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B-2 Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho Tuesday, October 5, 1 993 County hospital board OKs $66.5 million budget Twin Falls council comprehensive adopts plan Wok'N' Grill hit in burglary The Times-News TWIN FALLS A burglary last week netted several thousand dollars from the Wok 'N Grill restaurant, according to a Twin Falls police report. The burglary took place between the time the restaurant closed Thursday night and Friday morning, according to the report. When workers arrived at the restaurant Friday, they noticed an office door was open and a back door was unbolted, the report stated. The Wok 'N' Grill is located at 1188 Blue Lakes Blvd. N.

to $1.5 million, a 4 percent increase. The cost of employee benefits increased by 6.9 percent to $2.9 million because of rising insurance premiums, said Ken Fry, vice president for finance. The budget's net operating income increased by $733,862, or 84 percent, to $1.6 million. Total net income was projected to increase by 35 percent to $2.5 million. Revenues were projected to increase by $6 million, or 10 percent, because the hospital is opening a new transitional nursing unit in March and the number of walk-in patients is expected to continue increasing.

The budget includes $1.2 million for repairs and maintenance. By Kirk Mitchell Times-News writer TWIN FALLS The county hospital board has approved a $66.5 million budget for die 1993-94 financial year that began Friday. The budget 'for Magic Valley'Re-gional Medical Center includes a 7 percent rate increase for patients. Sue Summers-Carver, vice president of marketing and communications, said the hospital administration had recommended a 6.5 percent rate increase. The budget includes 3 percent raises for employees.

The total expense for salaries was $16.7 million. Fees for physicians rose $69,020 Students: Don't change drinking policy The council told the Fillmore residents that while construction on their street was "a low priority" on the plan, its inclusion in the plan did not matter. As Wayne S. Forrey, one of the chief developers of the plan, put it, "What's important is that a set of projects has been brought into the financial planning of the city." Forrey said that the comprehensive plan will be a factor in every meeting the City Council or the city planning and zoning commission has. "This is not the end, but the beginning of that process" of debate on the city's future, he said.

The plan was passed with two recommendations made by the planning commission in August. The first recommendation was to create a canyon rim zoning district "to protect scenic vistas, fulfill the need for public access and assure a trail corridor." The second goal would set aside funds for the future purchase of access near or along the canyon rim. City Attorney Fritz Wonderlich said this did not mean that the city would attempt to create an easement along the rim. The plan permits any citizen to petition the planning commission for an amendment to the comprehensive plan. The commission, in turn, would be required to hold annual public hearings to promote better understanding of the plan and to maintain the plan's relevancy under future conditions.

In other business, the council proclaimed October to be both National Arts and Humanities Month and Doctors Against Drugs Month. The council also approved plans to eliminate parking in the 700 block of Shoshone Street South, resolved that monthly sanitation fees for city residents receiving "unlimited service" would increase from $7.45 to $10.05, and approved a plan to build a residential subdivision north of Candleridge Drive and east of Madrona. By Sean L. McCarthy Times-News writer TWIN FALLS The City Council approved the final draft of the city's 1993 comprehensive plan amid last-minute appeals from Fillmore Street residents Monday night. Both planners and council members alike were quick to point out that the comprehensive plan is only "a snapshot of today." "It's a policy document," said Nancy Taylor, planning associate with J-U-B Engineers in Boise Monday night.

"It is not meant to be specific." Jeff Fox, a member of the plan's technical advisory committee, agreed. "This is not cut in stone," he said. "It is only a guide to the future," Councilman Jim Vickers said. Fillmore residents again were the major Voice to be heard at the final public hearing on the plan. All of them were concerned about plans to make that street a major thoroughfare.

These residents had been vocal in August, too, when the planning and zoning commission held a series of public hearings on the plan. "Fillmore is one of the best and prettiest streets in the city," Keith Riley said. "Leave us in peace." Councilman Gale Kleinkopf said that there has been a lot of miscommunication about the future of Fillmore Street. "I don't think there's anyone on the council who wants" to lengthen and widen Fillmore, Kleinkopf said. "It's not going to happen in my lifetime." Other council members echoed Kleinkopf sentiments.

"We shouldn't be creating fear and animosity between the council and your neighborhood," Councilman Tom Condie said. He said that the costs of expanding Fillmore would be expensive and unwise. BOISE (AP) The state Board of Education policy regarding alcohol on university campuses should remain the same, students and administrators told the board's alcohol committee. Committee members asked Idaho's public universities and colleges for their views on strengthening and enforcing the current alcohol policy. They met at Boise State University on Monday.

Debate over campus drinking was spurred by an 18-year-old University of Idaho sorority pledge's fall from a sorority house fire escape Aug. 19, following a night of heavy drinking at two fraternities. Rejena Coghlan remains paralyzed from the waist down. The Beta Theta Pi and Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternities face a long list of penalties for serving the underaged girl alcohol during Rush Week. Death notices Utah Supreme Court will not hear Elks Lodge case officiating.

Interment will be at the Rupert Cemetery. Friends may call one hour before the funeral at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of the Hansen Mortuary in Rupert. Henry E. Arterburn HAGERMAN Henry E.

Arterburn, 73, of Hagerman, died Sunday, Oct. 3, 1993, at the Gooding County Memorial Hospital. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Hagerman American Legion Hall. Burial will follow at the Hagerman Cemetery.

Friends may call from 1 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at De-' maray's Gooding Chapel. The funeral will be held at 1 1 a.m. Wednesday at the Rupert 4th Ward LDS Church, Rupert Idaho West Stake Center, 100 W. 36 with Bishop Victor Claridge officiating.

Interment will follow at the Rupert Cemetery. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. today at the Hansen Mortuary in Rupert and one hour before the funeral on Wednesday at the church. Clyde H. Hoskins RUPERT Clyde Hyrum Hoskins, 73, of Rupert, died Friday, Oct.

1, 1993, at the Cassia Memorial Hospital in Burley. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. today at the Rupert LDS West Stake Center, with Bishop Brent Robinson Samuel H. Lough WENDELL Samuel Howard Lough, 93, of Wendell, died Saturday, Oct. 2, 1993, at the Gooding County Memorial Hospital.

The funeral will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Demaray's Wendell Chapel, with Pastor Herman Pope officiating. Burial will follow at the West End Cemetery in Buhl. Friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral chapel.

Rulon H. Griffin RUPERT Rulon H. Griffin, 89, of Rupert, died Saturday, Oct. 2, 1993, at the Minidoka Memorial Hospital in Rupert. Hospital MAGIC VALLEY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Admitted Shannon Armstrong and Ralph Brannan, both of Twin Falls; Nyal Hoffman of Filer; Jimmie Nell Olson of Jerome; and Loren Vineyard of Las Vegas, Nev.

Released Jeanette Schwaegler of Twin Falls; Joy Clements of Buhl; Leta Vreeland of Hagerman; and Robert Robinson of Las Vegas, Nev, State board member Curtis Eaton of Twin Falls, who headed the alcohol committee, will take recommendations to the full panel's Oct. 14 meeting at Idaho. Students said trying to change behavior toward drinking is not effective at the college level. Such education must start much sooner, at the elementary and secondary levels. "By the time they come to college, it's too late," said Lisa Jolley, president of the Panhellenic Council at Idaho, which governs sororities.

Jolley and Shelby Leforgee, Inter-fraternity Council president, were the only student Greek representatives at the meeting. While the state board's current policy prohibits public drinking, students who are at least 21 years old can consume alcohol in their own rooms or apartments. Anyone found in violation, including students, pests or em lawyers for the St. George Elks lodge, which has more than 1,000 members, said the state court had displayed "complete disregard of the lodge members' fundamental right of free association." The appeal contended that Elks members comprise a truly private club. But Brian Barnard, Beynon's Salt Lake lawyer, said the case didn't present a new issue because the court previously had ruled that individual rights can take a back seat to a state's interest.

In Utah, the state has determined it has an interest in ending gender discrimination, he said. Moreover, the high court had previously ruled that "when you're regulating liquor, you can infringe on certain rights," Barnard said. Past Supreme Court rulings have allowed states to force Jaycees and Rotary clubs to admit women, and let New York City bar discrimination against women and minorities by private clubs with more than 400 members. Barnard said Beynon will file again for membership in the Elks Lodge. And, he plans to file suit in the 5th District this week on behalf of Rachel Cox, a second woman who was turned down for membership in the lodge this summer.

He'll push for the lodge to be shut down if it doesn't comply with the court's ruling, Barnard said. Elks attorney Glenn Hanni was not available for comment Monday, and a national Elks spokesman declined to comment until he had spoken with Hanni. The Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission has put all of Utah's all-male Elks lodges on notice that they must comply with Utah's Civil Rights Act or face losing their liquor licenses. An Oct. 22 hearing before the commission is scheduled.

parachute accident been jumping all day near Harrah. The accident occurred Sunday evening. Last Thursday, Terrill A. Guske, 60, of Walla Walla, died when he collided with another sky diver over Richland. He was practicing for a sky diving competition and was knocked unconscious.

Benton County deputy coroner Bud Leach said Guske died of head and internal injuries from hitting the ground. Seventy-five percent of respondents said tradition attracted them to the fair. The remaining 25 percent said they found out about the fair from media sources or from friends and family. Ninety-percent of the rodeo-watchers said they attended other activities at the fair. For obituary rate information, call 733-0931, extension 278 ployees, face sanctions from campus administrators.

Phyllis Sawyer, director of the Idaho Regional Alcohol and Drug Awareness Resource Network, said college courses dealing with substance abuse should be required for all students. Robert Melgard, an adviser to the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, said fraternities are battling images of past partying within their own membership. Alumni return to campuses and expect an "open bar" type of atmosphere, which creates a problem because fraternities depend on alumni for financial support, he said. Idaho has the state's largest Greek system with 27 houses. Boise State and Idaho State have a few sororities and fraternities.

Lewis-Clark State College and the two-year schools have none. At Idaho, 25 percent of students are in the Greek system, said Hal Godwin, vice president of student affairs. Driver, boyfriend, $3.1 million disappear LAS VEGAS (AP) Las Vegas Metro Police want to talk to an armored car driver and her boyfriend after the vehicle she was driving disappeared with $3.1 million. "They have dropped off the face of the earth," Metro Sgt. Larry Duis said of the couple and their personal vehicles.

"We're getting a ton of leads, the normal run of crazies, and a couple of sightings, but nothing that's able to satisfy us," Duis said Monday. The leads were prompted, in part, by a $25,000 reward for information leading to the capture of those involved in the theft of the vehicle and cash. Houston-based Loomis Armored Inc. made the reward offer after one of its drivers, Heather Catherine Tallchief, 21, vanished with the van and cash Friday. Police said the woman was making the rounds with two male co-workers when she stopped the van outside Circus-Circus Hotel and Casino.

The men went inside the hotel to refill automatic teller machines and she disappeared along with the money, in $100 and $20 denominations. Duis believes more than one person is involved. "This is too big for anyone to have acted alone," he said. "It's possible she's a victim. I'm not sure too many people believe that, but it's a possibility." Duis said Ms.

Tallchief at one time lived in Mexico. "We think she resided there temporarily," he said. "We don't know if she's got contacts there." Ms. Tallchief, who also uses the surname Franco, began working for Loomis in August, accord-" ing to company spokesman Art Delia. She is a Buffalo, N.Y.

native who recently lived in San Francisco and has relatives in both areas. "We're still trying to figure out exactly where she's from," Duis said. "We have a variety of addresses and locations. There are some inconsistencies with her local address, and some of the past addresses." Duis said police would like to find vehicles belonging to Ms. Tallchief and her boyfriend, which are also missing.

HEALTH INSURANCE for the Self- Employed AFFORDABLE 734-8529 Hattonal Association f.w'lT7 tor the Self Employed WASHINGTON (AP) The St. George Elks Lodge, which was ordered by the Utah Supreme Court to let a woman become a member or give up its liquor license, has lost its Supreme Court appeal. The court, without comment, rejected arguments that leaving the Elks with such a choice violates their constitutional rights. Brian Barnard, the woman's attorney, said he'll seek to close the Elks lodge through a second suit this week. The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks has been a national fraternity for more than 125 years, and has never allowed women as members.

As do many local Elks chapters across the country, St. George-Dixie Lodge No. 1743 operates a restaurant and bar open to members, their families and guests. Sandra Beynon sought to become a member in 1987 but was turned down because she is a woman. She sued, invoking the Utah Civil Rights Act that bans sex bias by businesses and state-regulated enterprises.

A state trial judge ruled that the Elks lodge was not covered by the law, but the state Supreme Court reversed that ruling. The state's highest court, however, did not rule on the Elks' contention that applying the civil rights law to their organization violates their First Amendment right to associate, free from government coercion, with whom they please. By obtaining a liquor license, the Elks had essentially waived their as-sociational rights, the state Supreme Court ruled. "As long as the (lodge) maintains its liquor license, it may not discriminate," the state court said. It added: "We need not determine whether' Elks' activities should be constitutionally protected because! the (lodge) is free to relinquish its liquor license." In the appeal acted on Monday, 2nd man dies in YAKIMA, Wash.

(AP) Authorities have identified a man who became the second sky diver to die in central Washington since Thursday-Dennis Williams, 44, of Zillah died Sunday when his parachute failed to open near the Yakima Indian Reservation town of Harrah. Williams was a veteran sky diver, Yakima County coroner Leonard Birkinbine said Monday. He was part of a group that had Fair Continued from B1 rodeo bleachers to comply with state and federal safety codes, and formed a new committee that would promote off-season usage of the fairgrounds and strengthen educational programs at the fair. The board also released the results from a survey of over 600 spectators at this year's rodeo. Among the findings: Thirty-six percent of the respondents reported that they lived outside of Twin Falls County 10 percent came from out of state to attend the rodeo.

Obituaries Edgar J. Schmidt TWIN FALLS Edgar John. Schmidt, 82, of Twin Falls, died Monday, Oct. 4, 1993, at the Magic Valley Regional Medical Center in Twin Falls. He was born Sept.

23, 191 1, near Rockville, the son of Frederick and Clara (Vogt) Schmidt. When he was 7 years old, the family moved to a farm near Schell City, Mo. He graduated from Schell City High School. On March 1, 1939, he married Margaret Freshour in Taberville, and later that month, they moved to Idaho and lived in the Idaho Falls area for eight years. In 1946, they moved to Buhl where he worked for C.C.

Anderson for five years. He was transferred to the Twin Falls C.C. Anderson store in 1951, where he worked for another six years. He then worked for Bell Wholesale Co. for a number of years.

In 1961, he purchased a grocery, known as Schmidt's Market on South Washington, which they operated until his retirement in 1977. Mr. Schmidt was a member of the Twin Falls First United Methodist Church. He enjoyed bowling, gardening and traveling. Survivors include his wife, Margaret; a daughter and son-in-law, Mareda and Cecil Wright; and two grandsons, Kevin and Nathan Wright all of Twin Falls; one brother Wilbert Schmidt of El Dorado Springs, and two nieces, Elayne Hillsman and Carol Wells, also of Missouri.

The funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at the First United Methodist Church in Twin Falls, with "i'i Mary of Jerome and Clark of San Francisco; two sisters, Harriet Nu-ber of Billings and Josephine Romero of Santa Barbara, and 17 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers and one sister. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Jerome Fifth Ward LDS Chapel on north Lincoln, with Bishop Eugene Cook officiating.

Burial will follow at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Provo City Cemetery. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today and from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Hove-Robertson Funeral Chapel in Jerome and one hour before the funeral on Wednesday at the church.

Norman French TWIN FALLS Norman French, 53, of Arcadia, and formerly of Twin Falls, died Sunday, Oct. 3, 1993, at the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, of complications after receiving a liver transplant. He was born Dec. 19, 1939, in Louis, the son of Ross and Kathryn French. He graduated from Twin Falls High School in 1958.

He and his family moved to Arcadia in 1962. He was a great outdoorsman and loved fishing and life, and lived it to the fullest. He is survived by his wife, Anita of Arcadia; two sons, Rick (Becky) French and Terry French of Temple City, one daughter, Leesa (Dr. Mark) Zimmerman of Lake Havasu City, four grandchildren; his mother of Azusa, four brothers, Ross French of Arizona, Joe French of Utah, Dr. Archie French of Arcadia and Richard French of Massachusetts; two sisters, Jackie DeBoard (Merl) of Jerome and Doris (Roger) Boyd of Twin Falls; a brother and sister-in-law, Dale and JoAnn Orr of Twin Falls; and many-nephews and nieces.

He was preceded in death by his father and two brothers, David and Donald French. His body has been donated to the UCLA Medical Center for research. He will be greatly missed by family and friends. A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct.

6, 1993, in Temple City. Dr. Wayne and the Rev. Anne Weld-Martin officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Park in Twin Falls.

Friends may call rom 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at White Mortuary in Twin Falls. The family suggests memorial contributions may be made to the First United Methodist Church Endowment Fund, 360 Shoshone St. Twin Falls ID 83301. Philip E.

Shane Jr. JEROME Philip Elrod Shane 80, of Jerome, died Sunday, Oct. 3, 1993, at his home, following a short illness. He was born Aug. 29, 1913, in San Jose, the son of Philip E.

and Ellen Esther Perrin Shane. The family moved to Bozeman, when he was a young child, where he was raised and educated. He married Dorthey Fay Goodman on Aug. 20, 1945, in Evanston, and their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple. He operated Shane's Electric and the "Wheat Shop." in Provo, Utah.

In 1951, they moved to Gooding and farmed for a short time and then he managed the Raft River Rural Electric Association in Malta. In 1955, they moved to Hayward, where he operated Wasatch Plumbing and also Wasatch Services, a janitorial care service. He was a member of the LDS Church. Survivors include his wife of Jerome; his children, Michael of San Jose, Patrick of Provo, Kathrine of San Francisco, John of Anchorage, Alaska, Mark of Cody, 1 1.