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NewsMAY 29, 2012 EDITOR: KATIE ARDMORE | SCROLLNEWS@BYUI.EDU PAGE 9

Bicyclist hospitalized after collision

Abicyclist collided with

a car on Monday, May

22, at the intersection o

Seventh South and First

West.

Te victim, a middle-aged man

named Michael Groeseck, was riding

his bike west along Seventh South.

Stephanie Chapman, reshman, andLisa Ellison, sophomore, both studying

animal science saw the accident, and

Chapman called 9-1-1.

We saw this guy riding his bike

down the hill. He tried to put his brakes

on but was going too ast. His bike was

Emergency ofcials arrive at an accident scene where a blue Volkswagon Beetle hit a bicyclist on Seventh South. Medics took the victim to Madison County Hospital for treatment. Madison CountyHospital reported that he suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

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wiggling back and orth, Ellison said.

Te accident occurred around 5 p.m.He was on the right side by the right

mirror, Ellison said. He was hit by that

side o the car and was laying by the

wheel. He was spitting up blood. I think

he got hit in the stomach by the mirror.

Paramedics attended to Groeseck and

took him to Madison County Hospital

or treatment.

He looked like he was in shock. He

was pale white and looking around likehe didnt know what was going on,

Chapman said.

Shawn Barber, a senior studying

accounting, also witnessed the accident

while driving home with his wie

Megan Barber, a junior studying early

childhood special education.

[Groeseck] was going about as astas we were, maybe 35 miles an hour,

Shawn Barber

said. Te car was

stopped, waiting to

turn le. It turned

as the biker crossed

and hit him.

Groeseck was

obviously injured,

but he was conscious the whole timerom what we saw, Megan Barber said.

Heather Martin, a senior studying

nursing, and Bryan Wright, a junior

studying mechanical engineering,

arrived on the scene aer the accident

had occurred.

Te blue Volkswagon Beetle had

several dents on the passenger side

where Groeseck collided with it.You can see the dents in the car. Te

big dent above the mirror is where he

hit his head, Wright said.

Wright and Martin were watching

the victims bike until directed by

ofcials to ollow the ambulance.

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He was hit by the side ofthe car and was laying by thewheel. He was spitting up

blood.

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Idaho post ofces may change their schedules to ve days instead of six depending on the

Congress decision. The Rexburg Post Ofce is located on 140 South Center St.

US post ofces may change schedules

Mondays would be really hard

to manage because itd be double the

workload, Cole said.

Tey already take care o both

Sundays and Mondays mail in one day.

I they dont do deliveries on

Saturdays, this would add an extra days

work that needs to be completed on

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Idaho may be aected by the debate

between Congress and U.S. Postal

Service concerning a ve-day delivery

schedule and shortened hours or postal

services throughout the country.

Jerey Cole, Rexburg postmaster, said

Rexburg postal workers are striving to

save money and cutting their work week

back by a day could save billions across

the nation.

However, there would be a ew

problems with eliminating Saturday

deliveries. Cutting out Saturday

deliveries would be troublesome or

those who work on weekends.

Cole said they may give those people

a job to ll in or part time workers

during the week, so they wouldnt

have to worry too much about losing

their jobs. Te real problem would be

Mondays.

National Park Service to

waive admission fees

Yellowstone National Park will

waive its entrance ees on June 9,

along with all national parks across

the U.S.

Yellowstones entrance ee

is usually $25 or a private,

noncommercial vehicle, but anyone

will be able to enter the park or ree

on June 9.

However, additional utilities and

services, such as restaurants and inns

will still require a ee.

Tis is a national eort on behal

o the National Park Service. We do

a variety o entrance-ee ree days so

that people can learn, enjoy and be

inspired by their national parks, said

Al Nash, a Yellowstone spokesperson.

Tis isnt the only time that the

national park service will waive its

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park entrance ee.

Tere were 17 ree-admission

days planned or 2012. Te park

service recently held ree-admission

days during National Park Week

(April 21-29).

Tis ree admission usually takes

place on national holidays and this

one will take place on National Get

Outdoors Day.

Other ree-admission days will

occur on National Public Lands

Day (Sept. 29) and November 10-11

(Veterans Day weekend).

With Rexburg only an hour

and a hal away rom the worlds

largest collection o natural geysers,

Yellowstone could be a short trip or

students.

Depending upon a cars gas

mileage, the cost o admission is

about the same as the cost o gas to

get to Yellowstone.

Monday or post oces.

It would aect the community by

having people receive more mail on

Monday instead o Saturday.

Tere are varying opinions regarding

this proposed bill among students at

BYU-Idaho.

I would personally not mind that.

Some postal workers, not all, even work

six days a week. I think it would be ne

to let them have the whole weekend, said

Samuel Reyes, a senior studying art.

While Reyes would be in avor o the

shif, Samuel Winegar, a sophomore

studying health science, elt dierently

about the change.

I think that this is direct proo o the

mismanagement o the Postal Service by

the government by limiting USPSs ability

to be competitive, Winegar said. I they

do this, they need to lif the monopoly

on letters so that private companies can

compensate or this latest ailure o the

public sector.

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Apartment complexdisplaces residents

location to another lot, at the discretion

o the homeowner.

Te complex is currently seeking the

approval and advice o BYU-Idaho and

the city o Rexburg.

Considerations or each entity include

how much o the space will be available

or single students versus married

students, how much commercial space

there will be and how much additional

pedestrian and vehicle trac the new

building may bring.

Were trying to work with what the

university would like to see and what the

city would like to see and what we would

like to see, Sorensen said. Its a work in

progress.

Sorensen is confdent that the

complex will open in 2014.

Well probably roll out the complex

over several months, he said, with

buildings opening as they are completed.

It is also expected to have a lot o open

space and parking or about 45 percent

o its residents, since the buildings will

be in the pedestrian emphasis zone.

Tis zone is designed or students

who wont bring cars to Rexburg and

who will need to be within walking

distance o the university and shopping.

Its going to be an amazing place,

Sorensen said.

A new apartment complex, set to

open in 2014, is displacing several soon-

to-be empty homes near the BYU-Idaho

stadium, a company representative said.

It will have space or up to 1,078

residents, said Cory Sorensen, a

representative o the unnamed project.

Sorenson said that fgure is subject to

change, as the complex may make space

or light commercial use as well.

Well likely set aside some space or

retail or ood service, Sorenson said.

Tere will probably be a ew small

restaurants or stores, which will take up

some residence space.

Te space, which lies on First West

between First and Second South, is

currently occupied by private homes.

Most o these homes are empty, but a ew

residents still live on the block.

Te owners o these homes were

paid two to three times what their homes

were worth, Sorensen said. Tey were

happy to sell their homes to us or that

price.

Te people living on the block will

move as soon as theyve secured another

place to live, he said. Some o the homes

may even be moved rom their current

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Houses like this one on First West between First and Second South have been bought forconstruction of a new housing complex. Other homes on that street are also in line to be bought.

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BLM cracks downon illegal burning

ound some visitors burning old ence

posts, which le behind six-inch metal

spikes. Wheeler said debris like that are

dangerous to other people recreating on

the dunes.

Campres are allowed on the dunes

i they consist o clean materials within

campre rings.

People are

not allowed to

burn materials

that leave behind

debris, like pallets,

plastics, rubber,

treated timber

or household

urniture.

Long

encouraged people

to put out their

campres beore

leaving.

Covering the area with sand and

walking away while you still have hot

embers is not appropriate. We want

people to appreciate [the dunes] but also

respect them, Long said.

Individuals could ace nes o up to

$1,000 and/or spend up to one year in

jail or burning illegal campres on the

St. Anthony Sand Dunes, according to

the Bureau o Land Management (BLM).

In the past, illegal campre and pallet

burning were punished with a warning,

but now law enorcement ocials are

issuing citations.

We are becoming increasingly

concerned with the mess le behind

when people burn pallets, plastics

and other inappropriate materials,

said Jef Long, Idaho Falls district law

enorcement ocer. Im troubled that

people dont recognize the damage they

cause when they continually violate

these rules.

According to the BLM, law

enorcement ocials have written more

than 20 citations or illegal activities on

the dunes over the past three weeks.

Sarah Wheeler, BLM spokesperson,

said law enorcement ocers recently

Law enforcement ofcers found this campre on the St. Anthony Sand Dunes and said the debriscould prove dangerous for others on the dunes. Burning materials like pallets are not allowed.

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

KATIE ARDMORENews Editor

WILDFIRESIN IDAHO

Theres currently onewildre in Idaho.Its 6 miles southwestof American Fallsand spans about31 acres, accordingto the Eastern Idahore center.The re started onMay 20 and is undercontrol.

This map shows the area on the St. Anthony Sand Dunes near where people are allowed to havecampres. Fires consisting of dangerous materials like rubber and furniture are not allowed.

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Rigby discusses construction

NewsPAGE 13MAY 29, 2012

JAILYNN ZENGERCampus Asst. Editor

MAY 2125

Editors note:All information contained

in this section is public record and

is accessible to anyone through the

Rexburg Police Department.

Complaint of small children playing

with handguns.

Complaint of a subject holding a rie

behind Wendys. Male subject had a

BB gun, shooting rock chucks.

Hit and run accident. Kensington

Manor Apartments.

Theft. Laptop stolen from the Eliza R.

Snow Building.

Theft. Missouri license plate stolen

from a vehicle. 226 South First West.

Lewd conduct with a minor. 38-year-

old man was arrested.

Grafti. Vehicle parked on the street

at 650 South Sixth South. Had crude

drawings of body parts on the windows.

Complaint of two males in a black

Chevy pickup exposing themselves.

Theft. Spencer W. Kimball and

Administration Services Building and

Jacob Spori Building. Two vending

machines were broken into.

Complaint of intoxicated individuals

at Central Park complex disturbing the

peace.

Unlawful entry. 487 South Third West.

Three unknown males were asking a

female some personal questions as she

left her apartment. Subject left and

returned to retrieve an item and found

the three males sitting on her couch.

Complaint of 3-year-old left in parked

vehicle at Super Savers.

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Free fshing day scheduledfor June 9

NEWS IN BRIEF

An employee o Keller Associates

stood beore Rigby Council members

on May 22 to discuss the sewer

construction project underway on 2nd

North in Rigby.

Work began on March 5 and the

completion date is scheduled or Sept. 1.

I asked the contractor this morning

i he was rm on that date, because I

believe we could be done by the end o

August. Te last ew weeks would be

added or nal completion and or the

city to take the nal walk through, said

Mike Jaglowski, the Keller Associates

employee.

Te projected time or completion

is 270 days, with the nal walk through

taking the project to 300 days total.

As you hit some snags during

construction and other hazards, does

that aect the timeline? asked Gerd

Zimmermann, a member o the Rigby

Council.

Jaglowski believes the workers will

have enough time to tackle any problems

they encounter in the amount o

projected time.

So ar, approximately 55 percent o

the total work has been completed. Five

dierent crews are working together on

this project.

Tree open trench crews, a pipe

bursting crew, a ll pipe crew, and an

asphalt crew will start working on 3rd

West next week.

Phase three, on third West,

costs came in higher than what we

expected. We saw that there were some

anomalies that we hadnt anticipated,

said Jaglowski reerring to a redesign

o the sewer pipes. Because o those

anomalies, we ound there might be a

better opportunity or design.

Te workers want to redesign their

idea and make a triplex li instead o a

duplex li, meaning there are three pipes,

instead o two, that will help dispel any

groundwater that comes in during the

spring and summer seasons. Te triplex

system doesnt use as much energy,

so they wouldnt need to pay or large

generators.

New pipes or the sewer system

wont clog as easily. Pipes are expensive,

but they can be custom designed to

accommodate varying volumes o water

owing through them. Tese custom

pipes also have blades placed inside to

blend any debris that may get caught

into smaller pieces to better t through

the pipeline.

Jaglowski wanted to propose to the

council the possibility o getting more

money to pay or the redesign and new

pipes, which he said will save the city

money later on.

IDAHO FALLS While kids under

the age o 14 always get to sh or ree,

Free Fishing Day is the one time each

year when adults too can sh without

a license.

Tis year the event alls on

Saturday, June 9th.

While all other regulations still

apply, this opportunity is open to

everyone, and you dont have to be a

resident to participate.

While everyone gets to sh ree, the

real point o the day is to help expose

kids to the un o shing.

Te ofcial sites will have

experienced sta and volunteers on

hand to help newcomers get started.

Many rivers and reservoirs have

been stocked recently to make sure

novice anglers will have the best

possible shot at a successul rst

outing.

All other shing regulations apply.