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From a small operation that Ed and Ruth Adams started as a hobby over 60 years ago, Moss Greenhous-es has become a wholesaler supplying bedding plants

more where Moss Green-houses are located. Kevin Moss, the current CEO and grandson of Ed and Ruth, said “this is still farming, it’s just in boxes, two square feet at a time.”

Ed and Ruth moved to the farm in 1940. Unable to keep farming because of a heart condition, Ed began his orchid growing opera-tion in 1950. Started as a hobby greenhouse, it soon ran out of space and he added an additional 5,000 square feet glass green-house which he filled with different varieties of or-chids. Selling the orchids to local florist for corsages, he discovered there was a de-mand for potted plants for holidays like Easter, Moth-

Moss Greenhousesby Charlie Correll

Aerial of Moss Greenhouses

Planting Geranium starts

er’s Day and Christmas. He also began growing gerani-ums for the Lynwood Moth-er’s Day sale. To transport potted plants from Portland, they bought a transport bus, removed the seats and fitted it with shelves.

Ed and Ruth turned the greenhouse operation over to DeWitt and Carolyn Moss (their son-in-law and daughter) in 1974. For the previous 14 years, DeWitt had been program manag-er for development of nu-clear fuels for water reac-tors and the Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactors for the Atomic Energy Com-mission. Coordinating the related national programs resulted in continual travel to most of the U.S. nuclear development installations. Lack of family time was a major factor for DeWitt

Ed’s Greenhouse full of orchids

Carolyn & DeWitt Mosson Prom Night

Ruth and Ed Moss

and Carolyn in deciding to try their hand in the green-house business. DeWitt concluded that if it did not work out, he would return to the nuclear program.

Obviously a success, over the next 15-20 years DeWitt and Carolyn ex-panded the greenhouse op-eration from 10,000 square feet to about 200,000 square Cont’d on Page A2

for an area covering six states in a 500 mile radius.

What began in a 100 square foot greenhouse for raising specialty orchids now consists of 380,000 square feet, or nearly nine acres, of covered green-

houses, in addition to an-other 70,000 square foot facility that is leased in Ha-german. Moss’s would be classed as a medium sized operation within the indus-

try, but it produces 200,000 flats, 45,000 hanging bas-kets and 250,000 contain-ers of plants each year. The seedling starts number 18 million.

Ed and Ruth owned the 160 acre farm at Barry-

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feet. DeWitt also became in-volved in the farming com-munity, serving as a director of the North Side Canal Co., state and national water as-sociations including being appointed a member of the Committee of Nine which monitored the Upper Snake River water usage and dis-tribution.

of machinery and employ-ees getting ready for the spring output. During their peak, daily production will reach 4,000 baskets, and up to 5,000 flats. Also, cuttings of geraniums are shipped in from Israel, Gua-temala, and other countries in Central America and ar-rive within 48 hours to be transplanted as starts, at a rate of 1,200 trays per day. They are beginning to add new varieties of succulents

Their son Kevin gradu-ated from the University of Idaho in 1982. That same year Kevin married Dana Outsen. After working in the oilfields in North Da-kota and Casper Wyoming, he and Dana returned to Jerome in 1983. Both be-came involved in the green-house business, started Moss Seedlings, Inc., and purchased the greenhouse business from DeWitt and Carolyn in 1996.

Walking through the greenhouses this time of year, there is a steady hum

and foliage plants. Moss’s grow between 950 and 1000 different varieties and add new ones all the time.

Much of the work has been automated. Kevin said that the automation has really increased the job se-curity, because it enables the same number of employees to have a higher output. At the season’s peak there are 116 employees including 18 that are full-time. Several employees have been with them for 20 years and two have been employed for 30 years or more. Personnel cost is a large percentage of the total operation expense, which runs about 40% of sales. The employment is probably the biggest chal-lenge, with training a sec-ond, where continuity is de-sired. To help that problem, in 2006, Kevin and Dana sold 35% of the company to the employees using an

ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan). Current-ly there are 34 active partic-ipants in that plan and there will be more as time goes on.

The greenhouses were originally heated with coal and a determination needed to be made wheth-er to continue with that or change to oil heat. The an-swer came in 1975 when a natural gas line was laid next to the road in front of their business. To have a ready supply during the winter months, natural gas is purchased on contract through their broker BP (British Petroleum). Gas cost now runs about three to four percent of the gross sales, but has been as high as six percent in the past. The leased Hagerman facil-ity uses geothermal heat.

Water supply is a continuing concern. The farm ground uses surface

MOSS cont’d from A1

Start of Growing Season

irrigation water while the greenhouses use ground or pumped water. There are three wells, with one having a junior right. They are in the process of purchasing another water source that has senior rights.

When the econo-my collapsed in 2008, the business took a noticeable downturn. The resort areas were affected along with the special order requests. To

One of 18 million seedling starts

herbs. Customers normally don’t ask or are concerned with GMO’s so it is not usu-ally an issue except with the vegetable and edible plants, which are all GMO free.

Kevin’s family is all active in the business. Kevin’s wife Dana is direc-tor of sales and marketing. The fourth generation now includes daughter Jenni-fer, sales and marketing, the seeder and is in charge of keeping the website cur-rent, and son Dewey is op-erations manager and order processing manager.

The important date that customers want to note is opening day on March 14. This will be followed by an open house and tour on March 21. Check out the other events and use-ful information provided on their website at www.mossgreenhouses.com. For more information the email address is [email protected] or call 208-324-1000 or toll free at 800-726-9669.

compensate, they changed from containers and high end products to an empha-sis on vegetable and smaller plants. If there is a change in the market demand, Moss’s can compensate within six months to adapt to that change. The market is just now getting back to normal. Asked what their main com-petition is, they agreed that it is the discretionary dollar. After the consumer’s basic living expenses and needs are met, where they spend the extra money they have left over becomes the com-petition.

The wholesale busi-ness makes up about 85% of total sales, and retail is 15%. Moss Greenhouses said they are at the forefront of the industry and their mech-anization is good. Their sustainable program prac-tices are active and work-ing, being mindful of the green friendly customer and making sure they can offer plants that makes sense to those customers, especial-ly with the vegetables and

Kevin Moss

Carolyn & DeWitt Moss’s Family

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“Love puts the fun in together, the sad in apart, and the joy in a heart.” - Author Unknown

“I don’t understand why Cupid was chosen to represent Valentine’s Day. When I think about romance, the last thing on my mind is a short, chubby toddler coming at

me with a weapon.” - Author Unknown

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Underwood RecyclingFrom skinning coyotes to Hi-end Metal Recycling

by Charlie Correll

What started as a Pacific fur buying station over 30 years ago is now a recycling business in its third generation. Rick and Chris Under-wood continue to operate Under-wood Recycling that ships thou-sands of tons of metals each year.

When in middle school and high school, Chris would work af-ter hours at the yard skinning coy-otes and fox to sell furs that were shipped all over the world. When profits started to decline, they in-creased the recycling of scrap met-als.

A two ton truck and a Far-mall tractor were the first pieces of equipment used in the recy-cling. Now the machinery consists

of large material handling models such as the shear that can demolish a thousand gallon tank in about six or seven minutes.

And what was once a five acre garden is the location of the scrap yard that usually holds a thou-sand ton of scrap metal at any time,

Rick & Chris Underwood

Aluminum Cans ready for processing

Shear Machine

seller is, obtaining their name, driv-er’s license ID and any other infor-mation that may be appropriate.

Just recently, a seller offered some steel tubing that looked suspi-ciously new and in fact Underwoods were able to recognize the whole-saler who had originally sold it and they in turn identified who they sold it to. The police were alerted and the perpetrators were caught.

Underwoods wants the community to know that this is re-ally a one stop shop for recycling metals. It is a local recycling point where old appliances, cans and all other metals can be sold. Typi-cally a washer, depending on the weight, can be sold for $6 to $10. Aluminum cans bring about 50¢ per pound.

Underwood Recycling is lo-cated at 609 N. Fir in Jerome. Their phone number is 324-7591.

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either waiting to be processed or to be shipped out.

Prices on metals fluctuate dai-ly and some prices are quite volatile. With the high price of some metals, Underwoods are careful to follow Ida-ho State guidelines when buying met-al. This consists of verifying who the

Jerome City Council Awards Garbage Collection Contract

Even though the city is not re-quired to award the garbage col-lection bid to the lowest bidder, they voted unanimously to retain PSI as the city’s collection con-tractor. Since the city has police powers over trash collection, that allows the city to accept a bid based on other factors such as quality of service and not just the lowest bid. The bid request for trash collection service had been issued last October and was dis-cussed most recently at the previ-ous January 20 city council meet-ing.Both bids were close and even with different options offered, including recycling, the PSI bid was slightly lower in the original analysis. The recycling option had been on the ballot in 2011 with the results divided evenly. Therefore staff didn’t recommend recycling at this time but would continue to evaluate it in the fu-ture. It was also noted that PSI is offering continual pickup in the parks and free pickup for several city dumpsters and leaf pickup.

Councilman Ross inquired if a study was done in regards to the economic impact of Western Waste Service being a Jerome company. No analysis was com-pleted on any reciprocal effect on the community. He stated it was significant to him that Western Waste is based in Jerome. He then moved to approve the con-tract with Western Waste Service and was seconded by Council-woman Soto. After a tie vote, the issue was tabled until the Febru-ary 3 meeting. Mayor Davis had recused himself earlier from this matter citing a conflict of interest. At the most recent city council meeting on February 3, City Fi-nance Director Ross Hyatt pro-vided some additional analysis of the competing bids. The first cost model analysis that had been pre-sented at the January 20 meeting did not take into account the cur-rent number of receptacles allo-cation between one and two trash receptacle customers. Using the new analysis, over five

Cont’d on A7


The Fine PrintPublished by North Side Journal LLC, PO Box 174, Jerome, ID 83338 (208) 969-0043 [email protected] Managing Editor/Advertising: Gary Luther (208) 969-0043 Ad sales: Ronn Thorne (208) 420-7584 Church Directory/Ad sales: Linda Morrey (208) 324-8020 Administrative Assistant: Amy Thompson Contributors: Many, including Cathy Roemer, Linda Helms, Charlie Correll, Lenore Mobley, Shannon McBride, Megan Williams.... Questions, Corrections: Send an email: [email protected] or call (208) 969-0043. This newspaper is printed on recycled content paper, using soy inks. Please recycle this newspaper after reading. Member Jerome Chamber of Commerce. Letters Policy: The North Side Journal welcomes letters to the editor about current issues. However, The North Side Journal adheres to a strict letter policy. Letters must be written and signed by the author. If space is limited, we reserve the right to edit. Please include full name, address, and phone number for verification. Publisher reserves the right to print, and inappropriate material will be rejected. No materials will be returned unless provided with a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Letters should be less than 300 words typed. Letters should focus on issues, not on personalities. The North Side Journal reserves the right to edit letters for grammar, length, libel and clarity. Letters must be signed and provide a current phone number. If your letter is in response to a particular article, please list the title and date of the article. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form, by any electronic or mechanical means (including photography, recording or information storage or retrieval) without permission in writing from the North Side Journal LLC. Recipients of this newspaper are granted the right to make two (2) photocopies of any article originated by the North Side Journal for personal, non-commercial use. Copying for other than personal use or internal reference, or of articles or columns not owned by the North Side Journal, without written permission of the North Side Journal or the copyright owner is expressly forbidden. Address all inquiries concerning copyright and production to: North Side Journal, PO Box 174, Jerome, ID 83338. The publication of any advertisements or articles in this newspaper is not an endorsement of the writers, advertisers, or of the services or products mentioned. The opinions expressed herein are the writers’ and do not necessarily represent those of the publisher. All advertising is subject to acceptance by the North Side Journal, which reserves the right to reject ad copy. The North Side Journal does not assume financial responsibility for typographical errors in advertising unless an error materially affects the ads meaning as determined by the North Side Journal. The North Side Journal’s liability shall not exceed the cost of the advertisement in which the error occurred, and a refund or credit will be given for the first incorrect insertion only. The North Side Journal assumes no responsibility for damages caused by responding to fraudulent advertisements.

A Brief History of Evaporated and Condensed Milk Facilities in Idaho and Utah (the conclusion)

compiled by Earl GilmartinPet Milk re-opens factory in Buhl 1933 TFIT 5-23-1933 aka Twin Falls Idaho TimesPlans are being made to reopen the Buhl Sego Milk Products condens-ery plant, which has been closed for the past two years. Two years ago the Sego factory was converted into a butter manufacturing plant which may now be discontinued.

J Frank Smith field director and former manager of the Buhl plant, with E G Meyer production man-ager, have been supervising the overhauling of the machinery pre-paratory to opening the condensery. Floyd Engles, local manager, stated about 20 persons will be added to the pay roll.

Pet Milk Peaked in 19501950

Fundinguniverse.comAfter World War II Pet Milk began a slight movement into other mar-kets. The company became the first to offer nonfat dry milk, an advance over the powdered milk developed in the 1920s. Sales soared due to the postwar baby boom, making 1950 the all-time-high sales year for Pet Evaporated Milk. Soon thereafter, fresh milk became readily available, however, and sales began a steady decline.

Pet Milk diversifies in 1960’s 1960

fundinguniverseThrough restructuring, Pet Milk corporate reduced committee num-

bers, initiated a profit-centered divi-sional structure, and recruited mar-keting professionals. The company also planned new product devel-opment to wean itself from the de-clining milk market (as late as 1960, 95 percent of Pet Milk sales were in dairy products). By the early 1960s, diversification had begun in earnest

Another of Pet Milk’s successful products at this time was Sego Liq-uid Diet Food, introduced in 1961. After competitors had opened up a market, Pet Milk brought in its own version, a thicker, high-pro-tein drink available in a variety of flavors. By 1965 Sego brought in $22 million to the company’s Milk Products Division sales.

In 1966, in order to reflect its en-larged and diversified product line, Pet Milk changed its name to Pet Incorporated.

Also during this time, Pet arranged agreements in many foreign coun-tries, including Spain, Sweden, Costa Rica, and Chile. Gamble had obviously increased volume at Pet through the early 1960s; his goal was to increase returns by the end of the decade on all the volume Pet had acquired. International expan-sion was clearly one way to do so.

Funding for these acquisitions came largely from a special credit Pet ob-tained through the sale of its por-tion of General Milk Co., a joint venture made with competitor Car-nation Company in 1919. Pet gained $30.8 million on the sale, originally

having paid $875,000. Also during this time, Pet arranged agreements in many foreign countries, includ-ing Spain, Sweden, Costa Rica, and Chile.

Pet Inc closes plant at Pres-ton ID 1967ISJ Pocatello 17 Aug 1967Pet Incorporated Milk Products Di-vision has closed its plant in Pres-ton, Herbert Taylor manager of Pet in Richmond, UT, announced today. Richmond can handle even more milk than it is presently re-ceiving from Richmond, Preston and Downey producers. “Addition producers are always welcome at our plant,” declared Taylor. Pet In-corporated has plants at Buhl, Bur-ley, and Downey. The Preston plant was built ~ 1930.

Pet Inc sold dairy division 1985

fundinguniverseBy 1985 Pet sold its dairy division. In the June 15, 1987, issue of Forbes, Pet president Ray Morris admitted that evaporated milk was “a declin-ing business, but you don’t want to sell your heritage.”

Pet Inc to Close 1995The bulk of this article is based on TFTN articlesBuhl’s Pet Milk plant – which has provided Magic Valley jobs for 68 years - will close by June 20, 1995. Pillsbury Co executives told 64 workers Thursday morning that they’re shutting the plant which produces evaporated milk as a cost-saving measure.

That means 300,000 fewer gallons of milk will be passing through Buhl each day. And a plant that each day produced 5000 cases of canned milk will be vacant. Eventually, the plant will be sold.

Evaporated milk production will shift to a company cannery in Greeneville, TN. But chances are slim that displaced workers will get to follow their jobs back east. The shutdown came as a surprise to many local residents. Not long ago, the plant was flourishing and Gov Cecil Andrus was on hand to cele-brate its latest building project.

(That was before Pillsbury, a sub-sidiary of the London-based Grand Metropolitan PLC, purchased Pet Inc for 2.6 billion early this year, a sale that apparently doomed the Buhl plant.)

Part 4 - Pacific Coast Con-densed Milk / Carnation Milk 1946 WikipediaElbridge Amos Stuart (1856 in North Carolina[3]–1944) was an American milk industrialist and creator of Carnation evaporated milk and its famous slogan, that it came from “Contented Cows”.

On 6 September 1899, Stuart and a business partner founded the Pa-cific Coast Condensed Milk Com-pany in Kent, Washington, and he became its first president. Its prod-uct was based on the relatively new process of commercial evaporation of beverages.

In 1901, his partner sold out, leaving Stuart the company and $105,000 of debt. As sales gradually grew, Stuart sought a brand name for the prod-uct. Passing a tobacconist’s window in downtown Seattle, Stuart saw a display of cigars round a sign with the name: Carnation. His own firm subsequently adopted the name Carnation Evaporated Milk Com-pany.

The Morning Milk Company opened its milk condensing plant in Wellsville, in 1923. The Carnation name came to Utah in 1946 when the Carnation Company bought the plants of the Morning Milk Compa-ny in Wellsvillle, UT, and Sunnyside , WA, to increase its production of evaporated milk.. Although the building still stands, the Wellsville plant was closed in 1963 and sold in 1967.

Part 5 – Western Condens-ing Co in Twin Falls 1948Milwaukee Journal 10-9-48Western Condensing, reportedly the largest producer in the world of whey products and milk sugar, has 28 plants in the United States,

Pet Milk demo’s Buhl plant in 1966 to make room for a new B&M Baked Bean plant. Now is the Clear Springs Foods Speciaty Division plant – Buhl Herald (Cont’d on A9)


Happenings Around Jerome CountyJerome Senior Center

Thank YouOn Behalf of the Senior Center, We want to thank The City employees for cleaning the parking lot and the sidewalks. Thank you for caring. Great job!

We want to thank Farmers Bank and their Employees for their donation. It is greatly appreciated.

On Behalf of the Jerome Senior Center, we want to Thank Farnsworth

Mortuary for Their Generous Donation.

And A Great big Thank you to all of you for all your Holiday generosity.

IT’s TAX TIME

Get your 2014 taxes done free by AARP, Fridays only 1pm to 4pm by Appointment only, Starts February 6th Though Apr 10th.

Jerome County Historical Society

February 12, 6 p.m., Je-rome County Historical So-ciety will meet with special guest speaker, College of Southern Idaho Professor Russ Tremayne. He will discuss his new book--Sur-viving Minidoka--about life in the Jerome County Japa-

nese-American Internment Camp during World War II. He will have his books available for sale. There is no admittance fee and re-freshments will be served. For more information call 324-5641.

Jerome Public Library

Book Store The Jerome Public Li-brary’s Book Store is look-ing for donated books (adult and children’s), Hard Backed or Paper Backs, DVD’s, CD’s, and Audio Books. All proceeds from items sold at the book store go toward library improve-ments. These articles can be de-livered to the library or can

The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don’t

tell you what to see!

Jerome LibraryProgramsFebruary 2015

Children & Teen Programs

Make It at The Library

Mondays from 3:30-5:00 pm

Grades 6th-12th

MinecrafternoonsTuesdays from 3:30-5:00 pm

Grades 1st-12th

Spilling Ink Writer’s ClubThursdays @ 3:30 pm

Grades 4th-8th

This & That Homeschool

Program2nd & 4th Thursdays from

1:00-2:00 pm

Grades Pre-K-12th

Family StorytimeFridays @ 10:00 am

& 1:00 pm

Toddlers-Kindergarteners

Jr. Make It at The Library

Fridays from 1:00-2:00 pm

Grades 1st-5th

New Officers for Jerome County Sheriff’s Search &

Rescue Sworn InOn January 24,2015 the new officers for the Jerome County Sheriff’s Search & Rescue were sworn in by Sheriff Doug Mcfall

from left to right: Sheriff Doug Mcfall, Jeramy Wells Command-er, Calvin Wilcox Vice Commander, Ranae Capps Sec/Treasurer, Mike Schaefer Director, Tom Walgamott Director/Call Out, Bob Helms Director (Front), Not pictured Ken Brandsma Director.

Magic Valley Association of

Square & Round Dancers

The Magic Valley Associ-ation of Square and Round

Dancers will hold a 5th Saturday dance on Jan. 31, beginning at 7:00 pm at the

Round-A-Square Center (215 W 100 S, Rupert). All Mainstream and Plus dancers welcome – two rounds between tips. Callers and Cuer from Area IV. Questions: Hutchinson 736-8093. §§§

Over Com-ers Church Announce-

mentRev. Harriman Randle, would like to invite you to come out to the OverComers Church, come just as you are and receive the love of Christ. Sunday morning service: 10:30 am Youth Group: Wednesdays , from 6 pm- 6:30 we feed the youth, the program is called ( Feeding our future) and from 6:33 pm - 8 pm we have youth activities: Learning the word, Drama skits, Dancing and field trips. We look forward to see-ing you.

OOPS!!Someone (the editor) ne-glected to caption a picture on the front page of the Jan-uary issue of the NSJ prop-erly. The beautiful picture on the front page should have been labeled as Dick and Aileen Goetsch. Please accept my apology. gkl

be picked up by the gals: Toni: 208-392-3423 or Donna: 208-316-6041. Just give them a call and make arrangements to pick up the books or other items for the book store at the Library. Remember all proceeds from sales in the book Store are invested in the improvement of Jerome Public Library.

“Love - a wildly misunderstood although highly desirable malfunction of the heart which weakens the brain, causes eyes to sparkle, cheeks to glow, blood pressure to rise and the lips to pucker.” - Author Unknown

“Love is patient, love is kind, is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take in account a wrong suf-fered, does not rejoice in righ-teousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, en-dures all things. Love never fails.” Paul the Apostle, 1 Cor-inthians 13: 4-8


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CSI HAPPENINGSCSI Horse Seminar

The College of Southern Idaho Vet-erinary Technology Club and the Magic Valley Pony Club will host a one-day seminar from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 7 in CSI’s Evergreen building called ‘Horse Care: Basics and Beyond.’Sessions on equine nutrition, ban-daging and first aid techniques, grooming, and rider fitness will be covered. The seminar is open to all horse enthusiasts over the age of 10. Sessions will be recommended based on participant experience.The fee is $25, which includes lunch. Pre-registration by March 1 is required. All proceeds from the fundraiser will benefit the two clubs. For more information or to register, please contact Julia Ri-etdorf at 310-720-1010 or at [email protected].

3-D BLOCK QUILT-ING WORKSHOPS

The College of Southern Idaho’s North Side Community Education Center is offering two 3-D Block Quilting workshops taught by Kay-lynn Cheney on Thursday, Feb-ruary 26 at the Gooding County Extension office, 203 Lucy Lane, in Gooding. The first workshop if from 1-3 pm followed by the sec-ond from 6-8 pm. The registration fee for either session of the work-shop is $14.Using color and value, 3-D quilt blocks offer a way for quilters to turn a flat surface into a picture that seems to pop off the page. Depth can be created by quilting shapes like diamonds, triangles or squares, into images that pop. In this two-hour class, participants will master the basics by learning a pinwheel block and a bow tie block. Ma-chines and all supplies will be pro-vided for the class. Please choose

either the afternoon session or eve-ning session when you register. Participants may register by call-ing (208) 934-8678 or (208) 732-6442. Class size is limited so early registration is suggested.

BEGINNING COM-PUTERS COURSE

The College of Southern Idaho’s North Side Community Education Center is offering Beginning Com-puters course taught by Victoria Thurber on Thursdays, February 12-March 5 from 5:30-7:30 pm at the North Side Center in Gooding. The registration fee is $35.In this course, participants of all ages will learn how to find and work the basic functions of a com-puter. We will learn how to navigate the inner workings of the search bar such as “My Computer”, “My Documents” and “My Pictures” as well as the basics of Microsoft Word and everyday email.Participants may register by call-ing (208) 934-8678 or (208) 732-6442. Class size is limited so early registration is suggested. For more information on this and other CSI Community Education classes, visit http://communityed.csi.edu.

CROCHET FOR BEGINNERS IN

JEROMEThe College of Southern Idaho’s Community Education Center is offering the non-credit hands-on course, Crochet for Beginners, taught by Brandi Weston, at the CSI Jerome Center on Tuesdays, February 10-March 3 from 5:15-7:15 pm. The cost to register in this class is $39.This class is perfect for those that have never touched a crochet hook or may need some help remem-bering the fundamental steps. You will learn about the various types of yarn and tools while creating

basic crochet stitches. As your skills progress, the instructor will help you complete your very own project. Students should come prepared with their own supplies: K-Hooks, one skein of heavy yarn, a tapestry needle, craft scissors and a vinyl crafting measuring tape. Participants may register in in the course online at http://communityed.csi.edu or by calling (208) 732-6442. Class size is

limited so early registra-tion is suggested.

WELDING AND METAL ART CLASS

The College of South-ern Idaho’s Communi-ty Education Center is offering the non-credit hands-on course, Intro-duction Welding and Metal Art, taught by CSI Welding Instructor, Cody Thornton, at the CSI Twin Falls Campus

on Thursdays, Febru-ary 12-April 23from 6-8:30 pm. The cost to register in this class is $199 which includes all basic supplies. In this class, partici-pants will explore the technology of metal fabrication and weld-ing to create a metal piece that will become something beautiful and durable. Or, for those with welding experience, they are invited to brush up on their skills and work on a specific project or art piece. During this hands-on course, students will be intro-duced to shop safety, two welding process-es-(arc welding and mig welding), grind-ing, different methods of metal cutting-(plas-ma, oxy/fuel torch, cold saw, and disk cutting) and a variety of metal coloring tech-niques-(paint, chem-ical, heat coloring) in order to create a fin-ished project to take home at the end of the 20+ hour course. Cont’d on Page A16


Jerome Senior CenterHappenings

years the total contract cost difference would fa-vor PSI by $93,981.73. Using PSI’s alternate bid, which provided a lower starting base rate and scheduled raises over the five years not based on an assumed 3% CPI increase, the dif-ference favored PSI by $201,490.26. After reviewing the pre-

sentation of the analysis by Hyatt, the council vot-ed unanimously to award

the alternate bid contract to PSI. §§§

Garbage from A3


Did you Know? by Marcia Luther

The Roman Emperor Claudius II was involved in fighting many wars. He needed to have a large strong army, but many Roman men did not want to be soldiers.

Claudius thought the men want-ed to stay home to be with their wives and children instead of leav-ing to serve in his military.

Claudius thought of a solution to his problem. He decided to can-cel all marriages! No one in all of Rome could get married. Claudius thought that if the men couldn’t get married, they would ignore the women and want to be soldiers. (Fat chance)

Valentine, who was a priest, be-lieved that people needed to get married. He thought that if they were not married, they would be tempted to sin by living together without being married. So he se-cretly and illegally married cou-ples anyway! He performed the weddings in secret places, so the Roman soldiers would not find out.

But they did find out. Valentine was arrested and brought before the Emperor. The Emperor thought Valentine was a well spoken and wise young man, and encouraged him to stop being a Christian and become a loyal Roman. Valentine would not deny his beliefs, and he refused. He was sent to prison un-til he could be executed. While he was in prison, he sent out letters to his friends and asked them to pray for him. He signed these letters “Remember your Valentine.”

Valentine was killed on the 14th day of February in the year 270. We celebrate Valentine’s Day on February 14th in honor of St. Val-entine. (There are a lot of tradi-

tions surrounding Valentines Day this is my favorite)*

In addition to the U.S., Valen-tine’s Day is celebrated in Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom,

France, Australia, Denmark, Ita-ly and Japan.

In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who their valentines would be. They would wear these names on their sleeves for one week. To wear your heart on your sleeve now means that it is easy for other people to know how you are feeling.

Valentine facts: • 448 million dollars are spent

on candy the week before February 14

• 58 million pounds of choc-olate candy bought during Valentine’s Day week

• 36 million heart-shaped chocolate boxes are sold for the holiday

• 150 million Valentine’s Day cards and gifts are sent each year

Have you ever heard of: South Heart, North DakotaValentine, NebraskaRose City, MichiganRomeo, MaineLove Valley, North CarolinaRomance, ArkansasLoveland, OklahomaLoving, New MexicoDarling, MississippiLovejoy, Georgia

Anyone can catch your eye, but it takes someone special to catch your heart. ~Author Unknown*Editors Note: Valentine’s Day is the writers birthday. Happy Birthday, my Valentine.

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Cody Bingham, Bill Lickley - Presented a $1,000 grant to the Presi-dent of Jerome County Fair Foundation, Ana Dovenmueller, and

Kathleen Hite, Manager of Fair, for additional seating at the Jerome County Fair Grounds. The seating will be in place for this years fair.

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JRD Hours: Monday - Friday 5:00 AM - 9:00 PM Saturday 7:00 AM - 2:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

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HOME Wednesdays and Fridays 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM SCHOOL PE $12.00 / Child or $30.00 / Family - indistrict

KIDS Tuesday and Thursdays 5:30 PM - 6:15 PM FITNESS $12.00 / $22.00 OD month

Ages 4 -17 years $25.00 / $35.00 OD TAEKWONDO Tues and Thurs 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Adult $25.00 / $35.00 OD Saturdays 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

February 17, 19, 24, & 26 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

$15.00 / $25.00 OD Registrations taken through February 17

*Must Be In Kindergarten*

Spring Ladies’ Night Out! March 19, 2015

6 PM - 9 PM Enjoy a night out with us!

There will be: *mini exercise classes

*vendors - spaces available $10.00 *refreshments

No Charge to attend!

Register: February 2 - March 16 4 yrs (by April 11, 2015) - 6th grade

$15.00 / $25.00 Out of District Registrations after March 16 - add $10 late fee

4 week season

Friday February 13 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Crafts, snacks and Valentine fun!

4 years old and up!

$3 per child or free with membership upgrades

February 4, 11, 18 and 25 $20.00 / OD $30.00

March 4, 11, and 18 $15.00 / OD $25.00

Aerials 5:00 PM - 5:45 PM

Twisters 5:45 PM - 6:30 PM

Secret to a great 2015? Stay focused on your

health and fitness goals! Treat your body by drinking lots of water, eat healthy, exercise and get 8 hours of

sleep every night.


including 8 in WI. The home office is in San Francisco, CA, and has another office in Appleton WI.

City’s Worst Blaze Levels 5 Structures in Twin Falls 1950The local paper reported a massive fire in the warehouse district (the largest

ever in Twin Falls) on Oct 20, 1950. Several warehouses went up in smoke, losses were estimated at $750,000. The article goes on to mention that the Je-rome Co-operative creamery, Western Condensing company, and Charter Seed company were threatened but spared from the flames.

MILK cont’d from A4

Carnation Milk was bought by Nestlé in 1985 for $3,000,000,000!

Nestlé condensery in Bandon, OR

Jerome Co-op (Twin Falls plant) Could this have been Western Condensery next to the co-op in ‘48?

Diehl Evaporated Milk facility in Jerome IDPart 6 - Diehl Milk Inc to build plant in Jerome ID 2000According to the company’s web site, the firm began as the Christian Diehl Brewing Co, in 1870, with the advent of Prohibition, Diehl’s attention turned from brewing to evaporating milk. The company bought the Jerome plant in 2000, John Diehl said “I chose the lo-cation because of the milk supply, com-petitive labor rates, and availability of electricity.

Plant Closure puts 15 out of Work 20056-4-2005 TFTNJerome – An evaporated milk canning plant in Jerome will shut down at the end of the month, ending 15 jobs, ac-cording to company officials. Diehl Inc, which cans, sterilizes, labels and ships evaporated milk in Jerome will cease production here June 30, 2005 due to increased competition in the

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It’s a new year, the hol-idays are behind and with weather reaching nearly sixty degrees, spring must be just around the corner. One thing is for sure--things are springing into action in county govern-ment.

January 12th was the sec-ond Monday in January after the general election and is the day set forth by Idaho Statute that newly elected officials are sworn in. In a brief ceremony, County Clerk, Michelle Emer-son, Treasurer Tevian Kober, Assessor Rick Haberman and Commissioners Roemer and Howell, recited these words “I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the Consti-tution of the State of Idaho, and that I will faithfully dis-charge the duties of (insert office) according to the best of my ability;” (Idaho Statute 59-401). Then it was back to work for everyone.

As Commissioners, we are in session every Monday and some Tuesdays, depend-ing on the business at hand. Idaho Statute only requires that County Commissioners meet one Monday per month.

Some smaller Idaho counties meet less frequently and some counties have full time Com-missioners (40 business hours per week). However, Commis-sioners’ work does not stop at the courthouse door as we attend numerous meetings throughout the week.

For example, the Idaho Association of Counties held their annual three day Midwin-ter Conference the first week of February in Boise. This is a time for Commissioners and other county elected officials to meet for training, commit-tee meetings and legislative updates. The legislature is in session at this time so it is an opportunity to meet with legis-lators to discuss any proposed bills that could affect county government.

Of course, the biggest project on the horizon for the county is construction of the new justice facility, located on the corner of T Street and 100 East Road. The architect and contractor have met regularly and often with the sheriff and the Commissioners receive a full monthly report. Some ground work may be taking place in February with the ac-tual start date around the first

Jerome County Commissioner Update

by Cathy RoemerJerome County Commissioner

of March. An official ground breaking ceremony is tenta-tively set for March 6th. Then, approximately 18 months to completion.

Another construction proj-ect that has been on the back burner for a long time is fin-ishing the Judicial Annex. The former grocery store on West Main has served citizens well with court services. There is still a very large section that was to be another one or two courtrooms. We will be having some serious discussion this year about finishing this proj-ect.

One item Commission-ers have spent considerable time in the past few months is transitioning county employ-ees from a sick/vacation leave schedule to a Paid Time Off or PTO schedule. This would mean the employee would be responsible for managing their PTO time whether it be for ill-ness or vacation. It is a major shift and has taken collabora-tion with our clerk, the Human Resource Director and the deputy prosecutor. When fin-ished, it should provide more flexibility and an improved benefit for county employees.

For the Commissioners’ weekly agenda and meet-ing minutes, be sure to visit the county website at www.jeromecountyid.us, click on elected officials, then Com-missioners. §§§§§§

It’s Girl Scout Cookie Time

Once again it’s that time of year when you see all those cute girls running around in their vests selling those delicious cookies. Troop #21, from Je-rome is joining that crowd. Our troop currently consists of 6 Girls ranging from the Brown-ies(grades 2-3) level, to the Ca-dettes(grades 6-8) level. We are a hands on troop, with parent participation a requirement, to not only strengthen the girls’ skills and confidence levels, but to also encourage the bond between parent and daughter. Not all troops require this, so if you are interested in having your daughter join Girl Scouts, but cannot attend the meetings, there IS a troop out there for you!

The girls start cookie pre-sales on January 16th and continue through to February 26th. Booth sales begin Febru-ary 27th and continue through March 15th.

This year Troop #21 will have booths set up on February 27th at Fred Meyer(Twin Falls) from 3-6pm, another at the Magic Valley Mall from 6-9pm.

On Saturday, February 28th

at Magic Valley Mall from 12-3pm and the same day at Fred Meyer from 6-9pm.

If you can’t make it to Twin Falls, we will be in Jerome at Ridley’s Grocery Store on Sun-day March 1st from Noon to 4pm.

The cookie varieties our Sil-ver Sage Council are selling this year are the, Savannah Smiles, Trefoils, Do-Si-Dos, Samoas, Rah-Rah Raisins(New), Tag-alongs and Thin Mints. Cookies are $4.00/box again this year with the exception of the NEW GLUTEN FREE Toffee-Tas-tic cookie which is $5.00/box. If you do not like Girl Scout Cookies or cannot eat them but would like to help the girls with their goals, you can always choose to donate a box or two. Our troop has decided to donate all the donated boxes to the Je-rome Public Library’s Summer Reading Program, where the boxes will be given to the chil-dren as prizes for reaching their reading goals.

Where does the troop’s cook-ie proceeds go? The girls have done some amazing things throughout the years! They, along with the help from some of our local businesses, have used the money to fund vari-ous community service projects like decorating “Coats for Kids” barrels, they hosted a water sta-tion for the Habitat For Human-ity’s Rim to Rim 5K, they make decorations and “poppers” for

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Country Gardensby Charlie Correll

A CSA (Community Sup-ported Agriculture) startup is being launched in Jerome County this year. Bonnie Freestone-Peters and Krista Huettig will grow a variety of vege-tables for baskets that are picked up weekly from one of their two gar-dens.

Community Supported Ag-riculture is a locally-based model of agriculture that connects growers with consumers. CSA members (con-sumers) pay at the beginning of the growing season for a share of the an-ticipated weekly harvest. This model allows the grower to share unfore-seen risk (environmental, disease, etc.) with the members.

Being their first year, they started early with their planning and ordering, knowing that they may have over ordered to make sure that there is enough produce for their con-sumers throughout the season. Both are very interested in encouraging families to eat fresh vegetables and thereby staying healthy.

Bonnie lives in Jerome and has a B.S. in Ag Science and Krista lives in Hazelton and has an M.S. in Crop Science. They are promoting the locally grown produce that is re-ally fresh. Pickup of the baskets will be at the gardens. This way the con-sumer can see where the vegetables are grown, view the operation and

meet the growers. Since this is the first year, for both Country Gardens and the consumer, Bonnie and Krista will be seeking feedback on the ven-ture throughout the summer.

$500 buys a full share which includes the following: 20 weeks of fresh produce, May through October, (feeds a family of 4- approximately 25 lbs. of produce); 5 to 7 different vegetables are expected at the begin-ning of the season and up towards 12 by the end of the season; see the ‘Seasonal Plan’ for the variety of pro-duce that can be expected; cost is $25 per week (paid in total at the begin-ning) for fresh produce. Half shares (for $300) can be purchased. Also, there are other options available that are explained on their website.

Bonnie and Krista want to remind everyone that March 1 is the deadline for signing up and paying for this growing season, and there are only twenty (20) shares available this first year.

Some may think this is simi-lar to Bountiful Baskets, but the dif-ferences are important. The Country Gardens point out that their vegeta-bles will be fresher and are unique in that they are grown locally so you know the grower and can be familiar with the operation. Bountiful Baskets Co-op is just a cheaper way to buy produce. Money is pooled and they

Bonnie Freestone-Peters and Kreista Huettig

Additional Help in the Gardencut out the middle man. Their pro-duce is the same that can be bought at the store.

By paying up front, Coun-try Gardens can better plan for pro-duction required during the season. Also, the CSA model is meant for the customer to share in the risk with the farmer.

Check their website at www.thecoun-

trygardenscsa.com for other options available. Other information included on the website are maps to the gar-dens, the member agreement, reci-pes, a blog and contact information. Or you can call them directly: Krista Huettig at (208) 751-9510 or Bonnie Freestone-Peters (208) 421-7309.

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Free Application for Federal Student Aid

CSI participates in statewide FAFSA Completion DayTWIN FALLS – The College of Southern Idaho urges students who are considering taking classes next fall to apply now for financial aid. To help with the process, CSI advisors will be available from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21 in the college’s Health Science building on North College Road to help families with their applications.

Applying for and receiving federal financial assistance for college takes preparation. Too many students don’t plan far enough ahead and either miss the application deadline or don’t receive their funds until after their tuition is due. Students who are looking for financial aid to attend college next fall should apply now. That’s why colleges and universities all over Idaho are holding FAFSA Completion Day events this month.

FAFSA stands for Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Applications are done online, which is sometimes intimidating for students and their families. Advisors from the College of Southern Idaho Financial Aid office welcome students and parents to come to the computer lab 228-229 of the Health Science building for free assistance. The application generally takes about 30 minutes online as long as applicants are prepared with all the necessary information. Those who come to the event are advised to obtain a FAFSA identification number

ahead of time by going to http://www.pin.ed.gov. If the student is a dependent, a PIN should be obtained for the student and one for a parent, as well.

Participants should also bring: Social Security number, the student’s driver’s license, alien registration number (if the student is not a U.S. citizen), 2014 federal tax return, balances for bank accounts, value of investments, business, or farm assets, and records about untaxed income such as federal benefits, veterans benefits, and child support. The CSI Foundation will give away one $250 scholarship to a randomly-chosen student who participates that day.

CSI’s North Side Center in Gooding will also hold an advising and financial aid workshop from 10 a.m. to noon Friday, Feb. 27. Please call 934-8678 to reserve your spot.

For more information on the FAFSA completion day on campus, call the CSI Financial Aid office at 732-6273. §§§§§§

How to Catch a Roosterby Marcia Luther

“Have you ever heard an obnoxious rooster? This one is way more-- not just once does he crow in the morn-ing, but at 5:15, 6:45, 7:45; at nine o’clock, and three or four times in a row,”

Are all the neighborhood dogs rub-bing their tired eyes and gargling for scratchy throats from barking and howling all night at this red combed fowl?

If this sounds like something you’ve experienced lately, as I have, then pay close attention. You might think that the local Police or animal con-trol would gladly assist you in end-ing this ordeal but you’d be mistak-en. So I have come up with a plan. Yes, all on my own. Amazing me. I will explain to you, step by step how to catch yourself a wild rooster.

You see the main thing is to remain patient. You must not let him see you sweat! Just remember that this relict lives in the time where you, the human, have the upper hand. This may take a little time but even-tually you will be triumphant. You see I am still waiting, but have I conceded? No!

Have I lost my cool? No! I remain calm, determined to persevere.

Then the plan. First coax the little guy as close as you can with some freshly popped popcorn. As he gets closer it might be a good idea to keep your 2 year old or your hus-band from yelling and running to scare it away.

Next, as you lure him to the porch get ready to throw a laundry basket on him. Make sure you have emp-tied it of all laundry. Aim properly as not to once again frighten him.

Now that you’re all warmed up and finally getting the hang of this ask your sweetheart, to join in the crusade. As he corrals the rooster you quickly, carefully and precise-ly jump in to grab the feathery lit-tle beast. Careful he may be faster than lightening. If this is not suc-cessful after 20 minutes just chase him around the yard like a couple of idiots.

Next, always have a plan B. If after all this your suspect flees, you must set a trap. If you are not quite clever enough to figure out how to make that homemade rooster trapping device, you eventually move on to something else. Face it we can’t all be Macgyver. Set the bait, more popcorn. Sit and wait. He’ll be back. §§§§


the Jerome Senior Center and Meals on Wheels Program, they held a canned food drive for Martha & Mary’s Food Pan-try, they planted flowers out-side the Jerome Public Library, they picked up garbage out at the IFARM during Live Histo-ry Day, they even hosted a sock drive for the Wounded Warriors of the Magic Valley. While at the Christmas in Jerome Light Parade you may have noticed some cute little girls in snow-men tutus running around hand-ing out candy… those were the

girls from Troop #21!If you have not purchased

cookies yet, please consider purchasing some from one of our booth sales, if you are in-terested in hosting a booth sale at your place of business you can contact Nancy Staffen at (208) 420-6575. You can also contact Nancy if you are inter-ested in volunteering for or have a daughter interested in joining Girl Scouts. Make a difference in the life of a girl and support your local Girl Scouts.

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Girl Scout CookiesCont’d from A10

FEBRUARYAND

MARCHACTIVITIES AND MENU

TUES AND THURS MORNINGS COFFEE @ 7:00 A.M.

WEDNESDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY

AND BREAKFAST 7:00 A.M.

FEB 14THSPECIAL VALENTINE BREAKFAST

FEB 16THCLOSED FOR PRESIDENTS DAY

FEB 17THHAM AND BEAN SOUP

FEB 19THHAWAIIAN HAYSTACKS

FEB 24TH BIRTHDAY AND ANNIVERSARY DINNER

ROAST BEEF

FEB 26TH FAJITAS

MARCH 3RDSPAGHETTI

MARCH 4THPOTLUCK SNACKS--GAMES AND CARDS

@ 1:00P.M.

MARCH 5TH FRIED CHICKEN

MARCH 10THSLOPPY JOES

MARCH 12THCHICKEN AND NOODLES OVER MASHED

POTATOES

Silver and Gold Senior Center

Wastewater Treatment Facility

Project UpdateConstruction of the Emergency Storage Lagoon is still ongoing and on schedule. The lagoon passed the seepage test and crews are approximately 85% done trenching from the lagoon to the Waste Water Treatment Facility. Connection will be made in the coming months. The Membrane Bio-reactor Proj-ect is also underway. Contractors Northwest, Inc. was awarded the project and has begun to mobilize equipment to start construction. If you are traveling on the North 100 West road between now and Au-gust 2015, please watch for slow traffic and heavy equipment. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact the City of Jerome Waste-water Department at 324-7122. Until next time, have a wonderful Valentine’s Day!

Volunteers NeededThe City of Jerome is looking for vol-unteer participants willing to serve on a committee tasked with reviewing and updating Section 17.32 Signs of the Je-rome Municipal Code. The Committee will meet twice a month at 12PM, with lunch provided. If you are interested in participating, or would like to nominate someone, please contact City Planner Es-meralda Chavez at 324-8 189 x 153 or via e-mail at [email protected].


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in the Magic Valley!

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New Construction

Sawtooth Dairy Specialties, LLC was established in 1999 by Charlie and Tom Hohnhorst. They supply cloth towels to area dairies for cleaning udders prior to milking. This new facility, with upgraded technology, has been in the works since 2010, in an effort to serve their customers better. The new facility will be located at the corner of Peters Way and Victory Lane in Jerome.

Sawtooth Dairy Specialties


market.Diehl is a privately owned company with manufacturing facilities in Je-rome, Defiance, Ohio, and Adrian, Michigan. Representatives visited Jerome earlier this week to inform employees, city officials and busi-ness partners of the shutdown. We came out this time to give notice to the employees, said John Diehl, vice president of Diehl Inc on Wednes-day. The plant employs 15 people – 10 in production and 5 in supervisory position. All of the positions at the Jerome plant were skilled labor thatpaid more than minimum wage and included benefits, he said. He de-clined to specify wage levels or an-nual payroll.Human Resources Manager An-nette Cortright said their main pur-pose for the trip to Jerome was to try to help employees find leads for new jobs. Diehl Inc will shut down produc-tion of its retail milk line at all its facilities. The Jerome plant, which is its main producer of the evaporated milk, will be the most affected of the three plants, although the company’s exit from the retail evaporated milk in-dustry will also affect production lines and administrative support positions at other plants. At the other two plants, the company will continue producing industrial size cans of evaporated milk as well

as non-dairy creamer, powdered shortening and dessert topping.Competitive pricing by other com-panies kept the plant from ever reaching the potential Diehl Inc saw. The Jerome plant has operat-ed at a loss for some time. A recent company wide consolidation and reorganization moved the majority of the retail evaporated milk pro-duction to Jerome. “We moved out here hoping it would make a dif-ference, but it just got worse,” Cor-tright said.Diehl plant manager Ralph Aller said most of the employees were tak-ing the news of the shutdown fairly well. Idaho Commerce and Labor people have been into the plant and have been very helpful acquainting us with services they will be able to provide. Aller said the skilled work force we have here – they will do well in acquiring other positions.

I think first and foremost we are sor-ry to hear of Diehl’s announcement, Travis Rothweiler said. “Diehl has always been a quality corporate cit-izen. The next step is to aggressive-ly market the Jerome area and find someone to fill the vacancy.” §§§§§§

MILK cont’d from A9

Travis Rothweiller city administrator during the Time Diehl was in Jerome

BACK / NECK / TMJ KNEE ELBOW/SHOULDER HIP FOOT/ANKLE/RUNNING JOINTS & SOFT TISSUE

CSIcont’d from A6

Participants need to come dressed in clothes appropriate for welding such as jeans, leather shoes/boots, and long-sleeved shirt of canvas or cotton. Loaner welding helmets, safe-ty glasses, ear plugs, respirators, leather jackets and gloves will be loaned to students if needed.Participants may register in in the course online at http://communi-tyed.csi.edu or by calling (208) 732-6442. Class size is limited so early registration is suggested.

DIGITAL SLR CAMERA BASICS

WORKSHOPThe College of Southern Idaho’s Community Education Center is offering the non-credit digital cam-era course, DSLR: Camera Basics, taught CSI Photography Professor, Ben Lustig, at the CSI Twin Falls Campus, on Saturday, February 21 from 9 am to noon. The cost to register in this class This class is

for people who want to learn more about the basic capabilities of their DSLR cameras, including an intro-duction to concepts such as expo-sure controls, metering, aperture, shutter speed, and ISO. Participants will leave this class with the skills and confidence to make the adjust-ments that will consistently capture the perfect shot. Participants may register in in the course online at http://communi-tyed.csi.edu or by calling (208) 732-6442. Class size is limited so early registration is suggested.

SOUPS FOR COLD WEATHER CLASSThe College of Southern Idaho’s

Community Education Center is of-fering the hands-on cooking class, Hot Soups for Cold Weather, taught by Ashley Schultz, at the CSI Twin Falls Campus Desert Kitchen, on Saturday, February 21 from 10 am to 1 pm. The cost to register in this class is $35, which includes sup-plies for the soups made in the class.Is there anything better than a hot

cup of homemade soup on freez-ing cold day? First, participants will learn how to make vegetable and chicken stock from scratch, then work on perfect mis en place - getting tasty ingredients ready. The class will make four different soups (including one vegetarian op-

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Change for the Better SaleChange for the Better Sale Filters and Oil

12% off February Only

Campbell Tractor Company 1985 Frontage Road South, Wendell, Idaho

Phone: 1-208-536-6653 Fax #: 1-208-536-6655

Jerome Optimist Club gives a big shout out to the Community for another successful year for Coats for Kids. We gave out over 350 coats. The hard win-ter ran us a little short of coats so we will be collect-ing all year long. For coat pick up contact Sheri 308-3264. Thanks again to the Snake River Corvette Club, Jerome Wal-Mart, Jerome Public Library, Jerome Se-nior Center, Commercial Creamery, Twin Falls Op-

Jerome Optimist Club Shout Out

to Communityby Sheri Mitchell

timist Club, all our helpers and the many individual contributors.

Jerome Optimist Club EASTER EGG HUNT - Saturday, April 4th 10:00 a.m. (sharp). If you are in-terested in helping out give Julie a call 308-2750.

Jerome Optimist Club Meetings - First Wednesday of the Month 6:30 p.m.. Je-rome Senior Center - Feb. 4th and March 4th.

THANK YOU for all you do!!!!

St. Luke’s Jerome Health Fair

St. Luke’s Jerome’s Annual Health Fair comes to the Je-rome Recreation District, Sat-urday, March 14th 7:00 a.m. – Noon.

This is a wonderful oppor-tunity to boost your health by taking advantage of reduced cost health screenings (some of which require fasting), browse through health infor-mation vendor booths, attend free fitness classes and get healthy snack ideas.

Attendees can get a cardi-ac risk profile. Fasting is re-quired for this test; don’t eat after dinner the night before. Drink plenty of water before you are screened. This test will screen for the follow-ing: triglycerides, cholesterol – HDL and LDL levels. The other test that requires fasting is the comprehensive metabol-ic panel. This gives you im-portant information about the current status of your kidneys,

liver, electrolytes, blood sugar and certain blood proteins and enzymes. It is a good test for everyone; especially if you are experiencing lethargy or light headedness.

Other screenings available that do not require fasting are Hemoglobin A1C, Complete Blood Count (CBC), and Thy-roid Stimulating Hormone (TSH). Hemoglobin A1C de-termines the blood glucose level in your blood and can determine if you are at risk of becoming a diabetic. A CBC is used as a broad screening test to check for such disor-ders as anemia, infection and many other diseases. TSH determines both hypo and hyperthyroid disease. A high TSH may indicate low

thyroid function, and a low TSH may indicate elevated thyroid function (hyperthy-roid disease).

Vendors include vision, dental and hearing health in-formation, stroke information, diabetes and mammography education, information on kidney health, blood pressure readings and BMI measure-ments, even the skin analyzer, which shows sun damage to the facial area making a per-son more aware of their skin health.

You’ll also have the oppor-tunity for free nitrate testing on your private well. Just bring 1 cup of outside faucet water in a clean jar or zip-lock

bag.In addition, the Jerome

Recreation District will be of-fering free fitness classes the morning of the health fair.

The schedule for the fitness classes is as follows:

Crossfit: 7:00 AMSpinning: 8:00 AMZumba: 9:00 AM

Current Jerome Recreation members can bring a friend to the gym free the day of the health fair.

For additional informa-tion about the health fair, call (208) 814-9637.

SOUPCont’d from A14

tion): Chicken and Wild Rice, Clam Chowder, Tuscan Pota-to Soup and Butternut Squash. Participants will even get to take samples of their favorite soups home. Participants may register in

in the course online at http://communityed.csi.edu or by calling (208) 732-6442. Class size is limited so early regis-tration is suggested.


Business Directory

Idaho Milk Products Helps Re-stock Local Food Banks after Busy

Holiday SeasonWhile Idaho Milk Products might be the largest dedicated supplier of Milk Proteins in the country, the company continues to give back to the community that helped them build their success. Following the busy holiday season, Idaho Milk Products and their employees gave back to the Magic Valley through

donations to local food banks in an effort to “restock the pantries.” “We are pleased to receive this do-nation of cash and food on behalf of low-income families throughout the Magic Valley. SCCAP is extremely appreciative of our partnership with Idaho Milk Products. The generosi-ty in their business model to support

From Left To Right: Ken Robinette-Executive Director, South Central Commu-nity Action Partnership, Kent Giddings-General Manager, Idaho Milk Products, and Leanne Trappen-Community Services Director, Southern Idaho Community Action Partnership

local nonprofit organizations is a demonstration that sets an example of what exemplary businesses do for their communities.” said Ken Robinette, Executive Director South Central Community Action Partnership. During the season of giving, Idaho Milk Products and their em-ployees collected food to give to local agencies. Between donations that were brought in by employ-ees of Idaho Milk Products and a monetary donation by the compa-ny, approximately 967 pounds of food were donated to South Central Community Action Partnership lo-cated in Twin Falls, Idaho. South Central Community Action Part-nership provides services such as family development, homeless as-sistance, transitional housing, and food to the local communities in Southern Idaho. “Idaho Milk Products is honored to be able to assist the South Cen-tral Community Action Partnership with their noble mission of helping people and changing lives in the Magic Valley,” said Kent Giddings, General Manager of In addition to Idaho Milk Products’ donation to

South Central Community Action Partnership they were also able to make a donation to Martha & Mary’s Pantry that purchased ap-proximately 500 pounds of food. Martha & Mary’s Pantry provides hot meals and food for those in need within the community of Je-rome, Idaho. §§§§

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Jerome Cheer Team Brings Home the GoldBy: Harley Hackworth

The Jerome Cheer Team shows off their moves in Show Cheer during competition. Photo by: Christy Ekstrand

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Rexburg- The Jerome High School Cheerlead-ers took 1st place in Side-line and in Show Cheer at Madison High School. This competition was the

first for a lot of the new squad members.The competition was held on January 25th. The team is coached by: Head Coach, Kira Capps, and Assistant coaches:

Kaela Capps and Jessica Hiatt.Coach Capps said, “Our team has faced a lot of challenges this year, yet they still continue to work through them and

never give up. I couldn’t be more proud of the amazing athletes you are. First place looks good on you!”

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Jerome High School Ro-deo Team Second Annual

Chili Cook-OffIt will be held February 14th at the Jerome Se-nior Center from 5-8 pm. Pay $5.00 at the door and enjoy an all you can eat chili and cornbread meal. There will be a silent

auction, dessert bar and door prizes! If you wish to enter your chili in the contest, e-mail Rhon-da Birnie at [email protected] or Larry Kimball at kimballcat-

[email protected]. Come and celebrate Val-entine’s Day and support the Jerome High School Rodeo Team!

The winning Jerome High School Senior Rodeo Team

Left to Right: Josh Miller, Hadley Kimball, Cody Jackson

The Jerome High School Junior and Senior Rodeo Team

Left to Right - Back Row: Cody Jackson, Hadley Kimball, Josh MillerLeft to Right - Front Row: Jacie Kimball, Amanda Jackson, Tawny Wright, Jor-dan Jackson ( Junior Team)

Jerome High School Rodeo Team Competes in State Livestock

Skill-A-ThonMembers of the Clever Clovers and Northside Wranglers 4-H clubs competed in the 2015 State Livestock Skill-A-Thon held January 17 at the Jerome County Fairgrounds. The se-nior team members were Hadley Kimball, Josh

Miller, and Cody Jack-son. The junior team members were Tawny Wight, Jacie Kimball, Amanda Jackson, and Jordan Jackson. Cody Jackson received fifth place individual and Josh Miller received fourth place individual. The

senior team received first place overall and is now eligible to go to the na-tional competition held in Louisville, Kentucky this coming November.

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Girls State is a LeadershipProgram for Young Women

All the junior class girls of Jerome and Valley Schools who are interest-ed in going to Girls State, please contact your school coun-selor. They have all the information re-garding Girls State and will be able to assist you in apply-ing for this worth-while opportunity. On Thurs-day, February 26, 2015, at 4:00 PM, at the American Le-gion Hall in Jeome, we will be inter-viewing and select-ing candidates to become our delegate or delegates to Girls State in June 2015.at the American Le-gion Hall in Jerome. The purpose of American Le-gion Auxiliary Girls State is to provide citizenship training in every Department of the American Le-gion Auxiliary for

the girls who have completed their ju-nior year of high school; to afford them an opportuni-ty to live together as self-governing citizens; to inform them about the du-ties, privileges, rights and responsi-bilities of American citizenship, in order that they may under-stand and participate in the functioning of their government; and to help them grasp the meaning of some of the respon-sibilities which they must assume when they become adults. Idaho Girls State is a leadership program of the Amer-ican Legion Auxiliary designed to increase awareness and knowl-edge of governmental processes while learn-ing about the duties, privileges, rights and responsibilities of cit-izenship. Delegates

come away with a greater appreciation of the American Flag and of the sacrifices made by our veterans. While at Girls State, they make friends with outstanding girls from around the State and have a fun week they’ll remember for the rest of their lives. Idaho Girls State is a program sponsored and expenses are cov-ered by the Ameri-can Legion Auxiliary (ALA) Department of Idaho. The local service clubs and lo-cal organizations are co-sponsors and con-tribute to the expens-es for the week stay for the girls. Without their support we can-not provide delegates to girls state.

Phyllis Posey, Presi-dent

Jerome American Legion Auxiliary Unit

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What’s Happening at the JeromePublic Library

by Linda MechamHave you been using your tablet,

fire, or eReader to access books? Now you can check out eBooks from the library using your library account. How do you check an eB-ook? Start at the library website at Jerome.lili.org. Use the Over-Drive link and set up an account. Next, you will have to download the reading app to your device. There are some useful tips on our website to help you get started. Sound a little complicated? We have planned an “Appy Hour” on February 24th Hour” we will en-joy appetizers while downloading

the apps necessary to checkout a library eBook. Valentine’s Day? Yuuuck! Looking for something fun to do with your children on Valentine’s Day? We have just the thing. On Saturday, Febru-ary 14th,at 11:30, Don Ritchey will be performing some favor-ite children’s sing-alongs. This children’s entertainer has been performing at the Twin Falls li-brary and has now offered to ex-tend that service to the children

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“One team one dream,” is the cheerleader’s motto this year. Working together is something they are always striving for.The JHS Cheer Team has eighteen members: six boys and twelve girls. The captains are senior, Tiffany Fullmer and ju-nior, Cassidy Thurber. Fullmer said, “We have been working so hard and we definitely deserve what we won. I wouldn’t trade the team we have for anything.” Due to illness, Fullmer had to sit on the bench. Hopefully, she will be better by their next competition. The cheerleaders will compete on Feb. 7th and again in March.

Jerome Cheer members salute the flag during pregame of the varsity game. Photo by: Diego Casillas

Stunting at a quarter break, the cheerleaders entertain the audience. Photo by: Diego Casillas

The team poses for a group picture before their competition at Madison. Photo by: Kira Capps

“One Team One Dream.”

A Retirement Celebration was held at the Jerome School District Administration Office honoring George Wisk’s 25 years of service. From left to right: John Boyd, Troy Fletcher, Ryan Culver, George Wisk, Joe Henry Cone, Josh Cakebread, James Fultz, and Brad Myers.

St. Paul’s Lutheran Church says THANK YOU

Pastor Clint Lutz, and our future men and ladies that will be continuing our tradition of German Sausage/Pancake Supper. Some of these boys and girls started helping when they were 3 years old and have saved us many steps over the last few years.

Again a big “Thank you” from the members of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church to all who joined us for our 34th Annual German Sau-sage/Pancake Supper on Jan. 22nd. The support of our community means a lot to our congregation. We had right at 200 attending again plus some in the kitchen we probably missed counting. As always, the men do all the cooking (except for the sausage) and serving; but have some help from the la-dies with the dishwashing. (they can’t seem to master the dishwasher).

We love hearing the laugh-ter, seeing friends (even if it’s once a year), and those who are looking forward to correctly guessing whether we used the Ahren’s or theKulm’s recipe for the sau-sage. A big “Thanks” to Jean (Easton) Floyd, my friend of 65+ years for her help frying the sausage. Years ago, it was Bertha Block and Elsie Kulm, and I was the helper. When they retired Jean was recruited and has been our ‘Luther-an for a Day’ ever since. Pastor Camin gave her the nametag in the late 1990’s.

New Highway Safety Teen Website:

Have you checked our new Teen Website yet? Here is a link to an article at Idaho Transportation Dept. Transporters: http://itd.idaho.gov/transporter/2011/072911_Trans/072911_TeenDriveWebsite.htmlYou can view the new Teen Website directly at: www.idahoteendriving.org


Heritage Academy, a non-prof-it public charter school in Jerome, received $10,000 as part of the Glanbia Charity Challenge. This generous donation will be used to provide new kitchen equipment for

the school’s free breakfast & lunch program for low-income families in the Magic Valley. Glanbia Foods hosts the largest charity event in the Magic Valley to support local char-ities.

Heritage Academy says“Thank You Glambia”

View from the Capitolby Rep. Maxine Bell

Each year the Historical Society of Idaho brings something of historic nature when they come before the budget committee. It is always so very interesting and an event I look forward to. This artifact pertained to women’s suffrage in Idaho. Na-tionally the beginning movement started in New York in 1848 with lots of internal conflict. But in the west the movement found great ap-peal . The support for the enfran-chisement of women grew steadily in our territory with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in areas of southeast Idaho. Many families had moved to Idaho from Utah where women were given the right to vote in 1870. Many his-torians suspect much lobbying oc-curred from these households.

The hand painted banner we were shown was used between 1895 and

1897 in Idaho Falls . The banner stated the defenders of the moth-ers will emancipate the daughters, hand painted on silk with a ballot on the back. The Historical Soci-ety also had the original abstract vote tally for the election held on November 3, 1896 only six years after Idaho became a state and more than a quarter of a century before women would have the vote nationally by the 19th amendment.

Idaho was the 4th state to grant women the right to vote, and the first state to do so by a constitution-al amendment. Interestingly, only men could vote for the amendment but did so overwhelmingly by a two to one margin!! Our history is full of wonderful and exciting events , just thought you might en-joy this one. §§§§

left to right: Lacey Jacobsen, Food Service Director; Bob Virden, Glan-bia Representative; Blair Crouch, Board Chairman.

of our community. Our makers have been busy mak-

ing! Make It has continued to be the place to be on Monday after-noons here at the library. Recently our makers delved into the world of Brushbots! The Brushbots materials included a toothbrush head, a 3V vibrating pager motor, a coin cell battery and a battery holder. They once again worked on their solder-

ing skills and created amazing little Brushbots that spun in circles and danced on the table! This month we will be working on Stop Motion Animation. Make It is held every Monday after school from 3:30-5:00 and is open to all students in grades 6-12. In March, the makers will begin to discover 3D printing.Our younger makers have been

just as busy as the older makers! Their most recent feat? Making

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Valley Boys Basketball Team

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Valley Wrestling and Spirit

John Holland,

Valley combined with Kimberly for wrestling this year traveling together throughout the season. For District Wrestling Valley boys will compete in 2A conference. District Wrestling will begin on Tuesday February 17th at Wendell.


Mr. VHS Candidates and their Escorts

Monday started off with Mr. VHS, a senior boy pageant, where the boys display their formal wear, sportswear, talent and answer impromptu ques-tions. Each boy is auctioned off after the pageant for 3 hours of work, pro-ceeds help BPA (Business Professionals of America) attend State and Na-

tional Conventions. Tuesday was Crazy Fan Day, Wednesday was Black Out Day, Thursday was Dress Old or Young Day, and Friday was Come as Twins.

from left to right: Jack Roger(Mr.VHS), Andrea Carlquist, Maren Hunter, Abe Meyer, Marcos Hernandez, Emily Ramos, Elliot Meyers, Tosha Pincock, Rocio Lopez, Eddy Cruz, Gerimo Chaires, Claribell Juarez, Sonya Gerrett, Cole Lickley, John Holland, Kynsee Mussmann

Valley Girls Basketball

Coach Jamie Kohtz, players Kynsee Mussmann, Madisyn Kimmel, Tannah Sellers, Taylor Hodges, Maren Hunter, Jakobi Johnson, Andrea Carlquist, Jeorgi Kalisek, Savania Jeske, Cristal Arteaga, Samantha Moncur, Brinley Reed

Kynsee Mussmann(13), Madisyn Kimmel(20), Brinley Reed(24) Tannah Sellers (10)


Tidbits from my slice of heaven.

by Lloyd LundonI’m Lloyd Lundon (not

my real name), and I like this little paper. I asked the editor about columns or sto-ries, and he said everyone was welcome to submit. Even me. He might take that back after this winds up in his in-box.

I went to Valley High a few years ago. I like to say I grew up in Jerome County. That would be a fabrication, as I’ve never really grown up. I have read several dif-ferent places, okay, they were all on Facebook, that if you don’t grow up by age 50, you don’t have to. So, just like that, I’ve passed some magical milestone and am free to be, well, free to be me.

I rather enjoy Dave Bar-ry. He is a humorist who specializes in satire and sar-casm. I fancy myself as a humorist, and I am a master of sarcasm. If only I could be as funny as him, I’d count my life as a success. Okay, maybe other factors ought to be in the measure-ment, but humor ranks right up there, alongside greasy cheese burgers and cherry cheese cake.

We’ve had an interesting seven days since the last pa-per came to your doorstep. We have had the chance to listen to the POTUS (for those who don’t know, that is the President Of The United States) speak to us and tell us some good ones. You know what I mean; if you like him, you say “That

was a good one!” If you dislike him, you say “that was a good one!” So no matter where you sit, there was some good stuff in his speech. If you were like me, you didn’t even have to lis-ten to the address to know there was good stuff. Some-where, from someone or an-other, you heard about it.

We also had gasoline prices doing an imitation of a roller coaster. Prices fell to Pre-Obama prices, and there was much cheering! I even saw a fella pull up to the Maverick pump with a small trailer behind his Pri-us. He had about 15 five gallon gas jugs in his tiny trailer. This was before the price went up. He took ad-vantage of the “low” price and got 75 gallons of gas for $124.50. I have to as-sume that this fella was a genius. The price went up .14 cents the next day and .06 cents the day after. That means the price went up .20 cents in just two days. How many of you are cussing the “high” prices again, like I did? Are we fickle folks, or what? And the guy in the Prius...I assume he now has enough gas to last him until June or July.

Perhaps the most talk-ed about occurrence since the last paper (and I write this on the 24th of Janu-ary) is “deflate-gate.” One team in the NFL deflated the footballs used during a game so that it was easier to play the game. Some-how, and this is true, they were the only team to use the underinflated footballs. The other team had to use regulation footballs during their possessions. The team that “cheated” went on to win the game and advance to the Super Bowl. Yep, the

most important chatter was about a game where big ol’ grown boys grapple with each other on a green field (they can’t even be original like our men in Boise who play on the Blue Turf) for unseemly amounts of cash to be victorious in a game that only Americans under-stand and foreigners deride as “a game for sissies.” I’ve never played rugby, but it does look awfully brutal.

So while pundits debate about a border-to-border pipeline, and high school kids salivate about free col-lege tuition, and Nor’eas-ters clobber easterners, and sad kittens and puppies stare at us begging for cash during TV commercials, we continue to hate or defend a team over two pounds of air. Yep, right on target. After all, it is the week in between conference championships and the Super Bowl. Oops, will this paper get a notice of trademark infringement if I use the term Super Bowl rather than “Big Game” or “Championship Sunday?” That could lead into a dis-cussion about the name of the team in Washington, but we can probably save that argument for another sea-son.

Jerome County is a great place to live. We’ve got ev-erything we need right here. By right here, I mean here and across the riv-er. Or up north. But we got it all! I hope that we can all sup-port this wonderful little tabloid and those that advertise herein. It’s a good thing to have in our county. Even if you only use it to start a

fire in your fireplace or line the bottom of your bird cage. And I hope you like this col-umn. I have visions (or may-be delusions) of being the next Dave Barry. §§§§§

3D shapes and objects us-ing only two items from the kitchen; spaghetti noodles and mini marshmallows! This month our Junior Mak-ers will be working with squishy circuits. Jr. Make It is held every Friday from 1:00-2:00.

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Do you like to crochet or knit? JPL hosted its first “Flying Needles” crochet/knitting club! It was a huge success and was well at-tended! The ladies brought projects to work on, social-ized and had refreshments. “Flying Needles” will meet the last Wednesday of every month from 9:30-10:30 am at the library. If you would like to sign up or have any questions, stop by or call the library at 324-5427.

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