producers, will begin selling nuggets made from pea protein at grocery stores this summer. A blended burger made from beef and pea protein will follow this fall. Both will be sold under a new brand, Raised and Rooted, which will continue to develop plantbased and blended products for both groceries and restaurants. Tyson is responding to a growing global trend toward plantbased eating, fueled by health and environmental concerns. U.S. sales of meat substitutes are expected to jump 78% to $2.5 billion between 2018 and 2023, according to Euromonitor. Global sales could reach $23 billion in that same timeframe. Startups like Beyond Meat, which makes burgers and sausages from pea protein, and Impossible Foods, which has a soy-based formula, have also raised consumers’ interest with products that mimic meat so closely in taste and texture that they’re being sold at Burger King and Carl’s Jr. But the entry of Springdale, Arkansas-based Tyson could upend the alternative protein market because of its sheer size and distribution capacity. Tyson Foods reported $40 billion in sales in its 2018 fiscal year; Beyond Meat,

which held its IPO last month, forecasts $210 million in sales this year. Tyson has 50 facilities just for processing chicken; Impossible Foods has one factory in Silicon Valley. Tyson has been watching the alternative protein market for a while. Its investment arm, Tyson Ventures, acquired a 5% stake in Beyond Meat in 2016. It sold that stake before Beyond Meat’s IPO, but it continues to hold investments in other startups, including Memphis Meats and Future Meat Technologies — which grow meat from cells — and mushroom-based protein startup MycoTechnology. “These things work together and help us have a broad view of what the world of food looks like,” said Justin Whitmore, who leads Tyson’s alternative protein business. Whitmore said the company noticed a significant upswing in the number of consumers who eat meat but want alternative sources of protein. About a year ago, Tyson’s chefs and consumer specialists began developing its own alternative protein products. The nuggets it came up with look like fried chicken, but they’re made with pea protein, egg whites, flaxseed and bamboo fiber and other ingredients. “It became apparent we had the capability not only to compete but to lead in this space,” Whitmore said.

Pence tries to ease GOP anxiety on trade ZEKE MILLER

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‌YORK, Pa. — A group of Pennsylvania manufacturers surrounded Mike Pence as he offered his standard greeting from President Donald Trump. The response was underwhelming. “When I told him I was in the Keystone State, I think he sounded just a little bit jealous,” the vice president said to a few audible groans and tepid applause. But when Pence turned to his assignment for the trip last week to York, Pennsylvania — selling the administration’s new trade deal with Mexico and Canada — the group warmed up. By the time he got to the part about calling on Congress to pass the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, his audience cheered him on. Pence is on a quiet mission to advance the administration’s top legislative priority for the year — the troubled trade deal — and, with it, just maybe hold together

the fraying Republican coalition ahead of the next one. As Trump wagers on a trade war with China and threats of another with Mexico, Pence has been traveling the country trying to build support for a free-trade deal. While his boss promotes the power of tariffs, Pence has been in places like Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and Lebanon, Indiana, speaking about the benefits of lowering them. The vice president isn’t just trying to boost support for the trade agreement, which the administration wants passed this summer. He’s also trying to hold together a Republican Party deeply divided over Trump’s trade wars. The president’s policies fly in the face of his party’s support for free markets. They have the potential to drive away country club, pro-business Republicans — long a bedrock of the GOP — and even the blue-collar workers who crossed traditional allegiances to elevate the pair to the White House in 2016.

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‌PLEASANT GROVE, Utah (AP) — A northern Utah pool is set to re-open more than a week after an accident sickened dozens with chlorine gas. The Daily Herald reports the Pleasant Grove Veterans Memorial Pool is expected to welcome swimmers back on Thursday. About 50 people were sickened June 4 after a pump forced too much chlorine out of a jet.

Police say they were coughing, vomiting and bleeding from their noses. Ambulances took about 26 people to hospitals and about two dozen others sought treatment themselves. City officials say they’re installing a new chlorine-distributing control box with built-in safeguards to prevent a similar accident.

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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis speaks to reporters before signing an order to boost the state’s child vaccination rates at Children’s Hospital Colorado in Denver, Thursday, June 13, 2019. Colorado’s governor issued an executive order Thursday designed to address Colorado’s poor vaccination rates for children, but he insisted that he will respect existing religious and personal exemptions for parents unwilling to inoculate their children against communicable diseases.

Polis seeks to boost child vaccinations, respect exemptions JAMES ANDERSON

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DENVER — Colorado’s gov‌ ernor issued an executive order Thursday designed to address the state’s poor vaccination rates for children, but he insisted that he will respect existing religious and personal exemptions for parents unwilling to inoculate their children against communicable diseases. Democratic Gov. Jared Polis’ order on Thursday came as new state data suggest Colorado ranks near the bottom for immunization rates among U.S. states. It also comes amid a national resurgence of measles that has affected more than 1,000 people, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Some 87.4% of Colorado kindergarten students had vaccinations for measles, mumps and rubella in the 2018-19 school year, down 1.3% from the previous year, according to the state Department of Public Health and Environment. For highly-contagious measles, the CDC recommends a 92% threshold to maintain herd immunity. More than 9,400 children were hospitalized or treated at emergency rooms for vaccine-preventable diseases in 2017, the state Department of Public Health and Environment says. The state needs to better inform residents about the benefits of vaccines, make parents aware of low-cost vaccination programs, seek out underserved residents and develop a strategy to confront an anti-vaccination movement that contends some shots are unsafe despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, said Tony Cappello, director of the department’s Disease Control and Environmental Epidemiology division. “We need to provide fact-based information to parents so they can make educated, informed decisions,” Cappello told a news conference at Children’s Hospital Colorado in Denver. “This means dispelling misinformation about vaccinations and having correct information in the hands of parents,” he said. Polis’ order focuses on the education and information front.

Angie Anderson of suburban Lakewood, Colo., holds her 8-month-old son, Archie, shortly before Gov. Jared Polis issued an order designed to raise Colorado’s child vaccination rates in Denver, Thursday, June 13, 2019. Anderson says she supports measures to increase children’s immunity to measles, mumps, rubella and other communicable diseases. It calls for state officials to work more closely with local health specialists to promote vaccination; studying the reasons for what the governor calls “vaccine hesitancy” among parents, and developing information strategies to address those concerns; and helping families on Medicaid and residents in rural and other underserved areas gain access to and pay for recommended vaccines. The state allows parents to opt out of required school vaccinations for medical, religious and philosophical reasons. Polis, who’s described himself as a libertarian Democrat, stressed Thursday he won’t change that policy. “We believe that Colorado families should be making their own health care decisions,” he said. “We really view this as the third way between the government forcing people to get shots, which

is counterproductive, and simply allowing these rates to go down, which is counterproductive to the public health and results in people dying.” This spring, hundreds of parents, their children in tow, swarmed the state Capitol to oppose a bill that would have made it harder to qualify for religious or personal exemptions. The bill stalled in the Legislature. Lawmakers in Oregon, which has one of the highest rates of unvaccinated kindergartners in the country, also killed a bill this year to make it harder for families to opt out. But next-door Washington state ended most exemptions for the measles vaccine. Maine eliminated religious and philosophical exemptions, and New York legislators were poised Thursday to eliminate a religious exemption.

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Online Rx startups offer convenience, raise concerns MATTHEW PERRONE

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‌WASHINGTON — How do you get men excited about decades-old pills for hair loss, erectile dysfunction and other potentially embarrassing health conditions? Online startups including Hims and Roman are banking on a mix of convenience, viral marketing and glossy packaging to turn generic prescription drugs and other pharmacy staples into a profitable new business model. But some in the medical establishment are raising concerns about their marketing and the quality of care they provide. “There are both opportunities to improve access to care, but also risks to patients, and I think regulators are having to address that,” said Lisa Robin, an executive with the Federation of State Medical Boards, which represents the organizations that license and discipline physicians. The group has been advising U.S. physicians to carefully consider “their professional and ethical duties” before signing up to work for the companies. Hims and Roman each said in separate statements that their doctors are required to deliver the same standard of care on their platforms as they do in person. Like other on-demand services, Hims and Roman promise consumers quick, convenient access to what they want. That means customers essentially self-diagnose, selecting the medication of their choice and — pending approval by a doctor — receive the prescription by mail or through a local pharmacy. In place of a tra-

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This undated image provided by Hims shows some of the company’s products. Online startups including Hims and Roman are banking on a mix of convenience, viral marketing and glossy packaging to turn generic prescription drugs and other pharmacy staples into a profitable new business model. ditional exam, patients answer a battery of questions about their symptoms, medical history, allergies and other details. Similar companies specialize in contraceptives, sleep medications and pills for anxiety. Backing the trend are millions in venture dollars from investors searching for the next Warby Parker or Dollar Shave Club — blockbuster online brands that have upended the markets for eyeglasses and razors by cutting out traditional retailers. Dr. Adriane Fugh-Berman, who studies pharmaceutical marketing, worries the companies are minimizing the role of health professionals in carefully diagnosing and treating patients. “These are lifestyle drugs, and they have potentially serious ad-

verse effects, and this seems like too casual a way to be obtaining them,” said Fugh-Berman, a professor at Georgetown University. Potential side effects of Viagra include dizziness, blurred vision, muscle pain and sudden hearing loss. The female libido drug Addyi, which is also available through the websites, can cause fainting when combined with alcohol. In some cases, the websites promote prescription drugs for unapproved uses, such as blood pressure drugs to reduce anxiety. Hims’ websites touts blood pressure-reducing beta blockers as a way to ease “performance anxiety during your big event — like a big presentation at work or interview.” While that kind of “off-label” prescribing is common for many

physicians, drugmakers are barred from advertising such uses because they have not been federally approved. The online startups, echoing Uber and other Silicon Valley startups, say they are technology companies and are therefore not subject to those rules. The FDA didn’t comment on the websites but said in a statement that off-label drug use “should be a conversation between the consumer and the health care provider.” Prescription drugs sold by Hims and Roman — both founded in 2017 — are available at most pharmacies nationwide. And retail giants like Walmart and CVS Health also offer medical consultations through apps and websites. So what’s new here? Hims’ 30-year-old founder, Andrew Dudum, says his company is revamping the process “so people can have an amazing experience” and get “extremely beautiful products.” Hims — which also sells shampoo, vitamins and other consumer items — puts its products in discrete, minimalist packaging stamped with the company name. Its female-focused site, Hers, similarly offers custom-wrapped medications for low-sex drive alongside hair and skin products. Customers are invited to “Shop Sex” or “Shop Hair,” alongside Instagram-ready photos of young models and messages like: “we’re here to help reduce the stress and guesswork out of your sexy time.” Roman CEO Zachariah Reitano, 28, says his company offers customers a chance “to talk about these things that can be highly

stigmatized.” But real-time communication between doctor and patient doesn’t always happen. Telemedicine laws vary by state, and in many cases physicians can write prescriptions after simply reviewing a patient’s stored responses to online questionnaires. Sometimes doctors will need to seek extra details via text messages or a phone call. Roman’s website gives an example of a typical transaction in which the patient spends 20 minutes providing information and the physician spends two minutes reviewing it. That’s about the same length as a traditional U.S. office visit, according to data published two years ago. And Roman and Hims say their model is more convenient, discrete and often cheaper than the traditional office visit. But customers looking for savings might be disappointed. Hims, Roman and most of their counterparts don’t take insurance, and instead charge a cash fee. Most of the drugs they sell can be found for less using prescription discount apps like GoodRx, which identifies the best prices at local pharmacies and applies coupons and discounts. For instance, Hims sells the generic form of the hair loss drug Propecia at $28.50 for a month’s supply, versus $11 at many national chains like Walmart or CVS. Hims said in a statement it offers “enormous value” and convenience by eliminating trips to the doctor, pharmacy visits and insurance copay fees. A spokesman for Roman declined to comment on its prices.

Shoshone artist’s work inspires tribal activism JENNIFER KANE

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RENO, Nev. — There’s ‌ an American Indian man in oversized reflective sunglasses sitting in the center of a painting. Over his shoulder, there’s a mess of dated electronics stacked under a cluttered television set. On the other side, a figure is immersed in a spiritual ritual below an eagle and a sky of billowing clouds. The painting is a self-portrait of Jack Malotte, a Shoshone and Washoe artist who grew up on the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony reservation and has since made a career of creating prints, posters and paintings that have inspired both environmental and social activism nationwide. “It’s what my living room looked like then,” the Reno native said of the piece entitled, “It’s Hard to be Traditional When You’re all Plugged In.” ‘’I was going to sweat lodges, but then too I had all these tangled cords in my home. I drew myself in between these two worlds.” Much of Malotte’s work, now on display at the Nevada Museum of Art, is often about juxtaposition, whether it’s tradition versus modernism, or nature and technology. “While his work celebrates the beauty of the Great Basin landscape, it also tackles important issues related to land use, natural resource extraction, militarization, and legacies of colonialism,” Nevada Museum of Art David Walker said of Malotte. Walker called Malotte

one of the most significant working artists in Nevada today. Malotte’s depiction of himself in the 1983 “Plugged In” self-portrait is stonefaced, but the artist himself is large and jovial. He has thick silver hair and a warm smile. It’s hard to tell he harbors any bitterness at all, until you look at his work, which is often dark, biting commentary on how modern technology and military policy have had an impact on Native American culture and livelihoods. The Nevada Museum of Art this week is opening “Jack Malotte: Sagebrush Heathen,” an exhibition that will include many of his earliest works, some of his more recent works and even a mural painted by Malotte this past week on the museum’s south wall. The exhibition runs through Oct. 20. “I’m always trying to figure out how to mix it up,” said Malotte. Malotte has been creating art since he was a child. He grew up always doodling, he said, and always admiring his uncle, a draftsman for the local power company in the 1960s. Inspired, Malotte took drafting classes in high school and went on to study art at what is now the California College of the Arts in Oakland. he spent summers as a wildland firefighter, taking in rare glimpses of untouched Western landscape that later informed his technicolor skies and mountains. “When you’re out there all the time, that’s all you think about,” Malotte said, explaining that nature was

always top of mind during his youth. It wasn’t until the late 1970s and early 1980s that his art, and his love for the great outdoors, met a greater purpose. Malotte at the time began to ally himself with variety of grassroots organizations, many of them intent on bringing environmental justice to Native American tribes: Western Shoshone Sacred Lands Association, Seventh Generation Fund and various nuclear testing resistance groups. From campaigning to preserve Pyramid Lake to protesting toxic waste dumping in the Mojave Desert, Malotte put powerful images to the issues that continue to be hotly debated today. Many of his landscapes feature the horizons of the Great Basin. “Jack’s work brings powerful visual representations to the vision and voices of the Indigenous rights movement. We proudly wear his work on t-shirts, and adorn our posters, publications and letterhead with his graphics,” said Debra Harry, a gender, race and identity program professor at the University of Nevada, Reno. “His work transmits our call to protect our land and treaty rights, stop militarization, and promote self-determination.” Malotte’s style was distinct. The colors were molten, taken straight from a Nevada sunset. His media was mixed — watercolors, ink, acrylic, whatever gets the job done. He used paint splatter, bold text, but also traditional Native American patterns and symbols,

such as the eagle, moon and whirlwinds, or what he calls “that spirit that follows me.” In many paintings, Malotte depicts environmental travesties: sewage spilling into rivers, birds of prey soaring alongside military jets, and lava-red mushroom clouds exploding in a high desert. In other works, he depicts stark realities of daily life on the reservation. In one piece, a billboard with a Native American man drinking “Pow Wow Beer” hovers above the scene of a car crash in the desert, a tossed beer can spilling onto the roadway. Malotte wasn’t exactly primed to be the visual voice for all Native Americans. Malotte’s grandmother used to discourage him from playing with children who were of different tribes, particularly children who were

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In this June 4, 2019 photo, artist Jack Malotte works on his mural on the back side of the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno, Nev. Malotte’s work on the Great Basin, which will be on display in the Robert Z. Hawkins Gallery focuses on contemporary Native American political issues. Paiute, even though the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony was made up of three tribes: Shoshone, Washoe and Paiute. But Malotte knew better. He played down by the river with those kids, and they all grew up talking a little bit

of all three languages, not knowing which words were Shoshone and which were Washoe or Paiute. “My generation, we didn’t see ourselves as one or the other,” said Malotte. “We saw ourselves as one tribe.”

18 Vermont farm, forestry businesses, groups get grants ‌BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Vermont has awarded another round of annual grants to food and forestry businesses and groups that support them to help boost those industries. The 18 grants announced on Wednesday include $20,000 for Fisher Brothers berry farm in Shelburne to expand production of its ice cream, $20,000 to Karim Farm and Creamery in Ryegate for a cheese cave expansion, and $130,000 to the Kirby Mulch Company LLC in the Northeast Kingdom town of Concord for infrastructure development. “It’s clear these efforts

and investments make a difference, which is important to our economy and state,” Republican Gov. Phil Scott said. Since it started in 2012, the Working Lands Enterprise Board has invested more than $5.3 million in 184 projects around the state, resulting in more than 500 jobs, the governor’s office said. The budget for the Working Lands Enterprise Fund will increase to $1.5 million in fiscal year 2020, with about $500,000 targeted at dairy projects, officials said. The program is supported by the Legislature, state or-

ganizations and public and private donors. “A lot of these projects are dreams. They start as a dream in a kitchen, they start on their farm,” said Agriculture Secretary Anson Tebbetts, who added that the development of products and taking them to market takes a tremendous amount of work, including quality assurance and marketing. “If this ... seed money can help them get their product and expand their business, it’s well worth it not only to their business and their families, but it’s well worth it to the state of Vermont,” he said.

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MICAH DALTON HEPWORTH “I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT, I HAVE FINISHED MY COURSE” 2 Timothy 7 Micah Dalton Hepworth, age 45, passed away June 9, 2019 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Micah was born, along with his twin sister Mieka, on May 10, 1974 in Tooele, Utah to Ardith Dalton and Steven Hepworth. His family home was in Burley, Idaho where great love and service was extended by the

Pella 2nd Ward. A premature birth by two and a half months resulted in difficulties for both, but Micah sustained significant mental and physical disabilities due to bleeding in his brain. From age six he lived in group homes for special needs children in Gooding, Wendell, and Meridian, Idaho. At the time of his death he resided at Teton Post Acute Care and Rehabilitation in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Micah lived far longer than anyone would have expected. In spite of his disabilities he was a happy young man. In his early years he could feed himself, see his surroundings, and had limited mobility. His disabilities became progressively more pronounced thus impairing sight, speech, and movement, which rendered him to a wheel chair for the rest of his life. In spite of his difficulties, he inspired, teased, loved, and found laughter in every day activities and in exchanges with family members and care center staff. Micah is survived by his mother, Ardith Dalton; father, Steven Hepworth (Jodi); siblings: Mieka Lords (Jeff); Tyler Hepworth (Rachelle); and Shawn Hepworth (Lindsey) and numerous nieces and nephews. A viewing and visitation will be held on Monday, June 17, 2019 from 1 to 1:45 p.m., with funeral services immediately following at the Dalton-Hoopes Funeral Home, 50 West Main St., Grantsville, Utah. Interment will be in the Grantsville City Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Dalton Donate 4 Life, 1615 Brinlee Court, Erda, Utah, 84074.

DEATH NOTICES ‌Marty Lowder, 38, of Rupert, passed away Tuesday, June 11, 2019 in a traffic accident near Hazelton, Idaho. Service arrangements are pending and will be announced by Joel Heward Hansen Mortuary. Betty Jean Allen, age 86, of King Hill, passed away at her home on Tuesday, June 11, 2019. Arrangements are under the care of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home. Laura Rae Riley, 69, a resident of Richfield, passed away on Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at her home in Richfield.Funeral arrangements are pending under the care and direction of Demaray Funeral Service—Shoshone Chapel. Richard H. “Rick” Powell, 67, of Kimberly, died, Monday, June 10, 2019, at home. Arrangements are pending Serenity Funeral Chapel Life Celebration Center and Cremation Services of Idaho, Twin Falls. Condolences may be shared at www.serenityfuneralchapel.com. Arthur Gene Dey, 74, of Twin Falls, died, Wednesday, June 12, 2019, at St. Luke’s Magic Valley Medical Center, Twin Falls. Arrangements are pending Serenity Funeral Chapel Life Celebration Center and Cremation Services of Idaho, Twin Falls. Condolences may be shared at www. serenityfuneralchapel.com. Herbert D. Drown, 71, of Buhl, passed away Thursday, June 13, 2019 at his residence. A Celebration of Herbert’s Life will be held at a later date under the direction of Farmer Funeral Chapel, Buhl James Jay Eggleston, a 47-year-old Heyburn resident, died Tuesday, June 11, 2019, in Murray, Utah. The funeral is pending and will be announced by Rasmussen-Wilson Funeral Home of Burley. Kalvin Winfield Miller, a 67-year-old Rupert resident, died Wednesday, June 12, 2019, at his home in Rupert. Services will be announced by Rasmussen-Wilson Funeral Home in Burley.

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‌ HILADELPHIA — Lew P Klein, a broadcast pioneer who helped create “American Bandstand” and launched the careers of Dick Clark and Bob Saget, has died at 91. Klein Klein died Wednesday, according to Temple University, where Klein taught and mentored students for more than six decades. He began working at WFIL-TV, now WPVI-TV, where he directed “Romper Room” and co-created “Captain Noah and His Magical Ark,” two popular children’s programs in the 1960s that attracted a bigger local audience than “Sesame Street.” A native of Philadelphia, Klein served as executive producer of “American Bandstand,” the popular music performance and dance television show hosted by Clark. Klein is credited with launching Clark’s career and served on the board of Dick Clark Productions. He spent 15 years pro-

ducing telecasts for the Philadelphia Phillies and also helped with the careers of players-turned-sportscasters including Richie Ashburn and Tim McCarver. Only a couple years after he graduated with an English degree from the University of Pennsylvania, Klein started teaching at Temple. He stayed for more than 65 years. In 2017, Temple renamed the College of Media and Communications in his honor. During a ceremony, which included remarks from comedian Saget, Klein said he was “so proud and very thankful” to be honored by the university. Saget, on Facebook before the ceremony, called Klein a “great influencer.” Kevin Negandhi, a sports anchor for ESPN’s “SportsCenter,” tweeted that Klein was a great role model. “He was sharp. He was kind. His impact will be felt for generations,” Negandhi said. Joe Conti, president of the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters, called Klein a “titan within the broadcast community.”

Jedidiah “Jed” Nielsen left this life the weekend of June 9, 2019 at the age of 35 years old, in Twin Falls, ID. Jed was born January 19, 1984 at Camp Pendleton, CA to Robert Craig Nielsen and Celia Anne Blasdel Schnidt. Jed brought so much light and joy into our lives that day and throughout his life. Jed loved his sister Crystal and his brothers Erik and Michael. Jed never married, but had relationships which he treasured. From two of those relationships he became a father to his three children Landyn, Sedona and Blake. They were the most valuable and treasured part of his life. He loved them with his whole heart and soul. This journey through life can be challenging. Jed faced many of those challenges struggling to hang on and trying to stay positive. His friend Daniel Whitney was there to pull him through many of those struggles and I know Jed would be saying “thank you man”. We know there are many more who were there to support Jed through these struggles and we thank you. Jed is survived by his three children, Landyn Rex Nielsen and Sedona Ray Nielsen of Twin Falls, and Blake Andrew Nielsen of Burley; his parents, Robert Craig (Lucille) Nielsen of Rock Springs, Wyoming and Celia Anne Blasdel (Drake) Schnidt of Filer, ID, his grandfathers, Robert Joseph Nielsen of Lava Hot Springs, ID, and Jessie Edwin Blasdel of Columbia Falls, MT; sisters, Crystal Nielsen and Jessica Schnidt Pruitt; brothers, Erik Nielsen, Michael (Angie) Nielsen, Daniel Schnidt, Jeremiah (Marla) Schnidt; aunts and uncles, Daniel (Lisa) Nielsen, Cindy (Ron) Klomp, Dorene Hay, Randy Blasdel, Kris Page, Susan (David) Huffaker, Mike (Tanya) Blasdel, Brett (Felicia) Blasdel, Mark (Rene) Blasdel; nieces and nephews, Ethan and Emily Lewis, Meiya Madalynn and Makenzie Olson, Christian Schnidt, Makenzie Harper, Anthony Candace Isaac and Caitlyn Park, Roman Pruitt, Jedediah JJ and Lillee Schnidt, and his many cousins. Jed was preceded in death by his uncle, Kenny Nielsen; his maternal grandmother, Arta Mower Blasdel, and his paternal grandmother Myrna Herron Nielsen. Jed you will remain in our hearts with many tears of remembrance shed. We Love You. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, June 17, 2019, at the Filer Cemetery. A reception will follow at the Filer LDS Church. Services are under the direction of Serenity Funeral Chapel Life Celebration Center & Cremation Services of Idaho 502 2nd Ave. North, Twin Falls, Idaho. Condolences may be shared at www.serenityfuneralchapel.com.

Oscar-nominated ‘Midnight Cowboy’ actress dies ANDREW DALTON

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‌LOS ANGELES — Sylvia Miles, an actress and Manhattan socialite whose brief, scene-stealing appearances in the films “Midnight Cowboy” and “Farewell, My Lovely” earned her two Academy Aw a r d Miles nominations, died Wednesday. Miles died in an ambulance in New York on the way to a hospital after complaining to a home health care worker that she wasn’t feeling well, her friend, fashion-industry publicist Mauricio Padilha, told The Associated Press. The cause is not yet clear. Accounts of Miles’ age vary widely. Padilha and other sources say she was 94. Past reporting from the AP puts her age at 86. Miles was a veteran actress but not a widely known name when she appeared onscreen for about six minutes in 1969’s “Midnight Cowboy.” In her sole scene, she plays a brassy Manhattan woman who invites an aspiring male prostitute from Texas, played by Jon Voight, up to her penthouse for sex but ends up taking money from him instead. “You were going to ask me for money?” Miles’ character, Cass, says as she breaks into increasingly angry mock-tears. “Who the hell do you think you’re dealing with? ... In case you didn’t happen to notice it, you big Texas longhorn bull, I’m one hell of a gorgeous chick!” In 1975’s “Farewell, My Lovely,” which starred Robert Mitchum as de-

tective Philip Marlowe, her screen time is only slightly longer as a downon-her-luck entertainer who swaps information for a bottle of booze. The fleetingly brief roles both got her Oscar nominations. Her appearances in real life were just as memorable for those who came across her. “She was pretty much the same person off screen as she was on screen,” Padilha said. “She was quite a character.” Miles was born in, and became a lifelong resident of, Manhattan, where she was married and divorced three times and had no children. She studied at The Actors Studio, making her name in a series of Off-Broadway roles starting in the 1950s, and moving on to movies in the 1960s. Her film credits included 1972’s Andy Warhol-produced “Heat,” 1987’s “Wall Street” and its 2010 sequel “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” and 1988’s “Crossing Delancey.” Her TV roles included guest appearances on “Miami Vice,” “One Life to Live” and “Sex in the City.” Miles was a competitive chess player, according to The New York Times, which twice featured her in its coverage of the game. And she went, it seems, to nearly every party in New York for a time, becoming as beloved for her outgoing personality and flamboyant fashion sense than as for her acting. “She shows up at premieres, screenings, receptions, teas and charity cocktail parties,” said a 1976 article in People magazine titled, “What would a Manhattan party be without the ubiquitous Sylvia Miles?”

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Ex-model, boyfriend deny killing California doctor in Vegas ‌LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former Maxim and Playboy Italia model and her boyfriend pleaded not guilty to murder and conspiracy in the killing of a 71-yearold California psychiatrist in Las Vegas. Kelsey Nichole Turner and Jon Logan Kennison stood in shackles Thursday while a prosecutor said a decision whether to seek the death penalty will be made before their next court date June 27. On Tuesday their former

housemate, Diana Pena, pleaded guilty to accessory to murder and implicated Turner and Kennison in the March killing of Dr. Thomas Burchard. Pena is free from jail and is due to testify against Turner and Kennison. Burchard lived in Salinas, California. Police say he had an intimate relationship with Turner and paid rent on a Las Vegas home where Turner, Kennison and Pena lived.

SERVICES ‌ thor Fil E BOISE—A vigil was held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, at Rasmussen-Wilson Funeral Home, 1350 E. 16th St., in Burley, where the recitation of the rosary began at 7 p.m. The funeral Mass will be celebrated today at 11 a.m., at St. Therese Little Flower Catholic Church, 1601 Oakley Ave., in Burley, with the Reverend Father Boniface Lautz as celebrant. Burial will be in Declo Cemetery with military rites provided by the Mini-Cassia Veterans Group. Duane Bessire RUPERT—Funeral at 11 a.m. Friday, June 14 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saintes, Rupert West Stake Center, 26 S 100 W. Friends may call from 6 until 8 p.m. Thursday, June 13, at Rasmussen-Wilson Funeral Home, 1350 E. 16th St., in Burley, and from 10 until 10:45 a.m. prior to the service at the church. Etta Ann Wright BURLEY—Funeral services will be conducted today at 11 a.m., at the Burley Stake Center. A viewing for family and friends was held from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Morrison Payne at 321 Main St. in Burley. Netta Baum TWIN FALLS—Funeral Services will be held today at 11 a.m., at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – 24th Ward located at 229 Park Ave. Twin Falls, Idaho. The family will greet friends Friday morning from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. at the church. Eleanor Ramey RUPERT—Graveside service will be held today at 2 p.m., at the Rupert Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Joel Heward Hansen Mortuary. Monte Bruhn SALMON—Services will be held today at 1 p.m., at Salmon Valley Baptist Church with reception to follow at the family home. James “Doug” Lyke HAILEY—Celebration of Life will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, June 15, 2019 at the Calvary Bible Church, 102 Coyote Bluff Drive, Hailey followed by a potluck dinner. Barbara Chesley BURLEY—We invite those who wish to celebrate our mother’s life to attend a viewing on Friday, June 14, 2019 from 6 to 8 p.m., at Rasmussen-Wilson Funeral Home, 1350 E. 16th St., in Burley, as well as her funeral service on Saturday, June 15, 2019 starting at 11 a.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints—Pella 1st Ward, 160 W. 400 S. Dorothy Moody KIMBERLY—A visitation will be held Saturday, June 15, 2019 from 10 to 11 a.m., at the Twin Falls Reformed Church on Grandview Dr., Twin Falls, Idaho, and a memorial service officiated by Pastor Chuck Swoboda immediately following. A private burial at the West End Cemetery, Buhl, will be conducted by her family later in the afternoon. Lonnie Tamme TWIN FALLS—A Celebration of Life will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday, June 15, 2019 at Shoshone Falls Park. We are asking everyone to bring a side dish if possible and we will provide the main dish and drinks. James “Jim” Keith JEROME—A Gathering for Family and Friends will be held from 3 to 6 p.m., Saturday, June 15, 2019 at the Snake River Elks Lodge- 93 Golf Ranch, 406 E 200 S, Jerome, Idaho. Rex Shirts TWIN FALLS—Visitation for Rex will be held Friday, June 14, 2019 from 6 to 8 p.m., at Parke’s Magic Valley Funeral Home 2551 Kimberly Road, Twin Falls. Graveside Services will be held Saturday, June 15, 2019 at 11 a.m., at the Hailey Cemetery in Hailey, Idaho. All services and arrangements are under the direction of the Parke’s Magic Valley Funeral Home of Twin Falls, Idaho. Those wishing to share memories and condolences may do so on Rex’s memorial webpage at www.magicvalleyfuneralhome. com. Arnold Spriggel KUNA—Arnold “Arnie” R. Spriggel, 54, of Kuna, passed away June 7, 2019. A viewing will be held 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Friday, June 14, 2019 at Bowman Funeral Parlor, 10254 W. Carlton Bay Dr., Garden City. A funeral service will be held 10:30 a.m., Saturday, June 15, 2019 at the Linder Road Church of Christ located at 1555 N. Linder Rd., Meridian. Kerry Anne Sullivan BELLEVUE—A Celebration of Kerry’s life will be from 2 to 5 p.m., Sunday, June 16, 2019 at the home of Linda Reed and Bill Sample, 34 Chuckwagon Lane, Bellevue, Idaho. Please bring any pictures you have to share as well as any stories and memories. Kerry’s ashes will be scattered by her family at a later date. Please visit woodriverchapel. com for more information and to leave a message of condolence for the family. Melva Workman TWIN FALLS – Funeral at 11 a.m. Monday, June 17, 2019 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – Twin Falls 3rd Ward, 2680 Elizabeth Blvd in Twin Falls; visitation from 10 to 10:45 a.m. at the church. Fayesther (Terry) Waegelin TWIN FALLS—A graveside service open to all will be held at 3 p.m. on June 17, 2019 at Sunset Memorial Cemetery in Twin Falls. A reception at the Episcopal Church of the Ascension on Eastland Avenue in Twin Falls will immediately follow the service. Arrangements under the direction of Rosenau Funeral Home. Kalvin Winfield Miller RUPERT – The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 18, 2019 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – Rupert Stake Center, located at 324 E. 18th St., in Rupert. Burial will follow at the Rupert Cemetery. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, June 17, 2019 at Rasmussen-Wilson Funeral Home, 1350 E. 16th St., in Burley, and from 10 to 10:45 a.m. Tuesday preceding the funeral at the church.

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D ‌ emocrats reveal debate candidates The Democratic National Committee announced Thursday that 20 candidates qualified for the party’s first presidential debates this month. Montana Gov. Steve Bullock and U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts were the only major candidates who failed to meet the polling or grassroots fundraising measures required to get a debate spot. U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, who recently had been on the bubble, both made the cut based on polling measures. The campaign’s opening debates will be June 26-27 in Miami.

Hong Kong in limbo as crisis deepens HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s legislature suspended meetings Thursday as leaders considered their next steps following violent clashes between police and protesters opposed to a bill that would allow suspects to be tried in mainland Chinese courts. Critics say the measure, now on hold, would undermine the city’s cherished legal autonomy amid moves by Beijing to tighten its hold over the former British colony. Police said they arrested 11 people on charges such as assaulting police officers and unlawful assembly. Police Commissioner Stephen Lo Waichung said 22 officers had been injured. Hospital officials said they treated 81 people for protest-related injuries. Several hundred protesters gathered Thursday on a pedestrian bridge, standing for hours and singing “Sing Hallelujah to the Lord,” and holding up signs with messages such as, “Don’t Shoot” and “End the Violence.” BRIEFLY FOREIGN MONEY: The U.S. Education Department has opened investigations into foreign funding at Georgetown University and Texas A&M University as part of a broader push to monitor international money flowing to American colleges, according to letters sent to the schools Thursday and obtained by The Associated Press. FEDERAL BUDGET: Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that the Democratic-controlled House won’t pass must-do legislation to increase the government’s borrowing cap until the Trump administration agrees to boost spending limits on domestic programs. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin shares Pelosi’s sentiments, though his priority is to increase the borrowing cap. CRIMINAL JUSTICE: Reality star-turned-criminal justice reform advocate Kim Kardashian West returned to the White House on Thursday to help President Donald Trump promote efforts to help those leaving prison get jobs and stay on track. POLICE KILLING: Police appealed for calm Thursday in a tense Memphis neighborhood where a crowd gathered after federal marshals fatally shot a black man who, authorities said, rammed a police vehicle with a stolen car. Thirty-six officers suffered minor injuries from flying rocks and bricks in the hours following the death of Brandon Webber, 20, who was killed Wednesday evening after he exited the car holding a weapon, authorities said. EBOLA OUTBREAK: The Congolese pastor who is thought to have caused the Ebola outbreak’s spread into Uganda was unknown to health officials before he died of the disease, the World Health Organization’s emergencies chief said Thursday. That underlines the problems in tracking the virus as a WHO expert panel today discusses whether to declare a global health emergency. MOSQUE SHOOTING: Brenton Tarrant, 28, accused of killing 51 people at two Christchurch, New Zealand mosques, pleaded not guilty today to all the charges filed against him. Tarrant smirked as his lawyer, Shane Tait, entered the not guilty pleas, but otherwise showed little emotion during the hearing at the Christchurch High Court. — Associated Press

Democrats assail Trump Statement he’d be open to foreign campaign help draws criticism JONATHAN LEMIRE AND LISA MASCARO

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WASHINGTON — President ‌ Donald Trump’s assertion that he would be open to accepting a foreign power’s help in his 2020 campaign ricocheted through Washington on Thursday, with Democrats condemning it as a call for further election interference and Republicans struggling to defend his comments. Trump seemed to dismiss the threat posed by Russia’s interference in the 2016 election, one that led to sweeping indictments by special counsel Robert Mueller, and his incendiary remarks come as congressional investigations into the meddling have quickened. Asked by ABC News what he

would do if Russia or another country offered him dirt on his election opponent, Trump said: “I think I’d want to hear it.” He added that he’d have no obligation to call the FBI. “There’s nothing wrong with listening.” The Democratic denunciations were swift and overwhelming. “It’s a very sad thing that he doesn’t know his right from wrong,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday. “It’s an invasion of our democracy. Everybody in the country should be totally appalled by what the president said.” Special counsel Robert Mueller painstakingly documented Russian efforts to boost Trump’s campaign and undermine that of his Democratic rival. But while Mueller’s investigation didn’t establish a criminal conspiracy between Russia and Trump’s campaign, Trump repeatedly praised WikiLeaks in 2016 and at one

point implored hackers to dig up dirt on Hillary Clinton — “Russia, if you’re listening,” he said. Democrats said Trump, in his interview, was essentially asking if Russia is still listening. “This man has so little moral compass that he doesn’t understand that taking help from any foreign government during a political campaign is an assault on our democracy,” said Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, top Democrat on the Senate’s intelligence committee. Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden tweeted: “President Trump is once again welcoming foreign interference in our elections. This isn’t about politics. It is a threat to our national security. An American President should not seek their aid and abet those who seek to undermine democracy.” For some Democrats, it all sparked fresh calls for impeach-

ment. Announcing his support for starting such an inquiry, Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., said, “We must stop this lawless president from tearing down our democracy.” On Thursday, the House Intelligence Committee subpoenaed former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn and former Trump campaign aide Rick Gates as part of its ongoing probe. Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said Thursday the committee is examining “deep counterintelligence concerns” raised in Mueller’s report and “requires speaking directly” with Flynn and Gates, who were important witnesses for Mueller’s investigation. The subpoena seeks documents and testimony from both men. Letters sent to their lawyers request that records be produced by June 26 and that they testify before the committee on July 10.

‘Deepfakes’ a threat with no easy solution

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Experts tell panel combating altered videos will be difficult SUSANNAH GEORGE

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks Thursday at the State Department in Washington. Pompeo said Iran is believed to be responsible for attacks on two tankers near the Persian Gulf.

US blames Iran after oil tankers are struck Central Command says it has video showing country’s involvement JON GAMBRELL

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. military today released a video it said showed Iran’s Revolutionary Guard removing an unexploded limpet mine from one of the oil tankers targeted near the Strait of Hormuz, suggesting the Islamic Republic sought to remove evidence of its involvement from the scene. The U.S. Navy rushed to assist the stricken vessels in the Gulf of Oman off the coast of Iran, including one that was set ablaze Thursday by an explosion. The ships’ operators offered no immediate explanation on who or what caused the damage against the Norwegian-owned MT Front Altair and the Japanese-owned Kokuka Courageous. Each was loaded with petroleum products, and the Front Altair burned for

hours, sending up a column of thick, black smoke. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the U.S. assessment of Iran’s involvement was based in part on intelligence, as well as the expertise needed for the operation. It was also based on recent incidents in the region that the U.S. also blamed on Iran, including the use of limpet mines — designed to be attached magnetically to a ship’s hull — to attack four oil tankers off the nearby Emirati port of Fujairah and the bombing of an oil pipeline in Saudi Arabia by Iranian-backed fighters in May, he said. “Taken as a whole, these unprovoked attacks present a clear threat to international peace and security, a blatant assault on the freedom of navigation and an unacceptable campaign of escalating tension by Iran,” Pompeo said. He provided no evidence, gave no specifics about any plans and took no questions. At the United Nations, the United States asked for closed

Security Council consultations on the tanker incidents later Thursday. Iran has denied being involved in the attack, calling it an “unfounded claim” in the United States’ “Iranophobic campaign.” However, Iran previously used mines against oil tankers in 1987 and 1988 in the “Tanker War,” when the U.S. Navy escorted ships through the region. The black-and-white footage, as well as still photographs released by the U.S. military’s Central Command, appeared to show the limpet mine on the Kokuka Courageous. Iran earlier denied involvement via a statement from its mission to the United Nations. “The U.S. economic war and terrorism against the Iranian people as well as its massive military presence in the region have been and continue to be the main sources of insecurity and instability in the wider Persian Gulf region and the most significant threat to its peace and security,” the statement said.

‌WASHINGTON — “Deepfake” videos pose a clear and growing threat to America’s national security, lawmakers and experts say. The question is what to do about it, and that’s not easily answered. A House Intelligence Committee hearing Thursday served up a public warning about the deceptive powers of artificial intelligence software and offered a sobering assessment of how fast the technology is outpacing efforts to stop it. With a crudely altered video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., fresh on everyone’s minds, lawmakers heard from experts how difficult it will be to combat these fakes and prevent them from being used to interfere in the 2020 election. “We don’t have a general solution,” said David Doermann, a former official with Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. “This is a cat and a mouse game.” As the ability to detect such videos improves, so does the technology used to make them. The videos are made using facial mapping and artificial intelligence. The altered video of Pelosi, which was viewed more than 3 million times on social media, gave only a glimpse of what the technology can do. Experts dismissed the clip, which was slowed down to make it appear that Pelosi was slurring her words, as nothing more than a “cheap fake.” Committee chair Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said the Pelosi video “demonstrates the scale of the challenge we face.” But he said he fears a more “nightmarish scenario,” with these video spreading disinformation about a political candidate and the public struggling to separate fact from fiction. He said the technology has “the capacity to disrupt entire campaigns, including that for the presidency.”

Sanders leaving White House press secretary post Trump encourages trusted aide to run for Arkansas governor DARLENE SUPERVILLE

Associated Press‌

WASHINGTON — White ‌ House press secretary Sarah Sanders, whose tenure was marked by a breakdown in regular press briefings and questions about the administration’s credibility, as well as her own, will leave her post at the end of the month, President Donald Trump announced Thursday.

Trump said he’s encouraging her to run for governor when she returns home to Arkansas, where her father once held the job. Sanders is one of Trump’s closest and most trusted White House aides and one of the few remaining who worked on his campaign, taking on the job of advocating for and defending a president who had his own unconventional ideas about how to conduct the people’s business. Sanders, who is married and has three young children, told reporters she wanted to spend more time with her family, but did not rule out running for public office.

Under her roughly two-year tenure as chief spokeswoman for the White House, daily televised briefings led by the press secretary became a Sanders relic of the past after Sanders repeatedly sparred with reporters who aggressively questioned her about administration policy, the investigation into possible coordination between Trump’s campaign and Russia or any number of controversies involving the White

House. Meanwhile, a federal watchdog agency recommended Thursday that Trump fire one of his most ardent defenders, counselor Kellyanne Conway, for repeatedly violating a law that limits political activity by government workers. The U.S. Office of Special Counsel, which is unrelated to special counsel Robert Mueller’s office, said in a letter to Trump that Conway has been a “repeat offender” of the Hatch Act by disparaging Democratic presidential candidates while speaking in her official capacity during television interviews and on social media.

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Utah medical pot applicants under wraps MORGAN SMITH

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‌SALT LAKE CITY — Who is going to grow Utah’s medical marijuana remains unknown as a July 1 license application deadline looms. State officials leading the medical marijuana license process said this week they will not release the names of applicants right now but will likely make applicant information public as soon as licenses are awarded mid-July. It’s the latest development in a high-stakes affair where local farmers and state officials wrestle with how to grow a new crop of cannabis in a heavily-regulated environment. The popularity of medical pot is rising as more states legalize it, with politically conservative states such as Utah and Oklahoma among the most recent additions. There are now 33 states where medical marijuana is legal and at least 1.4 million people are patients nationwide, according to an analysis by The Associated Press. Applications to grow Utah’s medical pot opened on May 31. Utah will allow up to 10 growers, including out-of-state cultivators, to produce it for state consumption. Some states shielded medical marijuana license applications from the public, including Illinois and Nevada. But several companies that lost bids for Nevada dispensary licenses last year filed lawsuits arguing the process wasn’t transparent. Utah wants to avoid similar legal quagmires. Assistant Attorney General Paul Tonks, who is helping coordinate medical marijuana license applications, said releasing applicants’ names once licenses are awarded will increase transparency. Chris Hughes, the director of the state’s Division of Purchasing who is assisting Tonks with the license process, said releasing applicants’ names before licenses are awarded could negatively sway the process. “Knowing who their competition is could create undue influence or give potential growers an unfair advantage,” said Hughes. “We want to be as open and transparent as possible without creating issues.” Information that could impair the government’s purchase of services or goods like medical pot is typically withheld until bidders are awarded, he added. Farmers and marijuana advocates said they support the state’s decision. Tom Paskett, the executive director of the Utah Cannabis Association, said releasing information during the process could do more harm than good. “We don’t want folks framing their bids based on other applicants, or the competition to start before cultivators even get their licenses,” he said. Others said knowing who other bidders are would be an unwelcome distraction. “If I knew how many big, out-of-state cultivators were also applying, it would psyche me out,” said Lyle Christensen, a Utah farmer applying to grow medical pot. Marijuana legalization has faced an uphill battle since residents voted in favor of legalizing pot in November. Utah lawmakers crafted sweeping changes to the ballot measure shortly before Election Day under a compromise that secured the influential support of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and some marijuana advocates. The deal drew backlash from other advocates. The revised law became effective in December. It bans many marijuana edibles, prevents people from growing marijuana if they live far from a dispensary and makes fewer medical conditions eligible for treatment with pot.

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Airport to consider non-ticketed visitors ‌AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Austin-Bergstrom International Airport officials are considering opening the airport’s terminals to non-ticketed visitors who want to access the facility’s food, beverage and retail offerings. The Airport Advisory Commission on Tuesday mulled over the idea of welcoming non-ticketed visitors as long as they pass through security, the Austin American-Statesman reported. Bryce Dubee, an airport spokesman, said officials are in the early stages of evaluating the proposal and talking to stakeholders, including the Transportation Security Administration. “The safety and security of passengers is always our top priority,” Dubee said. The airport is home to many iconic Austin restaurants and features weekly live music performances,

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FILE—In this March 12, 2013, file photo, a line of travelers make their way around lines leading the TSA security checkpoint at Austin Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, Texas. AustinBergstrom International Airport officials are considering opening the airport’s terminals to non-ticketed visitors who want to access the facility’s food, beverage and retail offerings. according to Dubee. Some supporters of the proposal want to see relatives to their departure gates. Meanwhile, opponents said they don’t view the airport as a place to relax or spend lengthy

amounts of time. Dubee said the airport wouldn’t make any changes until new concessions open as part of a $350 million expansion later this year. The project will open nine new gates, a

terrace to watch airplanes, a mezzanine and restrooms for people and their pets. Officials anticipate the expansion will allow the Austin airport to comfortably serve around 15 million passengers each year.

A record of roughly 15.8 million passengers passed through the airport last year, according to city data. Airports in Pittsburgh and Tampa, Florida, are pursuing similar plans to allow non-ticketed visitors into their terminals. Mark Howell, a TSA spokesman covering Tampa International Airport, said the airport only allows non-flyers to visit on Saturdays between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. The airport also limits the number of non-ticketed visitors to 25 per terminal. Everyone has to register ahead of time. Howell said the main issues is ensuring TSA officials can manage security screenings efficiently and safely. “Our focus is to keep the bad guys off of airplanes, and if you aren’t flying it’s just getting more people through the checkpoints,” he said.

Younger candidates hint at age divide in hitting Biden WILL WEISSERT

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‌WASHINGTON — Some of the younger candidates in the crowded Democratic presidential primary are suggesting that the early front-runner, 76-year-old Joe Biden, is too mired in the past. Former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke, 46, and Pete Buttigieg, the 37-year old mayor of South Bend, Indiana, have stepped up questions this week about whether Biden really provides new perspectives for the direction of the country after the 2020 election. “We cannot return to the past,” O’Rourke told MSNBC on Thursday. “That cannot be who we are going forward. We’ve got to be bigger, we’ve got to be bolder.” O’Rourke has spent months praising Biden’s experience and perspective. His criticism now comes two weeks before Democrats gather for the first presidential debate of the primary and highlights the generational divide that some candidates are trying to draw in hopes of reshaping the race. Though O’Rourke didn’t mention Biden’s age, he said Biden, a two-term vice president under Barack Obama, represents a return to the past. That echoes Buttigieg, who seemed to refer to Biden during a lengthy speech Tuesday designed to bolster his own foreign policy credentials. “Democrats can no more turn the clock back to the 1990s than Republicans can return us to the 1950s,” he said. “And we should not try.” Buttigieg was just shy of his eighth birthday when

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Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden poses for a photo with an audience member after speaking Wednesday at Clinton Community College in Clinton, Iowa. the 1990s began. When Biden announced his first run for president in June 1987, Buttigieg was 5. Biden has long rejected notions he’s too old for the White House, especially since President Donald Trump turns 73 on Friday. And Biden isn’t the oldest Democratic candidate; that’s Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, 77. Biden, a seasoned politician who arrived in the Senate in 1973, insists he can remake the nation’s politics after Trump. But as Biden sits at the top of most polls, questions have begun to surface about whether some of the other candidates can get noticed. Brad Bannon, a Democratic pollster and consultant in Washington, said this is an issue where younger candidates can potentially gain ground on Biden and

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Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke talks to the media after participating in a 2-mile run with members and friends of the LGBTQ community on Wednesday in New York. Sanders. “Basically, most voters think Washington is either Sodom or Gomorrah, or both combined, and I think the Biden has is he’s been around too long,” said

Bannon, who is unaffiliated with any 2020 presidential hopeful. “People are very hostile to creatures of Washington.” Even O’Rourke’s mild criticism demonstrates a

shift for a candidate who had previously refused to speak ill of any other Democrats in the race, saying it simply wasn’t in his DNA. Even appearing Wednesday night on CBS’ “The Late Show with Seven Colbert,” O’Rourke was asked jokingly, “If trapped on a deserted island with all 22 other candidates, which would you eat first?” “I would die first,” he said, refusing to take the bait. Former Obama administration housing chief Julian Castro, 44, has also championed the fresh political perspective he says he can offer, telling The Associated Press while preparing his presidential run in December, “I think these times, right now, call for a new generation of leadership.” Asked about Biden, Castro said: “I think that everybody brings their strengths. But I’ll tell you that what I hear out there is that people want a new generation of leadership.” The issue remains on Biden’s mind, too. Pressed by reporters this week in Iowa, he said, “People have a right to question all of our ages. It’s a totally legitimate thing.” Biden also indicated he was expecting criticism during the upcoming debate. “My guess is it’s going to be an inclination, instead of talking about the future, it’s going to be talking about the past,” Biden said during a stop Wednesday at a cafe in Eldridge, Iowa. “And I’m about the future, not the past. For real, there are so many opportunities we have. And so much has to be done.”

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Street outside NASAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s DC office renamed for â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Hidden Figuresâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ASSOCIATED PRESS

â&#x20AC;&#x152; ASHINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The street W outside of NASAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s headquarters has been renamed â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hidden Figures Wayâ&#x20AC;? to honor the African American women who served as

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his response. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Travel records indicate this subject is a USC (U.S. Citizen),â&#x20AC;? replied deportation officer David Perkins. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Therefore, she is not removable from the US and no detainer will be placed.â&#x20AC;? The Idaho Press obtained emails between Canyon County and federal immigration officials via a public records request. More than 300 pages of emails were all from the month of March. The revelation of these emails comes at a time that Canyon County is facing three lawsuits related to its handling of inmates suspected of being in the United States without permission. The lawsuits allege jail staff turn inmates over to ICE even after inmates have posted bond and have a legal right to be released under Idaho state law. The Canyon County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office has said it must turn inmates over to ICE because the jail honors ICE detainers, or requests to hold inmates longer for the purpose of immigration enforcement. But the emails obtained by the Idaho Press show the relationship goes even deeper than that. More than just responding to requests from ICE, Canyon County officials are proactively assisting federal authorities. Canyon County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office staff are instructed to notify immigration officials for â&#x20AC;&#x153;all foreign born inmates,â&#x20AC;? according to the Canyon County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office immigration policy, last revised in January 2018. If inmates are serving less than one day in jail, have a bond, or the jail plans to simply â&#x20AC;&#x153;book and releaseâ&#x20AC;? the inmate, staff are instructed to contact the Boise immigration office by both email and three separate phone numbers until someone answers. Staff at the Ada County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office do not follow this practice, according to spokesman Patrick Orr. Ada County staff notify ICE when inmates who already have immigration holds resolve their cases or post bond, Orr said, but they do not notify ICE for every person born in another country. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If someone is arrested on a state charge and ICE determines they are in the country illegally, ICE lets us know,â&#x20AC;? Orr wrote in an email statement to the Idaho Press. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is up to ICE to determine if someone arrested by our deputies or in custody in the Ada County Jail is in the country illegally.â&#x20AC;? Recently, federal courts have ruled that the use of federal immigration detainers to hold inmates longer in local jails violates the inmatesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; constitutional rights. In February 2018, a U.S. District Court judge ruled the Los Angeles County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Department and immigration officials violated the rights of suspected immigrants who were detained after they should have been released from jail, according to the Associated Press. Some of those suspected immigrants were U.S. citizens. Other states â&#x20AC;&#x201D; often, in the face of lawsuits like the ones filed against Canyon County â&#x20AC;&#x201D; are beginning to limit the ability of local jails to collaborate with ICE. Last month, the Associated Press reported Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed a law barring people suspected of being in the country illegally from being kept in local jails simply at the request of immigration officials. The law takes effect Aug. 2.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;human computersâ&#x20AC;? in the effort to send humans to the moon. News outlets report dignitaries gathered Wednesday in Washington, D.C., to unveil the new street sign, including dis-

There are myriad restrictions and rules governing how local and federal law enforcement agencies interact, simply because most local law enforcement agencies arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t empowered to enforce federal law, particularly when it comes to civil violations. Immigration law experts and immigrant advocates claim extensive collaboration between local police and federal immigration officials can blur the lines between the two, making it difficult for local law enforcement to gain the trust they need to keep communities safe. Further, it raises questions of the constitutional rights of inmates and discrimination based on race or national origin. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are lots of people here with authority to be here that have become citizens, or lawful permanent residents,â&#x20AC;? said Kate Evans, an associate professor of law at the University of Idaho. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Solicitation of immigration officials based on a characteristic that may or may not have anything to do with a violation of immigration laws, to me, that kind of makes me think more about the potential consequences to community trust for that kind of screening.â&#x20AC;? During the month of March, jail staff asked ICE to detain certain inmates, warned deportation officers when inmates might be released on bond, and sent the personal information of U.S. citizens and legal residents to immigration officials. Leo Morales, the executive director of the ACLU of Idaho, reviewed selected emails at the request of the Idaho Press. He said the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s close relationship with ICE was â&#x20AC;&#x153;alarmingâ&#x20AC;? and warranted close scrutiny, particularly because of the intensity and frequency of the collaboration. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also very alarming how proactive Canyon County staff are, requesting holds for certain detainees that they have in their custody,â&#x20AC;? Morales said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would say that when local law enforcement interact with other governmental agencies, particularly in the context of detention and potential loss of liberty, we should all be very concerned.â&#x20AC;?

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Every week during the month of March, Canyon County staff members sent ICE officials information about inmates they apparently suspected of being undocumented, usually with the email subject line â&#x20AC;&#x153;Foreign born.â&#x20AC;? Other subject lines and emails warned the inmate was â&#x20AC;&#x153;bondable,â&#x20AC;? meaning the person under discussion was likely to post bond and quickly. Sometimes, deportation officers would thank county staff and almost immediately send a detainer. Other times,

trict officials, NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and others. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hidden Figuresâ&#x20AC;? author Margot Lee Shetterly and the families

county staff provided court dates or other information to make sure the inmate left the Canyon County jail in ICE custody. In one case, another customer service specialist at the Canyon County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office tried to help a deportation officer detain an 18-year-old woman before someone arrived to pick her up. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Current charges: under the influence of drugs in public,â&#x20AC;? wrote customer service specialist Cassandra Jordan on Tuesday, March 12, at 8:10â&#x20AC;Ż p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a Book and Release, but she cannot leave until she has a ride. I had a really hard time booking her in because she is under the influence.â&#x20AC;? Mark Love from the Boise ICE office emailed back just eight minutes later. â&#x20AC;&#x153;How long before she gets that ride? Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m stuck in the middle of a bunch of seats lol.â&#x20AC;? Jordan responded a minute later. â&#x20AC;&#x153;LOL. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think for a while. She has not even tried to use the phone.â&#x20AC;? After apparently interviewing the teen over the phone, Love emailed Jordan again at 9:36â&#x20AC;Żp.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I spoke with the girl. If I place a detainee (sic) sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s turning over directly correct? If thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the case Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll just send a 203 instead of a detainer. Let me know.â&#x20AC;? (The 203 form is ICEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s order to detain or release an inmate, officially initiating reimbursement for Canyon County.) Jordan affirmed this. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yes she is done with us and will go directly to you.â&#x20AC;? Two hours later, Love sent the order to detain the teenager. Email records indicate Canyon County received a detainer, but the emails were unclear what happened to the 18-year-old after this exchange. The Idaho Press was not able to locate or contact the teenager, identified in email and court records as Jacqueline Torres-Buenrostro. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jacqueline Torres-Buenrostro is an unlawfully present Mexican national who entered the United States on an unknown date and at an unknown location,â&#x20AC;? ICE western region spokeswoman Paige Hughes told the Idaho Press in an email Monday. Hughes confirmed ICE detained Torres-Buenrostro, who had no prior immigration history, when she was released from the Canyon County jail. She was granted bond and released on April 12, Hughes said, and her immigration proceedings are â&#x20AC;&#x153;ongoing.â&#x20AC;? While in ICE custody, Torres-Buenrostro missed a March 25 county court date for a drug charge, marked as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;failure to appearâ&#x20AC;? in court records. Her case was assigned to the public defenderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office shortly after. Even if county officials know that

of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson also attended. Shetterlyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2016 book details the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s struggles as they crunched numbers at the NASA Langley Research Cen-

someone cannot appear for their court date because they are in immigration detention, local agencies donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always notify courts why defendants are unable to appear.

Canyon County policies draw concernsâ&#x20AC;&#x152; The emails obtained by the Idaho Press display a casual working relationship with immigration officials apparently common throughout the Canyon County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office. In the emails, some staff said they just wanted to give a deportation officer a â&#x20AC;&#x153;heads upâ&#x20AC;? about a certain inmate who was born in another country. Others asked ICE officials to detain an inmate immediately, because Canyon County had received their bond. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Requesting a 203, bond posted today for local charges,â&#x20AC;? wrote customer service specialist Terrance Balderas at 9:28â&#x20AC;Ża.m. on March 15. Balderas received a response 30 minutes later. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hello,â&#x20AC;? wrote deportation officer Josh Tobias. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Please see attached 203 as requested.â&#x20AC;? Canyon County spokesman Joe Decker provided documents detailing the Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office immigration policies but declined to comment or answer further Idaho Press questions â&#x20AC;&#x153;in light of pending litigation.â&#x20AC;? Canyon County policies for which staff members work with immigration officials, and when, remain unclear. Nearly every Canyon County staff member interacting with immigration officials in the March emails have the title â&#x20AC;&#x153;customer service specialist.â&#x20AC;? It was also unclear whether those staff members most frequently interacting with ICE officials had received training to discern someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s immigration status. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No member of this office shall prohibit, or in any way restrict, any other member from doing any of the following regarding the citizenship or immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of any individual...â&#x20AC;? reads the section of the Canyon County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office policy manual for immigration violations, citing U.S. Code 1373. The proceeding list details what the March emails show sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office staff to be doing regularly: sending information to ICE, requesting and receiving information from ICE, maintaining that information in office records, and exchanging that information with â&#x20AC;&#x153;any other federal state or local government entity.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;How proactive Canyon County is about immigration is problematic,â&#x20AC;? Morales from the ACLU said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The county already finds themselves in the lawsuit. Determining a personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

ter in Hampton, Virginia, in the pre-computer age. Johnson is now 100 years old and is the last of the three women still living. Cruz sponsored the Hidden Figures Way Designation Act.

immigration station, especially with lay people, there is a lot of room for error.â&#x20AC;? Throughout the month of March, Canyon County staff sent the personal information of several inmates, based solely on whether that person was â&#x20AC;&#x153;foreign-born.â&#x20AC;? Many times, immigration officials themselves told Canyon County they could not detain the inmate for immigration purposes because the inmate in question was a legal resident or a U.S. citizen. In the case of Castro, her March interaction with Canyon County and immigration officials was not her first time in the Canyon County jail. According to a string of drug-related sentencings dating back to 2005, when the first offense landed her in the Southwest Juvenile Detention Center, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a frequent visitor. Her immigration status was questioned and supposedly approved in 2017. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unclear why Canyon County still sent her full name, date of birth and Social Security number to a deportation officer.

Legal challenges and concernsâ&#x20AC;&#x152; Canyon Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s policy manual for immigration violations provides â&#x20AC;&#x153;guidelines to members of the Canyon County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office for investigating and enforcing immigration laws.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;A deputy may detain an individual when there are facts supporting a reasonable suspicion that the individual entered into the United States in violation of a federal criminal law ... â&#x20AC;&#x153; reads the policy manual section on enforcement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A deputy should not detain any individual, for any length of time, for a civil violation of federal immigration laws or a related

civil warrant.â&#x20AC;? A lack of English proficiency may be considered as reasonable suspicion that a criminal immigration violation has occurred, but â&#x20AC;&#x153;it should not be the sole factor.â&#x20AC;? The policy goes on to say that staff and deputies should make a â&#x20AC;&#x153;reasonable effortâ&#x20AC;? to accommodate people with limited English proficiency â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but only â&#x20AC;&#x153;when practicable.â&#x20AC;? Attorneys from Immigrant Justice Idaho, who are suing Canyon County three times for its collaboration with immigration officials, said Canyon County was â&#x20AC;&#x153;risking liabilityâ&#x20AC;? each time they chose not to release an inmate simply due to an email or request from ICE. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These lawsuits relate to Canyon Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s refusal to allow our clients to be released from custody solely due to a request from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that they remain detained,â&#x20AC;? wrote Ben Stein, an attorney with Immigrant Justice Idaho, in an email statement to the Idaho Press. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When a county continues to detain anyone longer than state law allows simply due to a request from ICE, the county is engaging in a warrantless arrest.â&#x20AC;? Evans, who researched immigration detainers and local law enforcement for a forthcoming Brooklyn Law Review article, said judicial rulings have established the use of detainers to hold inmates as â&#x20AC;&#x153;warrantlessâ&#x20AC;? second arrests. Evans said many immigration charges are civil, federal offenses â&#x20AC;&#x201D; something local law enforcement officers historically have not had the power to enforce. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not whether federal immigration officials can issue these documents,â&#x20AC;? Evans said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really whether Idaho state law allows their own police officďż˝ cers to make these arrests.â&#x20AC;?

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‌DAVENPORT, Iowa — During a campaign swing through Iowa this week, Joe Biden mentioned that his family recently dined with former President Barack Obama’s family. At a Houston fundraiser, Biden joked about the infamous expletive he deployed in congratulating Obama’s health care victory. And Biden recently tweeted an image of Joe and Barack friendship braceObama lets. The message is clear: Biden really wants you to know he’s still friends with Obama. He’s betting that by dangling nostalgia for the Obama years before Democrats, he can help rebuild the diverse national coalition that twice propelled Obama to victory. Obama hasn’t backed any of the two dozen Democrats running for president, and Biden’s advisers insist that his 2020 bid is his own. But for now, Obama is playing a starring role in Biden’s message. “It’s a nomination strategy, and it’s pretty rich in its benefits,” David Axelrod, Obama’s chief political strategist, said of Biden’s frequent references to Obama. “The fact that he had Obama’s back is particularly meaningful to African American voters. And I think if he gets this nomination that is going to be the reason why.” Seven weeks after launching his campaign, the 76-year-old leads his party’s crowded presidential field with virtually every key demographic, including African Americans, who play a critical role in the nomination process. Some prominent Dem-

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Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks Wednesday at Clinton Community College in Clinton, Iowa. ocrats believe that Biden’s connection to the nation’s first black president may be why. But some skeptics believe Biden’s early success is simply a reflection of his fame and will crumble under more scrutiny. “He’s assuming that being associated with Barack Obama will bring him the Barack Obama coalition — a multiracial coalition,” said Aimee Allison, founder of She the People, a national network focused on women of color. “It just simply doesn’t translate.” On the ground in South Carolina, where African Americans dominate the first Southern primary, state lawmaker Gilda Cobb-Hunter said Biden’s association with Obama may be effective in winning over older

African American voters. But it’s going to take much more to stand out among a talented Democratic field over the long term, she said. “If that’s his whole game, he’s going to have to step his game up,” said Cobb-Hunter, who serves as the president of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators. Nina Turner, co-chair of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign, said it’s offensive to think black voters would support Biden simply because of his association with Obama. “The voters deserve more than that,” said Turner, who is African American. “I have yet to hear one person say they’re going to vote for somebody because of a relationship they had with Barack

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of June, all Idaho wines are 10 percent off. Owner Tom Ashenbrener encourages wine consumers not to compare Idaho wine to wines produced in other parts of the world. “It’s not as big,” he said. “But the wines are coming on strong.” Rudy’s wine and beer buyer, Natalie Steele, is seeing more people venture into trying new wines. She has seen people experiment with wines they’ve never heard of and diving into the intimidating world of wine for the first time. “Start with any bottle with a label you like and drink it,” Ashenbrener said. “We take it too seriously. The fun of wine is that it’s complex and you get to explore.” For the past four years, Twin Beans has hosted tastings as a way to diversify wine palettes. Owner Paul Graff started the tastings after a journey of wine sampling in northern California. The tastings cen-

ter on the season and food pairings, but most of all the center on exposing people to wines they may have never known about. “There are two types of wines — wines that don’t need food and other wines that enhance the food,” he said. “Understanding why you do what you do with wines is becoming more popular.” While Twin Beans features fine wines from all over the world, vintners closer to home are right next to them on the shelf. “There’s a lot of wineries in Idaho that have stepped up their game considerably,” Graff said. Y Knot Winery, formerly Crossings Winery, is updating their wines as a way to keep up with the changing world of Idaho wines, said owner Teresa McCallum. The Glenns Ferry based winery won double gold medals for their Rosé and Pinot Gris at the 2019 Pacific Wine and Cider Awards. “I think that Idaho wineries are good at cross supporting,” McCallum said. “We need to get more people growing here though.”

school year — so that if a school closes midyear, the state would not have already sent out the vast majority of funding for the year. Director Tamara Baysinger told commissioners Thursday that they do not have the legal authority to close schools — or revoke charters — based on financial concerns during the middle of a term. In fact, Baysinger said the commission could only act on charters once every five years, when they come up for renewal. A charter’s local board, however, could opt to relinquish its charter or close for financial reasons. Later in the meeting, Baysinger urged the commission to set aside a recommendation from the National Association of Charter School Authorizers to “establish a clear revocation policy and process to ensure that schools can be held accountable to performance expectations in a timely manner.” State law does not allow the commission to establish mid-term revocation procedures that aren’t tied to written conditions that were in place when a charter was renewed, Baysinger said. Most of the charters facing financial crisis have been in the news recently. Over the past year, an Idaho Education News investigation has uncovered

Obama. If anything, that notion is insulting,” she said. “The question is what you’re going to do for the black community when you have the power in the face of a recalcitrant GOP.” Although he has not endorsed a candidate, Obama issued a statement through a spokeswoman upon Biden’s entry into the campaign noting, “President Obama has long said selecting Joe Biden as his running mate in 2008 was one of the best decisions he ever made”— a plug from the popular former president no other candidate can boast. Similarly, no other candidate can claim having handled delicate administration functions, such as administering the roughly $800 billion American

financial irregularities at Bingham Charter Academy and Blackfoot Charter Community Learning Center. In May, Idaho Public Charter School Commission Chairman Alan Reed wrote to Bingham County Prosecutor Paul Rodgers saying he was concerned that Blackfoot charter Administrator Fred Ball may have violated Idaho’s bribery and corrupt influence laws. Ball has announced his intention to retire this month. Additionally, on June 25, the Bingham County Planning and Zoning Commission is expected to rule on a conditional use permit governing the facilities Blackfoot and Bingham charter schools use. When asked Thursday whether the schools had a plan for dealing with a loss of facilities, Blackfoot Board Chair Candra Risa told the commission that the school has appointed a transition committee but does not yet have a plan in place. Steven Bailey, Blackfoot charter’s new business manager, told commissioners he is optimistic about the school’s revenue picture. Additionally, he said the board adopted a 2019-20 budget that will create a 5 percent reserve fund for the first time. The Village Charter School has also been in the news for facing potential closure due to financial concerns. Baysinger said Thursday that the Village’s financial woes could

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Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which was credited with creating millions of jobs at a time the U.S. economy was in crisis. “I was proud to work with him together on the Recovery Act, which kept us going into a depression in my view and the view of a lot of economists,” Biden told the audience in Davenport, prompting a swell of cheers. Biden’s team suggests his message is about much more than Obama. Indeed, Biden in recent weeks has released detailed policy prescriptions for education and the environment. He’s also outlined his own rationale for running, which centers on the rise of white supremacy and hate under President Donald Trump’s leadership. Yet Biden’s advisers say he cannot ignore his experience in the White House, which helps him stand out in a far less experienced Democratic field. Biden talks about his service as vice president and his relationship in front of every audience because “it’s a critical part of who he is,” said Biden adviser Anita Dunn, who also previously worked for Obama. “It was a genuinely close relationship and it continues. They definitely have stayed in touch,” Dunn added, noting that they shared “eight years of accomplishment, eight years of battles to do what was right for the American people, eight years of shared values.” Biden pollster John Anzalone noted that Biden and Obama shared some major accomplishments, but he said, “It’s important that from Day 1, Joe Biden has laid out his own vision, his motivation for getting into the race, why he’s running and what he wants to do.”

be worse than initially feared. Rather than facing a $400,000 shortfall for the current year, Baysinger said the school faces a potential $600,000 shortfall. In response, The Village is seeking an $800,000 loan from its existing bondholder to meet cashflow and get out of the situation, Baysinger said. Securing a loan could

provide immediate relief but would also saddle the school with more debt. Baysinger said she has talked to The Village officials about the longterm taxpayer cost of taking on debt to cover cashflow. “The concern is this does seem to represent another in a long series of expensive responses,” Baysinger said.

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‌ HICAGO C — Some younger mericans are more likely than older ones to view workers aren’t particularly thrilled people working pasta rising age 65 share as a negative to see of older Amerint, according cans to an forgo AP-NORC Center poll. retirement and continue working, according to a recent poll hink people staying in the workforce longer is by The Associated Press-NORC od thing or mostly badPublic thing forAffairs each ofResearch. Centera for g, or does it make no difference? The poll found that workers under the age of 50 were significantly kers in general:more likely to view America’s Makes no aging as a negative developdifference Good thingworkforce Bad thing ment when compared with their older counterparts. About four in 9% 29% 30%18 to 49 and 10 respondents ages 44% of the youngest respondents ages 39%18 to 29 said they 0% 30%consider the trend to be a bad thing for American workers. Just 14% of those age 19%said the 0% 30%same. 60 and over “I don’t think in things like IT omy: and medicine you’re as effective a worker (at 65 years old) as you are at 50, ” says Katie 5% 23% 31% Otting, a 29-year-old living near San Diego. “If some 65-year-old is in a 8% 30% 32% position that he’s not ready to quit because he wants a better pension and there’s14% someone 30% else ready to 3% take that job, they’re not going to interviews with 1,423 U.S. adultshim. conducted replace ” Feb. 14-18. The margin of centage points for the An full sample, higherpopulation, for subgroups. aging elevated care costs andAssociated lingering Press fiC Center for Publichealth Affairs Research nancial uncertainty following the Great Recession all are believed to be contributing to America’s steadily graying workforce. Nearly 20% of Americans over the age of 65 were employed or actively looking for work last year, up from less than 12% two decades prior, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But the increased prevalence of older workers has led some to believe seniors are holding back the country’s economic momentum by remaining in the workforce. Men were slightly more likely than women to cite the aging workforce as a problem for U.S. workers (32% to 27%). And about a third (34%) of more affluent respondents earning more than $100,000 annually said the same, slightly more than the 24% of those earning less than $30,000 who said so. By contrast, about six in 10 Americans age 60 and over say the trend has actually been a good

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Some see harm in aging workforce Younger Americans are more likely than older ones to view the trend of people working past age 65 as a negative development, according to an AP-NORC Center poll. Q: Do you think people staying in the workforce longer is mostly a good thing or mostly a bad thing for each of the following, or does it make no difference? American workers in general: Good thing All adults 39% Age 18-49 30%

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thing for the economy, compared with three in 10 Americans under 30 who think that. About a third of Americans under 50 who have noticed the trend in their own workplace believe the aging workforce has negative implications for their own careers. “One of the myths that’s out there causing younger and older people to butt heads is the idea that ‘Oh, it’s because these older people are on the job preventing me from getting the job I want,’” says Steve Burghardt, a 74-yearold professor of social work at the City University of New York who thinks Americans are “looking for someone younger or someone older to blame” for inequality, job displacement and other economic problems. Research is mixed on the aging workforce’s overall impact on the U.S. economy. Adam Ozimek,

a senior economist at Moody’s Analytics, says his prior research efforts have suggested a growing population of older workers can slow productivity and ultimately hamper wage growth for the rest of the labor market. But he says there’s little evidence to suggest that the presence of older workers is “crowding younger workers out of promotions,” noting that many of the workers who would naturally move up and replace positions currently held by baby boomers are not millennials but rather middle-aged members of Generation X. “In anxious times, we look for scapegoats. And old people are a ready scapegoat, especially if you are forced out of having a public presence or are forced (out of a job),” says Ashton Applewhite, a New York-based writer and ageism activist.

‌BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — In a night of commanding words from some of the most accomplished women in entertainment Wednesday at the annual Women in Film Gala, from the likes of Issa Rae, Viola Davis and producer Cathy Schulman, Amy Poehler put her own unconventional spin on the “empowerment speech.” Poehler, who was accepting the final honor of the evening, the Entrepreneur in Entertainment Award, simply read off a list of names: “A League of Their Own,” Patti Smith, “Fleabag,” “The VirPoehler gin Suicides,” Judge Judy, U.S. Women’s Soccer, “American Psycho,” “Russian Doll,” Dolly Parton. She continued listing off female creators and female-created shows and films for two and a half minutes. “Thank you, thank you,” Poehler said. “More, more, more.” It was simple, brief, and got the point across to the ballroom full of women working in the industry. She followed a riotously funny speech from “Insecure” creator Rae, who decided to take inspiration from her hip-hop idols and buck the social convention of women being humble. She said she was just going to say the opposite of, “What I would normally say.” “You future hoes need to bow down,” Rae said as the inaugural

recipient of the Emerging Entrepreneur Award. “Entrepreneur means I did that ... by myself.” Producer Cathy Schulman, and former Rae Women in Film board president, who was being recognized for her advocacy in entertainment, took a vastly different approach with a vulnerable and open story about the personal and financial trials she’s had to endure while trying to “make it.” Although she won an Oscar for producing the film “Crash,” she said she never made a dollar from the film, which earned almost $100 million at the box office, and even went into credit card debt trying to make sure the production had what was needed. She’s produced 30-something films and raised a daughter too, but she said she has from preschool through graduation only picked her up from school four times. “I’ve paid a deep price for my advocacy,” Schulman said. She said there’s still, “A long way to go” and she hopes, for one, that the words “diversity” and “inclusion” are decoupled. “Diversity is a counting mechanism,” she said. “Inclusion is not something you can count, advertise or market. Inclusion is what happens when diverse people are actually present in equal numbers in decision making positions.”

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Jones: Magic Protect Idaho. Get vaccinated. wand solutions to Y complex problems P ointy-headed scientists make life in these United States way too complicated. They always want to study a problem to death and, once they have reached a consensus on how to fix it, they want to spend tons of money on a cure. We need to simplify the process with less scientific study and more gut-inspired action. ‌Take the issue of nuclear waste disposal. The U.S. has struggled for decades trying to clean up highlevel radioactive waste. There has been a lot of heartburn about removing highJIM level waste from JONES the Idaho National Laboratory, as well as from the Hanford Reservation in Washington and Savannah River in South Carolina. The cost of cleaning up the waste is astronomical and finding a place to dispose of it is perplexing. The U.S. Department of Energy under the stewardship of former Texas Governor Rick Perry has cut through all of the red tape and figured out a simple solution—just change the classification of the waste from high-level to low-level. Why didn’t we think of that long ago? Those of you who poked fun at Perry for not being able to name the Energy Department as one of the three agencies he proposed to eliminate during the 2016 presidential primaries should be eating a little crow, thanks to this stroke of genius. Lowering the classification of the waste will save $40 billion in cleanup costs and allow the reclassified waste to be disposed of in low-level facilities in Utah or Texas. Problem solved with the stroke of a pen! And, how about reducing the number of deaths from the fine particulate pollution produced by burning fossil fuels? When the Environmental Protection Agency proposed to eliminate the strict air pollution rule in the Clean Power Plan, its scientific staff estimated the roll-

back would result in an added 1,400 premature deaths in the U.S. each year. Agency leadership has just announced a simple solution to the dilemma—simply change the methodology for calculating the number of deaths that will be caused by the rule change. Now we can have more air pollution and fewer deaths at the same time. Problem solved by a simple calculation change! Climate scientists are continually warning of the existential danger facing the Earth from climate change. They point to the record-breaking weather disasters occurring around the globe and claim they will intensify if earthlings do not take drastic action to curtail greenhouse gas emissions. They say the danger will increase dramatically in the second half of this century. The administration has settled upon a simple fix to the problem. Rather than projecting the effects of climate change to the end of the century, as we currently do, just cut the projections off at the year 2040. That provides a less dire picture since the greatest effects of climate change will occur after that time. And it eliminates the need to take effective action now to save the planet from turning into an uninhabitable hothouse for our children and their offspring. Another problem solved by the mere stroke of a pen! Why spend the time it takes to carefully study a complex problem and develop a scientific consensus as to how to solve it, when most problems can be easily resolved by a simple gut check and change of nomenclature? We don’t need to follow the urgent warnings of 97% of the climate experts about the growing danger of climate change when we can simply step outside on a cold day and announce “problem solved.” Jim Jones is an Eden native and former Idaho Attorney General and former Idaho Supreme Court Chief Justice.

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ou may have seen a scary headline about measles recently. It’s been confirmed: there are two measles cases in Idaho, both from Latah County. This comes in the midst of the largest outbreak of measles in the country since the disease was declared eliminated in 2000. ‌Since January 1, 2019, there have been more than 1,000 cases of measles in the U.S., transported unwittingly by contagious persons wherever they go; county to county and state to state. We saw KAREN SHARPNACK in the winter and spring how quickly measles spread across Washington and Oregon, flourishing in areas where immunization rates were low. In order to prevent a disease from spreading, it is recommended that 95% of the population be immunized, thereby achieving herd immunity. Unfortunately, some school districts in Idaho have immunization rates as low as 33.3%. These school districts are not

far from Latah County, where these two cases were confirmed. Neighboring Idaho, Kootenai, and Shoshone counties all have low enough rates to allow for the rapid spread of disease. Idaho is one of 18 U.S. states that allows religious/other exemptions from vaccines, and the exemption rate for Idaho children enrolled in kindergarten was 7.7% during the 2018-19 school year. This is an increase from 7.1% the previous school year, making the confirmed cases of measles in Idaho all the more concerning. Latah County had an 11.1% exemption rate for the 2018-19 school year. Neighboring Shoshone County’s rate was 18.4%, and just a few counties over in Idaho County, the exemption rate was a staggering 21.8%. When immunization rates drop and more students head to school with vaccine exemptions, counties like these have little to no herd immunity. Vaccines are a community’s greatest line of defense to protect the most vulnerable among us, whether they are infants too young to get vaccinated or others

who are immunocompromised, like those going through chemotherapy. When measles, a highly contagious virus, spreads through counties that have low vaccination rates, many vulnerable Idahoans will be in danger. The reality is that most of Idahoans believe vaccines are effective at preventing disease. However, Idahoans who support loosening immunization requirements are much more likely to be active on the issue. These headlines are scary, but there are actions you can take to protect your family and your community by contributing to herd immunity. If your children are not vaccinated, get them to the doctor ASAP. If they are, spread the word about the importance of community immunity and the effectiveness of the MMR vaccine. Be an active and vocal advocate on this issue so we can help all Idahoans protect themselves, their children, and their entire community from preventable disease. Karen Sharpnack is the executive director of the Idaho Immunization Coalition.

Are NRA leaders enriching themselves off members’ dues? FROM THE ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH

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he National Rifle Association is correct about one phrase in its motto: “It’s not just about guns.” In addition to helping drive America’s gun crisis, some NRA leaders may also be fleecing their own dues-paying members. More than a dozen putatively unpaid NRA board members have gotten payouts for various business services, many seemingly amorphous but others raking in six figures. These disclosures, reported by The Washington Post, follow continuing financial problems within the firearms-lobbying organization and a power struggle that led to the ouster of one of its highest-profile figures. Additional revelations have surfaced of lavish spending sprees by the group’s long-time chief executive, and there’s an ongoing investigation by New York officials into the NRA’s tax-exempt status. Politicians who cower before this enabler of armed mayhem in America might want to reconsider their assumption that the NRA is too omnipotent to oppose. America’s globally unique scourge of domestic gun violence cannot be laid entirely at the NRA’s feet. But it’s beyond argument that the NRA has, more than any other entity, paralyzed national politics on this topic

There were further recriminations after Chief Executive Wayne LaPierre clashed publicly with President Oliver North. LaPierre alleged that North tried to extort him into resigning with sexual harassment allegations. The spat ended with North’s exit.

The spat ended with North’s exit. LaPierre himself was revealed to have billed the NRA for hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on foreign travel and fancy clothes. As a nonprofit organization, the NRA doesn’t pay its board members — except when it does. The Post’s examination of the NRA’s tax documents found that 18 of the group’s directors received various forms of compensation which, though apparently legal, are highly questionable. Perhaps the NRA’s 5 million dues-paying members would be interested in knowing how their money was spent: — “Consulting” fees were paid to at least five of these “unpaid” and stood in the way of rational board members, totaling more solutions. than $1.3 million. With money, organizational — A lawyer on the board took acumen and a relentless camin $98,000 for “speaking and paign of misinformation and fear-mongering, it has effectively outreach.” — The company of a firearms prevented even the most modest executive formerly on the board attempts at sane national gun sold more than $3 million in control. But there are cracks in ammunition and supplies to the the NRA’s armor. NRA Foundation, the group’s Last year, questions surfaced charitable arm. about the NRA’s use by the Far from being a dedicated Kremlin as a conduit to funnel money into America’s 2016 elec- if misguided champion of gun tion. There were further recrim- owners’ rights, the NRA is emerging more as a den of con inations after Chief Executive Wayne LaPierre clashed publicly artists who take members’ money to enrich themselves. The fact with President Oliver North. LaPierre alleged that North tried that this is far from the worst of to extort him into resigning with what this organization does isn’t an excuse. sexual harassment allegations.

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Prison pot OK if inmates don’t inhale DON THOMPSON

Associated Press‌

‌SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California appeals court says it’s legal to have small amounts of marijuana in prison — so long as inmates don’t inhale. The 3rd District Court of Appeal ruled that California voters legalized recreational possession of less than an ounce of cannabis in 2016, with no exception even for those behind bars. But the court says state law does prohibit smoking weed in prison. Prison officials can also still punish pot possession as a rules violation. “According to the plain language of ... Proposition 64, possession of less than an ounce of cannabis in prison is no longer a felony,” the court ruled this week. “Smoking or ingesting cannabis in prison remains a felony.” The court overturned the Sacramento County convictions of five inmates who had been found with marijuana in their prison cells. “The voters made quite clear their intention to avoid spending state and county funds prosecuting possession of less than an ounce of marijuana, and quite clear that they did not want to see adults suffer criminal convictions for possessing less than an ounce of marijuana,” Sacramento County Assistant Public Defender Leonard Tauman said in an email. The appeals court “quite properly honored what the electorate passed.” Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s office said it is reviewing the ruling and did not say if he will appeal. “We want to be clear that drug use and sales within state prisons remains prohibited,” said corrections department spokeswoman Vicky Waters. She said the department “is committed to providing a safe, accountable environment for prisoners and staff alike and we plan to evaluate this decision with an eye toward maintaining health and security within our institutions.”

VALERY PLOTNIKOV, MAMMOTH FAUNA STUDY DEPARTMENT AT ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF YUKUTIA VIA AP‌

The head of an Ice Age wolf is shown Monday at the Mammoth Fauna Study Department at the Academy of Sciences of Yakutia, Russia. Experts believe the wolf roamed the earth about 40,000 years ago, but thanks to Siberia’s frozen permafrost its brain, fur, tissues and even its tongue have been perfectly preserved.

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‌ OSCOW — Russian scienM tists have found the furry head of an Ice Age wolf perfectly preserved in the Siberian permafrost. The head of a wolf, which died

40,000 years ago, was discovered in the Russian Arctic region of Yakutia. Valery Plotnikov, a top researcher at the local branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said the animal belonged

to an ancient subspecies of wolf that lived at the same time as the mammoths and became extinct alongside them. Scientists said it was an adult, about 25% bigger than today’s wolves, but did not say whether it was male or

female. Plotnikov called the discovery unique because scientists previously only had found wolf skulls without tissues or fur, while this head has ears, a tongue and a perfectly preserved brain.

Bitcoin’s carbon footprint equal to Las Vegas FRANK JORDANS

Associated Press‌

‌BERLIN — The virtual currency bitcoin is responsible for the same amount of carbon dioxide emissions as a city like Las Vegas or Hamburg, Germany, and efforts to reduce its climate footprint should be considered, researchers said Thursday. A study by researchers at the Technical University of Munich and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology examined how

much power is consumed by computers used to generate bitcoins and process transactions. Writing in the journal Joule, researchers said they then combined the results with the carbon emissions from electricity production in the countries where the computers were located. They concluded that, in late 2018, the entire bitcoin network was responsible for 22-22.9 million tons of CO2 per year — similar to a large Western city or an

entire developing country like Sri Lanka. Total global emissions of the greenhouse gas from the burning of fossil fuels were about 37 billion tons last year. “There are bigger factors contributing to climate change,” said Christian Stoll, one of the study’s authors. “However, the carbon footprint is big enough to make it worth discussing the possibility of regulating cryptocurrency

mining in regions where power generation is especially carbon-intensive.” The researchers said about 68% of the computing power used to generate, or mine, bitcoins is in Asia, 17% is in Europe and 15% is in North America. Alex de Vries, a bitcoin researcher who wasn’t involved in the study, questioned whether the method used to determine the location of computers was reliable enough.

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JANIE MCCAULEY

Associated Press‌

‌OAKLAND, Calif. — Kawhi Leonard raised his arms high in triumph and celebrated Canada’s first NBA championship. “We the North!” is now “We the Champs!” Leonard and the Toronto Raptors captured the country’s first major title in 26 years with their most remarkable road win yet in the franchise’s NBA Finals debut, outlasting the battered and depleted two-time defending champion Golden State Warriors 114-110 on Thursday night in a Game 6 for the ages. Stephen Curry missed a contested 3-pointer in the waning moments before Golden State called a timeout it didn’t have, giving Leonard a technical free throw with 0.9 seconds left to seal it. Leonard, the NBA Finals MVP for a second time, then got behind Andre Iguodala for a layup as the buzzer sounded, but it went to review and the basket was called off before Leonard’s two free throws. That only delayed the celebration for a moment. When it actually ended, the typically stoic Leonard could let it all out. A Canadian team — and we’re not talking hockey here — stood on top of one of the traditional major sports leagues for the first time since the Toronto Blue Jays won the 1993 World Series. Serge Ibaka pulled his head up through the hoop by the Golden State bench as the crowd chanted “Warriors! Warriors!” after a sensational send-off at Oracle Arena. Curry walked away slowly, hands on his head on a night Splash Brother Klay Thompson suffered a left knee injury and departed with 30 points. Fred VanVleet rescued the Raptors down the stretch with his dazzling shooting from deep to score 22 points with five 3s off the bench, while Leonard wound up with 22 points. Kyle Lowry scored the game’s first eight points and finished with 26 in all to go with 10 assists and seven rebounds. The Raptors pulled off a third straight win on Golden State’s home floor that said goodbye to NBA basketball after 47 seasons. And the Raptors did it with the very kind of depth that helped

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Twin Falls Cowboy Kaden Stutzman slides into third base against Blackfoot during a legion baseball game Thursday, June 13, 2019, at Skip Walker Field in Twin Falls.

Twin Falls Cowboys split doubleheader with Blackfoot A tale of two different games in legion baseball at Skip Walker Field BEN JONES

ben.jones@magicvalley.com‌

‌TWIN FALLS — It was a tale of two very different games for the Twin Falls Cowboys legion baseball team Thursday night at Skip Walker Field. They split a doubleheader with Blackfoot, winning the first game 4-0 and losing the second 11-1 in six innings. Twin Falls struck early in game one by scoring two runs in the first inning on RBI singles by Sam Hoggarth and Carson Walters. Payton Brooks, the starting pitcher for Blackfoot, settled in after that, and the game became an efficient, quickly-moving showdown between two defenses. But Magnum Hofstetter’s do-it-all performance gave Twin Falls the edge. He pitched a three-hit complete game shutout, striking out five and walking

one. “I hadn’t pitched all week, so I had a little more adrenaline to come out here and just give it all I’ve got,” Hofstetter said. He also went (2-for-3) at the plate and stole three bases. “He’s kind of our spark plug that just gets things going,” Twin Falls coach Tim Stadelmeir said. “He’s an all-around good high school player, and if he keeps progressing, hopefully he’ll have a chance to play at the next level.” Kaden Stutzman hit an RBI

triple in the third, and Hofstetter provided a run in the fifth by stealing second and third before taking home on a throwing error. Blackfoot threatened to close the gap in the sixth when they got two runners on with no one out. But Walters made a difficult catch on a fly ball in center field, Hofstetter got a strikeout, and Chase Turner grounded into a fielder’s choice to end the inning. Game two heavily favored Blackfoot, who piled up 16 hits, including five doubles. They

BENJAMIN HOCHMAN

DOUG FERGUSON

St. Louis Post-Dispatch‌

Associated Press‌

‌BOSTON — She was wearing a surgical mask, but you could tell she was smiling. Eleven-year-old Laila Anderson, the inspirational Blues fan fighting a rare disease, walked onto a cramped elevator at TD Garden with her mother. It was Wednesday night, about two hours before Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final. Laila and I chatted

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Blues’ 11-year-old inspiration celebrates with players on ice in Boston

Rose opens with recordmatching 65 ‌ EBBLE BEACH, Calif. — JusP tin Rose played alongside Tiger Woods, and then joined him in the U.S. Open record book at Pebble Beach. In a gentle start to the toughest test in golf, Rose birdied his last three holes Thursday for a 6-under 65, giving him a one-shot lead on a day so accommodating that more than three dozen players broke par. It was an ideal start for Rose and for the USGA, which wants a smooth ride after four years of various mishaps in the U.S. Open. The idea was to start safe and make the course progressively more difficult, and a forecast of dry weather for the week should make that easier to control. This was the day to take advantage, especially with a cool, overcast sky for most of the day. Rose knew what was at stake when he blasted out of a bunker short of the par-5 18th to about 12 feet. He was watching the telecast earlier when Rickie Fowler had a birdie putt for a 65 to tie the lowest U.S. Open round at Pebble Beach, set by Woods in the first round of his record-setting victory in 2000. “I was thinking, ‘This would be kind of cool doing it front of M 1

Twin Falls Cowboy Carson Walters beats the tag and slides into second base against Blackfoot during a legion baseball game Thursday, June 13, 2019, at Skip Walker Field in Twin Falls.

scored in every inning except the second. “In the first game Hofstetter threw a lot of strikes, he didn’t walk guys, and we played defense behind him,” Stadelmeir said. “In the second game, Stutzman was throwing strikes, but I thought he had a little bad luck. We had a couple of errors, but some of those (hits) were just baseball, where the ball finds a hole.” Walters scored Twin Falls’ only run of the game on a passed ball in the sixth. Tai Walker had two hits a walk in game two. Six Blackfoot players had multi-hit games, led by Isaiah Thomas, who went (3-for-4). Twin Falls will be back in action next on Monday for a home doubleheader against Pocatello. Then, on June 20, they’ll begin a tournament in Omaha, Nebraska and attend the College World Series. Thursday, at Burley Burley 10, Wendell 2, 5 inn.: Kody Condie went (3-for-3) with a pair of doubles for Burley and added an RBI and scored a run. He also pitched a one-hit complete game.

briefly during the elevator ride, and as she walked off, I said: “Maybe I’ll see you on the ice after the game.” And she replied emphatically: “You WILL.” Laila knew her Blues would win the Cup that night — even more miraculous, she was there to see it. “I never doubted the boys,” she said from the ice, following the 4-1 win against the Bruins.

“Never. Even when they were in last place, I still thought there was a chance.” The Blues’ own inspirational story has been fueled by Laila, who has befriended Colton Parayko, Alexander Steen, Patrick Maroon and others, as she battles HLM, a rare condition that attacks the immune system. She had a bone-marrow transplant this past winter and endured chemotherapy. And she

still beams with optimism and enthusiasm. She’s the coolest kid in town. “What she has to go through every single day is a lot tougher than what we have to do,” said Maroon, the Blues forward and St. Louis native. She was confined to her home and the hospital for months this spring. The first time the doctors Please see BLUES, Page B2

After winning 64 straight games, prolific scorer named Idaho’s top girls soccer player MICHAEL LYCKLAMA

Idaho Statesman‌

Bishop Kelly senior Lauren ‌ Elwer already owns two 4A girls soccer state player of the year awards. She added an even more exclusive honor to her trophy case Thursday with the Gatorade Idaho Girls Soccer Player of the Year award, which is given to the state’s top player regardless of classification. The 5-foot-7 senior forward led Bishop Kelly to a perfect season (22-0-0) last fall, stretching the Knights’ winning streak to 64 consecutive games. Elwer had a hand in all of them and lit up the scoreboard as a senior, scoring 48 goals and adding 15 assists

to lead Bishop Kelly to its third straight 4A state title. The Knights outscored their opponents 142-14 on the season for a goal differential of plus-128. “Lauren knows how to score, and she is fast,” Columbia coach Sam Duke said in a news release. “She reads the game very well in terms of where she needs to be in order to score.” Elwer, one of three triplets on the Bishop Kelly girls soccer team, has signed to play next season at Gonzaga. She competed in the high school All-American game in December, and TopDrawerSoccer.com rated her the

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Bishop Kelly senior forward Lauren Elwer was chosen as the Gatorade Please see SOCCER, Page B2 Idaho Girls Soccer Player of the Year.

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College rodeo glance ‌CASPER — The College National Finals Rodeo continued Thursday in Casper, Wyoming. The CSI women’s team sits in second place in the team standings with 230 points. The CSI men ended Thursday’s competition in 19th place out of 53 teams with 145 points. The College of Southern Idaho’s Bronc Mariott received a no score in the third go of bareback riding. CSI’s Daniel Eary also received a no score in the third go of steer wrestling. The fourth and final round of the third go will begin Friday at 7 p.m. All of the action is available to watch online on ESPN3 or ESPN+

Hailey hosts Wood River Volleyball Camp‌ HAILEY — Expert coaches with extensive college coaching experience will present the Wood River Volleyball Camp Monday to Wednesday at the Community Campus, 1050 Fox Acres Road, Hailey. Mike Welch, former USA Youth National Team head coach and 17-year veteran NCAA Division I and II college head coach, will lead sessions. Keisha Fisher, former assistant coach at Idaho State University and team captain at the University of Utah, will also work with attending volleyball players. The camp will have a positive atmosphere and proven curriculum with expert skills instruction, position training, game scenarios and competitions for players in fifth through 12th grade. Learn and improve your game in a fun new way using the exclusive Meme and Do TM. Court-side visual volleyball memes, video, speed radar and other technology will help players improve visually. To register, email mike@peakvolleyball.com or go to peakvolleyballcamps.com/. For more information, go to peakvolleyballcamps.com/indoor-wood-river-idaho.

Pickleball classes available next week‌ TWIN FALLS — If you want to learn how to play pickleball, Twin Falls Parks and Recreation will offer classes next week. The first class will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, the second from 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday. Paddles and balls will be available. The cost is $15. To register, call 208-736-2265.

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Maximum Security to race for 1st time since Kentucky Derby ‌OCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) — Maximum Security is heading back to the races. The colt, who two months ago crossed the finish line first in the Kentucky Derby only to be disqualified, was among six 3-year-olds entered Thursday for the $150,000 Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park on Sunday. “The horse had a really good day today and I don’t see a reason why we shouldn’t run,” trainer Jason Servis said of the 1 1/16-mile race. Maximum Security drew the No. 2 post position and was made the overwhelming 1-2 favorite. Luis Saez is back in the saddle. Trainer Todd Pletcher entered two colts who will flank Maximum Security. Second choice King for a Day, the winner of the Sir Barton, will start from the No. 3 post position, with Joe Bravo

let her go somewhere, it was to a Blues playoff game. She became an instant celebrity, locally and across the hockey world. The first time she was allowed to fly? To Game 7 in Boston. And after the game, on the ice, the champion Parayko skated over with the big chalice and got on one knee, to be on Laila’s level. “Laila called me right after kissing the Cup with Colton,” said her father, Scott Anderson, who was on a business trip in Iowa and Minnesota. “On Jan. 18, Colton visited Laila in the hospital right before All-Star break and during the winning streak. He said to Laila, ‘I hope to see you at some games this year.’ I said, ‘Well, if you make it to the Stanley Cup Final, Laila might be able to go — no pressure.” He said with a

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define Golden State’s transformation into a dynasty the past five seasons. This time, the Warriors were wounded. Golden State already was down two-time reigning NBA Finals MVP Kevin Durant, who had surgery Wednesday for a ruptured right Achilles tendon. Then, the Warriors lost Thompson — and they couldn’t overcome just one more heartbreaking injury. This thrilling back-and-forth game featured 18 lead changes, nine ties and neither team going ahead by more than nine points. Curry scored 21 points but shot just 6-for-17 and went 3 of 11 on 3s. Iguodala added 22 for his biggest game this postseason as the Warriors did everything until the very last moment to leave a lasting legacy at Oracle. Thompson provided his own dramatic memory. He injured his knee when fouled by Danny

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the great man himself,’” Rose said. He lightly pumped his fist, partly for the record, mainly for the best start. Fowler had to settle for a 66, tied with Aaron Wise and two others who had big finishes. Xander Schauffele caught a break when his tee shot on the 18th caromed off the rock edge of the left fairway, setting up a 12-foot eagle. Louis Oosthuizen finished on No. 9 by holing a bunker shot for a birdie. It felt almost as good as the wedge he holed from 95 yards for eagle on No. 11. Woods took advantage of the scoring holes with three birdies, but there was one blunder — a tee shot he hooked on the par-3 fifth that smacked off the cart path into gnarly, deep grass some 20 yards behind the edge of the bleachers. He blasted that out beyond the green and made double bogey. After two straight birdies, he finished with 11 straight pars for a 70. “Pebble Beach, you have the first seven to get it going, and after that it’s a fight,” Woods said. “I proved that today. I was trying to just hang in there today. Rosey proved the golf course could be had.”

listed to ride. Last Judgement has the inside post position and is listed at 6-1 in the morning line. No rider was announced. Also entered in post-posi-

tion order are Identifier, Paco Lopez, 6-1; Direct Order, Nik Juarez, 12-1; and Caladan, Jeremy Rose, 15-1. Servis was not sure earlier this week whether to run

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Maximum Security, ridden by exercise rider Edelberto Rivas, gallops during a workout at Monmouth Park, Thursday morning, June 13, 2019, in Oceanport, N.J. Maximum Security will make his next start in Sunday’s $150,000 Pegasus Stakes horse race at the track. (Bill Denver/EQUI-PHOTO via AP)

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GOLF ‌PGA Tour FedEx Cup Leaders Through June 9

Points Money‌ 1. Matt Kuchar 2,232 $5,993,739 2. Rory McIlroy 2,112 $6,700,659 3. Brooks Koepka 1,863 $5,923,316 4. Xander Schauffele 1,670 $4,792,299 5. Dustin Johnson 1,611 $5,239,396 6. Patrick Cantlay 1,565 $4,533,390 7. Paul Casey 1,398 $3,575,536 8. Rickie Fowler 1,272 $3,376,230 9. Gary Woodland 1,189 $3,306,461 10. Justin Rose 1,161 $3,240,556 11. Marc Leishman 1,160 $3,048,854 12. Jon Rahm 1,136 $3,075,538 13. Justin Thomas 1,103 $2,824,557 14. Charles Howell III 1,100 $2,640,302 15. Adam Scott 1,010 $3,014,154 16. Tony Finau 1,010 $2,993,259 17. Ryan Palmer 998 $2,649,926 18. Sung Kang 978 $2,713,772 19. Kevin Kisner 970 $2,732,704 20. Tiger Woods 960 $3,041,317 21. Scott Piercy 951 $2,469,813 22. Francesco Molinari 925 $3,070,507 23. Webb Simpson 919 $2,475,286 24. Corey Conners 891 $2,361,542 25. Phil Mickelson 889 $2,313,230 26. C.T. Pan 873 $2,135,373 27. Sungjae Im 866 $2,164,282 28. Keith Mitchell 861 $2,275,372 29. Bryson DeChambeau 853 $2,205,989 30. Kevin Na 802 $2,170,382 31. Jim Furyk 800 $2,429,835 32. Andrew Putnam 792 $2,015,956 33. Brandt Snedeker 790 $2,080,301 34. Hideki Matsuyama 780 $2,148,165 35. J.B. Holmes 768 $1,951,854 36. Lucas Glover 761 $1,871,976 37. Kevin Tway 758 $1,714,225

MICHAEL DWYER, ASSOCIATED PRESS‌

Blues fan Laila Anderson, left, watches Colton Parayko lift the Stanley Cup while the team celebrated on the ice Wednesday in Boston. big smile, ‘I’ll see what we can do.’ Fast-forward to last night. …. “As a parent and hockey fan, it’s hard to describe my emotions and feelings. Seeing (the footage of) Laila kiss the Cup and raise with Colton, it’s one of the greatest moments of my life. I couldn’t

be more proud of Laila. Everything that she has been through these last two years, unbelievable. She is my rock, my hero.” Scott Anderson is a hockey lifer. He grew up in Minnesota. Said he could skate before he could walk. “I’ve played hockey my

Green on a drive at the 2:22 mark of the third, was helped off the court and walked partially down a tunnel toward the locker room, then — shockingly — re-emerged to shoot his free throws before going out again at 2:19. He didn’t return and left the arena on crutches. In their best Bay Area version of Jurassic Park — Toronto’s jam-packed gathering spot to cheer the Raptors — hundreds of red-clad fans stayed long after the game ended to watch the Larry O’Brien trophy ceremony. They waved the Maple Leaf and sang “O Canada” just as they did here after winning previously this series. Lowry’s hot start was almost fitting. It was the Toronto guard who got shoved on the sideline in Game 3 by Warriors minority owner Mark Stevens, now banned by the league and team for a year. The Raptors, in their 24th season of existence, rallied from two games down to beat the Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern Conference finals then took down the mighty Warriors

on their home floor to deny Golden State a three-peat. Raptors coach Nick Nurse knew minimizing turnovers would be key, along with knocking down more 3-pointers after going 8-for-32 on 3s in a 106-105 Game 5 defeat as the Warriors staved off elimination Monday in Toronto. The Raptors hit 5 of their first 6 from long range and finished 13 of 33 and converted 23 of 29 free throws. Curry and these Warriors never, ever count themselves out. Yet down 3-1 in their fifth straight NBA Finals, they didn’t have the health it took to win the past two titles and three of the past four against LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers.

38. Jason Day 39. Jason Kokrak 40. Max Homa 41. Si Woo Kim 42. Joel Dahmen 43. Tommy Fleetwood 44. Adam Hadwin 45. Graeme McDowell 46. Emiliano Grillo 47. Adam Long 48. Rafa Cabrera Bello 49. Cameron Champ 50. Chez Reavie 51. Sergio Garcia 52. Ian Poulter 53. Billy Horschel 54. Ryan Moore 55. Danny Lee 56. Rory Sabbatini 57. Charley Hoffman 58. Louis Oosthuizen 59. Matt Every 60. Abraham Ancer 61. Kiradech Aphibarnrat 62. Jhonattan Vegas 63. Kevin Streelman 64. Michael Thompson 65. Shane Lowry 66. Jordan Spieth 67. Luke List 68. Branden Grace 69. Bubba Watson 70. Patrick Rodgers 71. Chesson Hadley 72. Keegan Bradley 73. J.T. Poston 74. Brian Stuard 75. Aaron Baddeley 76. Patrick Reed 77. Cameron Smith 78. Harold Varner III 79. Talor Gooch 80. Brian Gay 81. Tyrrell Hatton 82. Vaughn Taylor

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Raptors: Leonard scored 732 points this postseason and on Thursday passed Allen Iverson (723) for fourth place and Hakeem Olajuwon (725) for third on the NBA’s single-postseason scoring list. James is second with 748 accomplished last year behind

Russell Knox 395 $1,014,367 Adam Schenk 395 $914,453 Sam Burns 393 $889,374 Byeong Hun An 386 $1,097,375 J.J. Spaun 385 $989,470 Mackenzie Hughes 384 $851,410 Bud Cauley 383 $919,600 Scott Stallings 381 $945,969 Kyoung-Hoon Lee 379 $896,238 Sam Ryder 379 $917,253 Scott Brown 376 $860,483 Henrik Stenson 371 $931,055 Ryan Armour 370 $808,396 Jonas Blixt 361 $782,686 Peter Malnati 357 $736,959 Martin Trainer 354 $692,155 Pat Perez 352 $1,056,790 Matt Jones 348 $803,262 Aaron Wise 341 $879,925 Nick Watney 339 $731,829 Patton Kizzire 333 $854,847 Troy Merritt 324 $753,310 Peter Uihlein 321 $780,481 Chris Stroud 320 $752,052 Nick Taylor 315 $693,107 Richy Werenski 309 $737,824 Carlos Ortiz 296 $745,292 Denny McCarthy 295 $659,452 Kyle Stanley 294 $757,870 Austin Cook 286 $659,520 Wyndham Clark 283 $608,649 Roger Sloan 280 $573,369 Sebastian Munoz 277 $681,284 Jason Dufner 276 $808,270 Cameron Tringale 275 $631,567 Seamus Power 272 $698,309 Daniel Berger 265 $554,065 Ryan Blaum 265 $630,363 Brice Garnett 264 $612,260 Hank Lebioda 261 $590,195 Trey Mullinax 260 $536,694 Scott Langley 258 $599,204 Danny Willett 257 $606,203 Martin Kaymer 253 $798,689 Jonathan Byrd 251 $483,662

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Zach Johnson Dominic Bozzelli Brian Harman Harris English Hudson Swafford Beau Hossler Shawn Stefani Roberto Castro Alex Noren Martin Laird Kelly Kraft Bronson Burgoon Joaquin Niemann Nate Lashley Stephan Jaeger Robert Streb Jim Knous Jimmy Walker Kramer Hickok Bill Haas Dylan Frittelli Johnson Wagner Julian Etulain

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Maximum Security. However, bloodwork showed no problems. “Maybe I was over-reading things a little too much, trying to be overly cautious,” said Servis, who had the colt gallop 1 1/8 miles on Wednesday. “He’s acting really good and training good and his bloodwork came back good.” Owned by Gary and Mary West, Maximum Security has finished first in all five of his lifetime starts. He finished 1¾ lengths in front of Country House in the Kentucky Derby on May 4 but was disqualified by Churchill Downs stewards for interference. He was placed 17th. It marked the first time in the 145-year history of the Derby that the first-place finisher was disqualified for interference. The Wests are challenging the decision in federal court.

whole life,” he said. “I started taking Laila to Blues games at an early age and she fell in love with it. We started going to games two hours early so she could sit by the bench and give high-fives and knuckle the players as they came out for warmups. It was amazing to sit back and watch.” On the ice in Boston, Blues players came up to Laila with their cellphones. They wanted selfies with her. Laila’s mother, Heather, watched with watery eyes. I asked Laila during a quiet moment on the ice: Do you realize how many people you inspire? “It’s slowly sinking in,” said the 11-year-old, who has her own bobblehead coming out. “Coming to Boston, I was a little bit nervous how the fans would react to me, but they actually couldn’t be nicer.” Maroon then spotted Laila. “Come here, precious,” he said with a wide smile, and the two St. Louis heroes hugged.

Michael Jordan’s 759 points in 1992. ... Toronto 9-16 all-time at Oracle Arena but 4-0 overall this season. Warriors: Thompson 374 career postseason 3s passed James (370) for third place on the NBA’s all-time playoff list, trailing only Curry (470) and Ray Allen (385). ... Thompson notched his second 30-point performance this postseason, 13th of his career and fourth in a finals game despite not playing the entire fourth quarter.

For Oakland‌

A gold rally towel read FOR OAK on one line and LAND on the next with the K and D lined up in white — a clever way to also pay tribute to Durant with his initials “KD.” Coach Steve Kerr narrated a pregame tribute to Oracle’s legacy on the big screen. In the 2,070th game at Oracle, the Warriors sold out their 343rd consecutive game and said farewell at last to the place they called home for 47 years.

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TRANSACTIONS ‌BASEBALL

‌American League MINNESOTA TWINS — Recalled RHP Fernando Romero from Rochester (IL). Optioned RHP Ryan Eades to Rochester. NEW YORK YANKEES — Placed 1B-DH Kendrys Morales on the 10-day IL, retroactive to June 12. Recalled LHP Nestor Cortes Jr. and OF Mike Tauchman from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). N ‌ ational League LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Activated INF Matt Beaty from the 10-day IL. Placed INF Corey Seager on the 10-day IL, retroactive to June 12. ‌American Association LINCOLN SALTDOGS — Released OF Colton Burns. SIOUX CITY EXPLORERS — Released RHP Zach

Jemiola.

‌BASKETBALL ‌Women’s National Basketball Association

DALLAS WINGS — Re-signed F-C Megan Gustafson.

‌FOOTBALL

‌NFL INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Agreed to terms with CB Kenny Moore II on a four-year contract extension. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed S Mike Edwards. WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Promoted Cole Spencer and David Whittington to national scouts and Matt Evans to college scout-Southeast region. Named Harrison Ritcher college scout-Southwest region; Peter Picerelli and Ron Rose college scouts-Northeast region; Connor Barringer football strategy analyst and Tyler Claytor a scouting assistant.

‌HOCKEY

‌AHL ROCHESTER AMERICANS — Agreed to terms with F Kevin Porter on a one-year contract.

‌SOCCER

‌National Women’s Soccer League WASHINGTON SPIRIT — Signed M Grace Cutler to a National Team replacement contract.

‌COLLEGE

FLORIDA GULF COAST — Promoted Ali Rogers to women’s assistant soccer coach. Named Shannon Murphy women’s assistant basketball coach. WASHINGTON — Named Elliott Cribby associate head baseball coach, pitching Coach and M 1 recruiting coordinator.

MLB/WORLD CUP

Times-News

AMERICAN LEAGUE

NATIONAL LEAGUE

East W L Pct GB‌ New York 41 25 .621 — Tampa Bay 41 27 .603 1 Boston 35 34 .507 7½ Toronto 24 43 .358 17½ Baltimore 21 46 .313 20½ Central W L Pct GB‌ Minnesota 45 22 .672 — Cleveland 34 33 .507 11 Chicago 32 34 .485 12½ Detroit 25 39 .391 18½ Kansas City 21 46 .313 24 West W L Pct GB‌ Houston 46 23 .667 — Texas 36 31 .537 9 Oakland 35 34 .507 11 Los Angeles 34 35 .492 12 Seattle 29 43 .403 18½

East Atlanta Philadelphia New York Washington Miami Central Milwaukee Chicago St. Louis Cincinnati Pittsburgh West

Wednesday’s results Oakland 6, Tampa Bay 2 Cincinnati 7, Cleveland 2 Boston 4, Texas 3 Toronto 8, Baltimore 6 Milwaukee 6, Houston 3 (14) Seattle 9, Minnesota 6 (10) Detroit 3, Kansas City 2

Wednesday’s results Cincinnati 7, Cleveland 2 Chicago Cubs 10, Colorado 1 Arizona 2, Philadelphia 0 Miami 9, St. Louis 0 Atlanta 8, Pittsburgh 7 (11) Milwaukee 6, Houston 3 (14) San Francisco 4, San Diego 2

Thursday’s results Minnesota 10, Seattle 5 L.A. Angels 5, Tampa Bay 3 Toronto at Baltimore, (n) Texas at Boston, (n) Detroit vs. Kansas City at Omaha, Neb., (n) N.Y. Yankees at Chi. White Sox, (n)

Thursday’s results Atlanta 6, Pittsburgh 5 Arizona 5, Washington 0 St. Louis at N.Y. Mets, (n) San Diego at Colorado, (n) Chicago Cubs at L.A. Dodgers, (n)

Today’s games Boston (Rodriguez 6-4) at Baltimore (Cashner 6-2), 5:05 p.m. Cleveland (Plutko 2-1) at Detroit (TBD), 5:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (Heaney 0-1) at Tampa Bay (Snell 4-5), 5:10 p.m. Texas (TBD) at Cincinnati (Mahle 2-6), 5:10 p.m. Kansas City (Keller 3-8) at Minnesota (Gibson 6-3), 6:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 3-3) at Chicago White Sox (Giolito 9-1), 6:10 p.m. Toronto (Sanchez 3-7) at Houston (Cole 5-5), 6:10 p.m. Seattle (Gonzales 6-6) at Oakland (Bassitt 3-2), 7:37 p.m.

Friday, June 14, 2019 | B3

THURSDAY’S GAMES

AROUND THE MAJORS

W L Pct GB‌ 40 29 .580 — 38 30 .559 1½ 33 34 .493 6 31 37 .456 8 ½ 24 42 .364 14½ W L Pct GB‌ 39 29 .574 — 38 29 .567 ½ 33 33 .500 5 30 36 .455 8 30 38 .441 9 W L Pct GB‌

Dodgers’ Seager placed on IL

Los Angeles 45 23 .662 — Arizona 37 33 .528 9 Colorado 35 32 .522 9½ San Diego 33 35 .485 12 San Francisco 28 38 .424 16

Today’s games Arizona (Ray 5-3) at Washington (Scherzer 4-5), 7:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Brault 2-1) at Miami (Richards 3-6), 7:10 p.m. St. Louis (Ponce de Leon 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Matz 5-4), 7:10 p.m. Texas (TBD) at Cincinnati (Mahle 2-6), 7:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Pivetta 4-1) at Atlanta (Fried 7-3), 7:20 p.m. San Diego (Quantrill 1-2) at Colorado (Hoffman 1-3), 8:40 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 7-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Hill 3-1), 10:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Davies 7-0) at San Francisco (Pomeranz 1-6), 10:15 p.m.

STAT OF THE DAY

First baseman Kendrys Morales on Thursday became the 20th New York Yankees player to be placed on the injured list this season. He suffered a calf injury on Tuesday. The news came in the wake of word that slugger Giancarlo Stanton (biceps, shoulder, calf) next week could return to the team for the first time since March 31. — Associated Press

DAVID ZALUBOWSKI, ASSOCIATED PRESS‌

Padres baserunner Fernando Tatis Jr., left, looks to the umpire after sliding safely into second base with a double Thursday in Denver. Rockies second baseman Ryan McMahon applied the late tag during the first inning.

Braves sweep away Pirates ASSOCIATED PRESS

ATLANTA — Josh Donaldson drove in the tie-breaking run in Atlanta’s five-run fifth inning to win his rematch with Joe Musgrove, and the Braves beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-5 on Thursday to complete a four-game sweep. The Braves have won seven straight to pass Philadelphia for the NL East lead. The Phillies and Braves open a three-game series tonight. Julio Teheran allowed two runs, one earned, in six innings. He has allowed no more than one earned run in his past eight starts. Luke Jackson gave up Starling Marte’s run-scoring single in the ninth before recovering for his 10th save in 15 chances. Marte’s single past shortstop Dansby Swanson drove in Bryan Reynolds, who doubled and advanced to third on catcher Brian McCann’s passed ball. The Pirates have lost seven straight after failing to hold an early 2-1 lead against Teheran in

this one. Musgrove struck out Donaldson in the first inning. It was their first meeting since Musgrove hit Donaldson with a pitch on Monday night, igniting a confrontation that led to both players’ ejections. The short outing gave Musgrove the rare opportunity of making two starts in the same series. TWINS 10, MARINERS 5: Nelson Cruz homered and had three RBIs and utility infielder Ehire Adrianza’s hustle keyed a six-run sixth and host Minnesota topped Seattle. Cruz, who played for the Mariners from 2015-18 before joining Minnesota as a free agent, homered in the third and added a two-run single in the sixth when Adrianza helped key the rally. C.J. Cron hit his 15th homer for the Twins, who lead the majors with 132. Jorge Polanco’s single in the sixth-inning rally gave him a career-high 14-game hitting streak, the longest active streak in the majors.

DIAMONDBACKS 5, NATIONALS 0: Zack Greinke took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and Arizona blanked host Washington. Alex Avila and Jarrod Dyson homered for Arizona, which has won seven of eight. Greinke pitched 7 1/3 innings, leaving after a 63-minute rain delay. The right-hander struck out three without a walk. He had faced the minimum when Trea Turner led off the seventh with a grounder between first and second. First baseman Christian Walker made a diving stop but was unable to get off a throw against the speedy Turner, who legged out an infield single. ANGELS 5, RAYS 3: Shohei Ohtani became the first Japanese player to hit for the cycle in the majors, scoring twice and knocking in three runs to lead Los Angeles over host Tampa Bay. It’s the eighth cycle — hitting a single, double, triple and home run — in team history. Albert Pujols also hit a home run for the Angels.

NOTES

BRIEFLY INJURED LIST: The Cubs placed reliever Carl Edwards Jr. (back strain) on the 10-day injured list. Others hitting the IL included Rays infielder Christian Arroyo (forearm tendinitis); Blue Jays reliever Elvis Luciano (right elbow strain); and Cardinals right-hander Ryan Helsley (right shoulder impingement). TRADES: Philadelphia acquired utilityman Brad Miller from the New York Yankees while Toronto acquired right-hander Nick Kingham from the Pirates. Each was acquired for cash. ORTIZ UPDATE: Tiffany Ortiz, the wife of former Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz, said he remains in guarded condition at a Boston hospital and “continues to heal and make progress” following his shooting Sunday night in his native Dominican Republic. — Wire reports

STANDINGS

Teams’ inequities readily apparent PARIS — The United States’ 13-0 rout of Thailand did more than expose vast differences between two teams, it highlighted the overall inequality in the Women’s World Cup field. Players for the defending champion U.S. team enjoy using nutritionists and massage therapists, access to top-level training facilities and play an array of exhibition games against world-class competition. Thailand struggles for a large enough player pool to draw on for talent. They play a limited number of friendlies against quality opponents, and players need jobs outside of soccer to make ends meet. “There are some teams here that, since the last World Cup, have only played a handful of games, or only the qualifiers,” U.S. star Megan Rapinoe said. “It’s embarrassing for the federations and for FIFA as well.” So while well-supported teams such as the U.S., France and England legitimately can say they’re contending for a title, others must make do with moral victories. FIFA, soccer’s governing body, has been criticized for neglecting the women’s game, and some member federations have not used FIFA funds for their women’s programs, preferring instead to funnel money to developing young male players. FIFA insists it has begun to address the issue with a Global Women’s Football Strategy, which seeks to double participation in the sport. BRIEFLY BRAZIL: Formiga, the oldest player in the tournament at 41, took her second yellow card during her team’s 3-2 loss to Australia on Thursday in Paris. She will have to sit out her team’s final group match against Italy. — Associated Press M 1

LOS ANGELES — The NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers have placed shortstop Corey Seager on the injured list with a left hamstring strain. The move made Thursday is the result of Seager getting hurt in the ninth inning of a loss to the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday. The Dodgers said he had an MRI that revealed a strain less severe than initially feared. The injury came at a bad time for Seager, who had a season-high, nine-game hitting streak during which he was batting .459 with seven doubles, one home run and nine RBIs. For the season, the 25-year-old infielder is batting .278 with 21 doubles, eight homers and 38 RBIs. Seager missed most of last season following Tommy John and left hip surgeries.

GROUP A‌ ak-France Norway Nigeria South Korea

GROUP STAGE W L T GF GA Pts‌ 2 0 0 6 1 6 1 1 0 4 2 3 1 1 0 2 3 3 0 2 0 0 6 0

GROUP B‌ W L T GF GA Pts‌ ak-Germany 2 0 0 2 0 6 Spain 1 1 0 3 2 3 China 1 1 0 1 1 3 South Africa 0 2 0 1 4 0 GROUP C‌ W L T GF GA Pts‌ Brazil 1 1 0 5 3 3 Italy 1 0 0 2 1 3 Australia 1 1 0 4 4 3 Jamaica 0 1 0 0 3 0 GROUP D‌ England Japan Argentina Scotland

W L T GF GA Pts‌ 1 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0

GROUP E‌ W L T GF GA Pts‌ Canada 1 0 0 1 0 3 Netherlands 1 0 0 1 0 3 New Zealand 0 1 0 0 1 0 Cameroon 0 1 0 0 1 0

CLAUDE PARIS, ASSOCIATED PRESS‌

Australia’s Chloe Logarzo, top, celebrates with a teammate after a victory over Brazil in a Women’s World Cup Group C soccer match on Thursday at Stade de la Mosson in Montpellier, France.

Australia rallies, serves notice Matildas erase 2-0 deficit to upset Marta, Brazil ASSOCIATED PRESS

MONTPELLIER, France — Australian captain Sam Kerr said no one should doubt her squad’s resolve. An own goal gave her squad a wild 3-2 victory over Brazil in Group C play at the Women’s World Cup on Thursday. The Matildas rallied from a 2-0 deficit. Australia, just the second team to win a World Cup match after going down two goals, needed a good game after dropping its opener 2-1 to Italy. Brazil won its tournament opener against Jamaica 3-0 on Cristiane’s hat trick. “There were a lot of critics talking about us, but we’re back, so suck on that one,” Aussie captain Sam Kerr said in an interview televised on FOX after the match. “We don’t listen to the haters. I love these girls. They’re something else.

“From our reaction, you can see what it means to us. We knew we were a top 10 team. Now we’re back in it. And we sent a message to the rest of the world.” Marta, who sat out Brazil’s opening match with a left thigh injury, became the first player to score in five World Cups when she converted a penalty kick in the 27th minute. It was her record 16th career tournament goal. American Abby Wambach and Germany’s Birgit Prinz rank behind Marta on the World Cup goals list with 14 each. Cristiane scored a header to put the Brazilians up 2-0, but Caitlin Foord scored before the break to pull Australia within one. Chloe Logarzo’s shot from distance in the 58th minute tied it and then Australia went ahead on the own goal, an error by Monica that snapped the stalemate in the 66th minute. Kerr appeared to be offside on

the play, but the goal was awarded after video review, and the Brazilians fumed. It was the first loss in the group stage for the Brazilians since 1995, snapping a 16-match unbeaten streak. CHINA 1, SOUTH AFRICA 0: China is back on track following its win over South Africa in Paris. China evened itself with Spain for second place in Group B with three points and now focuses on its next match and the push to join group leader Germany in the last 16. Forward Li Ying put 1999 runner-up China ahead in the 40th minute with an opportunist effort. Meeting Zhang Rui’s right-wing cross, she got ahead of her marker and poked the ball into the bottom right corner. China lost 1-0 to two-time champion Germany in its opening match. South Africa was beaten 3-1 by Spain and now has two losses.

GROUP F‌ W L T GF GA Pts‌ United States 1 0 0 13 0 3 Sweden 1 0 0 2 0 3 Chile 0 1 0 0 2 0 Thailand 0 1 0 0 13 0 ak-advanced to knockout stage THURSDAY’S RESULTS Australia 3, Brazil 2 China 1, South Africa 0 KNOCKOUT STAGE June 22-25, single-elimination round of 16 QUARTERFINALS‌ • June 27-29 SEMIFINALS‌ • July 2-3 THIRD PLACE‌ July 6 • At Nice, France‌, semifinal losers CHAMPIONSHIP‌ ‌July 7 • At Lyon, France‌, semifinal winners

UPCOMING GAMES Today

Saturday

At Rennes Japan vs. Scotland 7 a.m.

At Valenciennes Netherlands vs. Cameroon 7 a.m.

At Reims Jamaica vs. Italy 10 a.m.

At Grenoble Canada vs. New Zealand 1 p.m.

At Le Havre England vs. Argentina 1 p.m.

SPORTS

| FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2019

TIMES-NEWS

BASEBALL

MEET THE TEAMS A look at the eight teams competing in the College World Series, which starts Saturday ERIC OLSON | Associated Press

MICHIGAN (46-20)

Christan Bullock  Coach: Erik Bakich (255-160, 7 seasons at Michigan; 327-258, 10 seasons overall)  2019 record vs. CWS teams: 0-4  Last CWS appearance: 1984  All-time record in CWS: 12-12 in seven appearances  Meet the Wolverines: C Joe Donovan (.245, 8 HRs, 36 RBIs), 1B Jimmy Kerr (.269, 12, 56), 2B Ako Thomas (.262, 2, 28), SS Jack Blomgren (.309, 3, 47), 3B Blake Nelson (.299, 1, 35), LF Christan Bullock (.296, 2, 14), CF Jesse Franklin (.254, 12, 49), RF Jordan Brewer (.338, 12, 55), DH Jordan Nwogu (.327, 12, 43). Starting pitchers: RHP Karl Kauffmann (10-6, 2.59 ERA), LHP Tommy Henry (10-5, 3.54), RHP Jeff Criswell (7-1, 2.74). RelievASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOS ers: RHP Isaiah Paige (3-0, 2.98), RHP Willie Weiss (2-2, 3.08, 9 saves), LHP Benjamin Keizer (4-1 4.01), RHP Jack Weisenburger (3-1, 4.25), LHP Walker Cleveland (5-3, 4.34)  Short hops: Wolverines were among last four teams awarded an at-large bid for the 64-team NCAA Tournament. ... Won national titles in 1953 and 1962. ... Barry Larkin-led 1984 team went 0-2 in Omaha. ... First Big Ten team to reach CWS since Indiana in 2013. ... Kauffmann has allowed two earned runs in 17 tournament innings. ... Henry is team’s highest draft pick, going to Arizona No. 74 overall. ... Team’s .264 batting average in regionals and super regionals is lowest among CWS

TEXAS TECH (44-18)

Caleb Kilian

 Coach: Tim Tadlock (283-150, 7 seasons at Texas Tech; 718-276, 21 seasons overall)  2019 record vs. CWS teams: 3-1  Last CWS appearance: 2018  All-time record in CWS: 2-6 in three appearances  Meet the Red Raiders: C Braxton Fulford (.292, 4 HRs, 33 RBIs), 1B Cameron Warren (.354, 17, 76), 2B Brian Klein (.317, 1, 54), SS Josh Jung (.342, 14, 56), 3B Dru Baker (.326, 3, 23), LF Kurt Wilson (.243, 4, 16), CF Dylan Neuse (.307, 8, 51), RF Gabe Holt (.320, 3, 35), DH Cody Masters (.303, 5, 27) or Cole Stilwell (.270, 3, 22). Starting pitchers: RHP Micah Dallas (7-0, 3.38 ERA), RHP Caleb Kilian (83, 3.93), RHP Bryce Bonnin (6-1, 4.42). Relievers: John McMillon (3-3, 3.30), Dane Haveman (2-1, 2.57), Connor Queen (4-0, 1.20), Clayton Beeter (0-3, 3.20, 8 saves), Taylor Floyd (5-3, 2.81)  Short hops: Jung was No. 8 overall draft pick by Rangers. ... Warren’s 76 RBIs are most by any player in CWS. ... Red Raiders have won 21 of last 26 games. ... They’ve turned 65 double plays to rank second in the nation. ... Homered in all six tournament games.

teams.

CJ Van Eyk

LOUISVILLE (49-16)

Henry Davis  Coach: Dan McDonnell (603-238, 13 seasons at Louisville and overall)  2019 record vs. CWS teams: 2-2  Last CWS appearance: 2017  All-time record in CWS: 2-8 in 4 appearances  Meet the Cardinals: C Zeke Pinkham (.320, 1 HR, 16 RBIs) or Henry Davis (.283, 3, 22), 1B Logan Wyatt (.291, 9, 53), 2B Justin Lavey (.298, 3, 31), SS Tyler Fitzgerald (.324, 7, 64), 3B Alex Binelas (.307, 14, 59), LF Jake Snider (.289, 1, 34), CF Lucas Dunn (.309, 1, 24), RF Drew Campbell (.297, 2, 36), DH Danny Oriente (.330, 1, 48). Starting pitchers: LHP Reid Detmers (124, 2.85 ERA), LHP Nick Bennett (7-3, 4.40), RHP Bobby Miller (7-1, 3.91). Relievers: RHP Michael McAvene (20, 2.67, 7 saves), LHP Michael Kirian (3-1, 1.53, 4 saves), LHP Adam Elliott (2-2, 2.64), RHP Bryan Hoeing (3-3, 2.70), RHP Luke Smith (6-0, 4.37)  Short hops: Fitzgerald and Snider are the only players who were on the Cardinals’ 2017 CWS team. ... McDonnell has averaged 46 wins per season in 13 years. ... Batting .320 in seven tournament games. ... Outscored East Carolina 26-1 in two super regional games. ... Five players taken in first seven rounds of draft, led by Wyatt going in the second round to Giants. ... ACC pitcher of the year Detmers’ 162 strikeouts is second nationally and a school record.

VANDERBILT (54-11)

Kumar Rocker  Coach: Tim Corbin (735-353-1, 17 seasons at Vanderbilt; 841-491-1, 22 seasons overall)  2019 record vs. CWS teams: 8-1  Last CWS appearance: 2015  All-time record in CWS: 11-6 in 3 appearances, won 2014 national title)  Meet the Commodores: C Philip Clarke (.303, 8 HRs, 68 RBIs), 1B Julian Infante (.246, 12, 39), 2B Harrison Ray (.282, 2, 36), SS Ethan Paul (.323, 9, 71), 3B Austin Martin (.410, 8, 42), LF Stephen Scott (.339, 12, 55), CF Pat DeMarco (.293, 6, 46), RF JJ Bleday (.350, 26, 69), DH Ty Duvall (.294, 5, 41). Starting pitchers: RHP Drake Fellows (12-1, 4.15 ERA), RHP Kumar Rocker (10-5, 3.50), RHP Mason Hickman (80, 2.23), RHP Patrick Raby (10-1, 2.82). Relievers: LHP Zach King (0-2, 5.97), RHP Tyler Brown (3-1, 2.59, 14 saves), RHP Ethan Smith (4-0, 3.27), LHP Hugh Fisher (2-0, 4.41), LHP Jake Eder (1-0, 2.88)  Short hops: An SEC record-tying 13 players were drafted, led by Bleday, the No. 4 overall pick by the Marlins. ... Rocker struck out 19 while throwing first no-hitter of the 20-year super regional era against Duke in Game 2 of super regional. ... Matched program record with 54 wins. ... Winners in 30 of last 32 games. ... Raby’s 32 career wins are school record. ... Martin’s .410 batting average is highest among players in the CWS field. ... Team is first in SEC in average (.318), slugging (.525), on-base percentage (.418) and scoring (8.5 rpg).

FLORIDA STATE (41-21)

 Coach: Mike Martin (2,028-734-4, 40 seasons at Florida State and overall)  2019 record vs. CWS teams: 1-2  Last CWS appearance: 2017  All-time record in CWS: 29-44 in 22 appearances  Meet the Seminoles: C Matheu Nelson (.277, 6 HRs, 29 RBIs), 1B Carter Smith (.247, 2, 10), 2B Nander De Sedas (.241, 4, 31), SS Mike Salvatore (.341, 7, 51), 3B Drew Mendoza (.319, 16, 56), LF Tim Becker (.286, 13, 26), CF J.C. Flowers (.271, 13, 53), RF Reese Albert (.299, 9, 35), DH Robby Martin (.332, 4, 54). Starting pitchers: LHP Drew Parrish (8-5, 5.11 ERA), RHP CJ Van Eyk (10-3, 3.80), RHP Conor Grady (9-5, 3.64). Relievers: RHP Chase Haney (2-2, 2.73), LHP Antonio Velez (5-2, 4.26), RHP J.C. Flowers (0-0, 1.40, 12 saves), LHP Clayton Kwiatkowski (0-0, 4.00), LHP Jonah Scolaro (3-2, 5.00)  Short hops: Martin makes his 17th CWS appearance in his final season before retirement and will be looking for his first national championship. ... Seminoles have won at least 40 games in each of Martin’s years. ... Four players drafted in first nine

ARKANSAS (46-18)

Jack Kenley  Coach: Dave Van Horn (689-382, 17 seasons at Arkansas; 1,274-623, 31 seasons overall)  2019 record vs. CWS teams: 6-3  Last CWS appearance: 2018  All-time record in CWS: 15-18 in 9 appearances  Meet the Razorbacks: C Casey Opitz (.246, 3 HRs, 33 RBIs), 1B Trevor Ezell (.333, 10, 49), 2B Jack Kenley (.319, 13, 53), SS Casey Martin (.288, 15, 56), 3B Jacob Nesbit (.262, 3, 42), LF Christian Franklin (.263, 6, 34), CF Dominic Fletcher (.317, 11, 61), RF Heston Kjerstad (.329, 16, 50), DH Matt Goodheart (.354, 5, 46). Starting pitchers: RHP Isaiah Campbell (12-1, 2.26 ERA), RHP Connor Noland (3-5, 4.00), LHP Patrick Wicklander (6-2, 4.32). Relievers: LHP Matt Cronin (1-0, 1.93, 12 saves), RHP Kole Ramage (7-1, 5.25), RHP Marshall Denton (2-0, 4.50), RHP Cody Scroggins (3-0, 3.80), RHP Kevin Kopps (6-3, 3.66), RHP Jacob Kostyshock (1-3, 2.70)  Short hops: Razorbacks in CWS in back-to-back years for first time. ... They missed winning first national championship last year when they failed to catch a foul ball with two outs in the ninth inning of Game 2 of the finals against Oregon State.

Opening games The College World Series will be played at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska Sunday Saturday  Noon: Michigan vs. Texas Tech  Noon: Louisville vs. Vanderbilt  5 p.m.: Florida State vs. Arkansas  5:30 p.m.: Mississippi State vs. Auburn

AUBURN (38-26)

Rankin Woley  Coach: Butch Thompson (141-108, 4 seasons at Auburn; 180-120, 5 seasons overall)  2019 record vs. CWS teams: 2-8  Last CWS appearance: 1997  All-time record in CWS: 3-8 in four appearances  Meet the Tigers: C Matt Scheffler (.256, 2 HRs, 28 RBIs), 1B Rankin Woley (.282, 3, 45), 2B Ryan Bliss (.283, 3, 37), SS Will Holland (.249, 9, 32), 3B Edouard Julien (.248, 9, 54), LF Judd Ward (.283, 5, 34), CF Kason Howell (.261, 0, 27), RF Steven Williams (.241, 9, 36), DH Conor Davis (.287, 7, 34). Starting pitchers: LHP Jack Owen (42, 2.83 ERA), RHP Tanner Burns (4-3, 2.73), LHP Bailey Horn (4-1, 6.03). Relievers: RHP Ryan Watson (1-1, 5.08), LHP Elliott Anderson (7-2, 4.22), RHP Cody Greenhill (2-3, 3.49), RHP Richard Fitts (5-3, 5.49), LHP Brooks Fuller (2-2, 4.50), LHP Garrett Wade (3-0, 4.86)  Short hops: Has 36-plus wins in three straight seasons for the first time since 1999-2001. Thompson was the pitching coach at Mississippi State when the Bulldogs reached the 2013 CWS finals. ... Holland, going in fifth round to Twins, was highest of five draft picks. ... Only school in nation to win an FBS bowl game, reach the Sweet 16 in men’s basketball and make the CWS. ... Julien is first Auburn player with back-to-back 50 RBI seasons since 2009-10.

MISSISSIPPI STATE (51-13)

Peyton Plumlee  Coach: Chris Lemonis (51-13, 1st season at MSU; 192-104-2, 5 seasons overall)  2019 record vs. CWS teams: 3-5  Last CWS appearance: 2018  All-time record in CWS: 12-20 in 10 appearances  Meet the Bulldogs: C Dustin Skelton (.316, 10 HRs, 55 RBIs), 1B Tanner Allen (.348, 7, 64), 2B Justin Foscue (.338, 14, 59), SS Jordan Westburg (.299, 6, 61), 3B Marshall Gilbert (.317, 5, 16), LF Rowdey Jordan (.296, 6, 47), CF Jake Mangum (.355, 1, 39), RF Elijah MacNamee (.288, 7, 51), DH Josh Hatcher (.327, 3, 21). Starting pitchers: LHP Ethan Small (102, 1.76 ERA), RHP Peyton Plumlee (7-4, 3.67), RHP JT Ginn (8-4, 3.36). Relievers: RHP Colby White (3-1, 3.16), RHP Jared Liebelt (2-0, 2.79, 5 saves), RHP Cole Gordon (4-0, 3.76, 11 saves), RHP Brandon Smith (3-0, 3.93), RHP Riley Self (2-0, 4.81), LHP Trysten Barlow (3-1, 5.25)  Short hops: The Bulldogs are back under first-year coach Lemonis after making it to Omaha last year with interim coach Gary Henderson. ... Lemonis is winningest first-year coach in SEC history. ... Mangum’s 378 hits most on SEC career list and most among active NCAA players. ... Ten players drafted, with SEC pitcher of the year Small going to Brewers in first round. ... Posted 27 come-from-behind wins, including four in the NCAA Tournament.

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Snowmelt fills rivers in parched Southwest The Colorado River is expected to send more than 12 million acre-feet into Powell this year, 112% of average and a huge improvement over last year, when scant snow in the Rocky Mountains produced only 4.6 million acre-feet for the reservoir. An acre-foot, or 1,200 cubic meters, is enough to supply a typical U.S. family for a year.

DAN ELLIOTT

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‌DENVER — A welcome surge of melting snow is pouring out of the Rocky Mountains and into the drought-stricken rivers of the southwestern U.S., fending off a water shortage but threatening to push rivers over their banks. Last winter brought above-average snowfall to much of Colorado, Utah and Wyoming, so an abundance of snowmelt is rushing into the Colorado River, the Rio Grande and other waterways after a desperately dry 2018. “It couldn’t have come at a better time,” said Greg Smith, a hydrologist with Colorado Basin River Forecast Center, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “There’s this big sense of relief this year that we’ve kind of rebounded.” Colorado was blanketed by 134% of its normal snowfall last winter. Utah was even better, at 138%. Southwestern Wyoming received its average amount. That will put so much water into the Colorado River that Lake Powell, a giant reservoir downstream in Utah and Arizona, is expected to rise 50 feet this year, said Marlon Duke, a spokesman for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, which manages Powell and dozens of other reservoirs. The reservoir is rising so fast — 6 to 15 inches a day — that the National Park Service warned people to keep cars and boats at least 200 yards from the shoreline to keep them from being submerged overnight. The influx into Powell will allow the Bureau of Reclamation to send enough water downstream into Lake Mead in Arizona and Nevada to avoid a possible water shortage there. Arizona, California and Nevada rely heavily on the reservoir. Last year, the bureau predicted a better than 50% chance that Mead would fall so low that Arizona — which has the lowest-priority rights to the reservoir — would have to take a cut in its share in 2020. The shortage now might be put off until after 2021, Duke said. The Colorado River is expected to send more than 12 million acre-feet into Powell this year, 112% of average and a huge improvement over last year, when scant snow in the Rocky Mountains produced only

Becky Bolinger, Colora- drought is ending, another to drought and vulnerable to increasing frequency of do’s assistant state clima- will follow. “Our region is vulnerable drought,” she said. tologist, said that even if the

RICK BOWMER, ASSOCIATED PRESS‌

This Monday photo shows the Big Cottonwood Creek in the Big Cottonwood canyon near Salt Lake City. The summer’s melting snowpack is creating raging rivers that are running high, fast and icy cold. The state’s snowpack this winter was about 150% higher than the historical average and double the previous year, which was the driest on record dating back to 1874, said Brian McInerney, hydrologist for the National Weather Service in Salt Lake City. 4.6 million acre-feet for the reservoir. An acre-foot, or 1,200 cubic meters, is enough to supply a typical U.S. family for a year. The bureau expects to release 9 million acre-feet from Powell to Mead for the fifth consecutive year. The news is also good for the Rio Grande, which flows from Colorado through New Mexico and then along the Texas-Mexico border to the Gulf of Mexico. Elephant Butte, a massive reservoir on the Rio Grande in New Mexico, had dropped as low as 10% of capacity, but it could reach 30% this year, said Carolyn Donnelly, a water operations supervisor for the Bureau of Reclamation. “Given last year, which was really one of the lowest years on record, it’s been a complete turnaround,” she said. Besides replenishing reservoirs — a boon to cities and farms that depend on them — the surging rivers mean good rafting conditions, but some sections are so wild that guides are avoiding them. Last week, a rafting accident killed a 29-year-old man on Colorado’s Eagle River, and a 5-year-old boy had to be rescued from a river in a Salt Lake City suburb. A popular hike along a riverbed in Utah’s Zion Na-

tional Park has been closed since April 1 because of high water. It could be two weeks before water levels fall enough to make the trail safe, park spokeswoman Aly Baltrus said. Colorado authorities spent weeks clearing debris that threatened to clog streams around the small town of Lake City in the southwestern part of the state. Winter avalanches left behind dead trees and rubble that could have backed up the streams and then given way, sending a wall of water into the town, said Micki Trost of the state’s emergency management division. The National Weather Service issued alerts about potential flooding in several states but only a few local problems have been reported. Still, the risk could last for days because so much snow remains in the mountains after a cold May delayed the melt. Enough snow is left that the Snowbird ski resort in Utah and Arapahoe Basin and Aspen in Colorado are still open, at least on weekends. Weather and climate experts say it’s too early to declare the Southwest’s two-decade-long drought over because wet years sometimes provide temporary relief from prolonged dry spells.

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