The Idaho Statesman from Boise, Idaho • 1

THE TREASURE VALLEY'S BEST READ NEWSPAPER few 1 4 I a I BOISE EDITION BOISE GARDEN CITY IN MEMORY YOU MAY BE SURPRISED AT THE OPTIONS AVAILABLE AS MEMORIALS OR YOUR LOVED ONES LIE! feAMr 052706 SATURDAY BREAKING NEWS AT IDAHOSTATESMANCOM AVOID SCAMS EXPERTS' TIPS Help for older Idahoans BUSINESS 1 fe TODAY'S ORECAST 59 HIGH 41 LOW MAIN 20 50 CENTS Kempthorne Risch accept new jobs hfe Dirk Kempthorne 49th secretary of Department of the Interior Jim Risch 3 1st governor Risch will have shortest tenure as governor in Idaho history Kempthorne moves to Interior BY GREGORY HAHN AND BILL ROBERTS IDAHO STATESMAN Dirk Kempthorne 30th governor resigned riday after the US Senate confirmed his nomination as the 49th secretary of the Department of the Interior The offices in the west wing of the Statehouse have been handed over to the 31st gov ernor Jim Risch 63 a lawyer whose tenure will be the short est in Idaho history: seven months Risch is running for re election as lieutenant governor again in November against De mocrat Larry LaRocco a former Idaho congressman confirmation came on a voice vote after the senators voted 85 8 to limit de bate He was sworn in at a White House ceremony with President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice looking on has been my profound hon or to serve the people of Idaho as their 30th Kempthorne wrote in his resignation letter "I will have the benefit of their friendship inspiration and prayers as I enter this new arena of ser vice on behalf of our fellow citi zens throughout the United States God bless Idaho and God bless the United States of Risch said he would be sworn in quietly in a private ceremony at home riday night His official inauguration is set for next ri day on the Statehouse stens At a Boise Airport news SfjECHANGEONMAINS Online ldahoStatesmancom Read Kempthorne letter of resignation Judge drops hammer: No plea Dehl Defense attorneys implicated in shady deal with Hanslovan BY HEATH DRUZIN IDAHO STATESMAN A judge threw out a plea deal ri day and sentenced Barbara Dehl to nearly double the prison time pros ecutors recommended in a kidnap ping and drug case that led to mur der and at least one defense lawyer in the case could face disciplinary action for possible misconduct Before sentencing Dehl to 15 years in prison with five years fixed 4th District Judge Joel Horton chastised her for a secret deal she made with ex boyfriend Larry Hanslovan Dehl allegedly promised to put money in jail account and give him a job after his release from prison as an incentive for Hanslo van to plead guilty to drug and kid napping charges to deflect blame from Dehl Hanslovan later tried to rescind that guilty plea an offer Horton re jected effort to subvert justice by paying off a ctT defendant in an ef fort to keep him silent certainly speaks volumes about how much learned about this experi Horton said riday He also said that Dehl 49 continuously painted herself as a victim instead of taking responsibility Dehl a well known anti dating SEESENTENCE0NMAIN3 Joe Jaszewskl Idaho Statesman Barbara Dehl reacts after ourth District udge Joel Horton threw out her plea deal and sentenced her to 1 5 years in prison with five of them fixed for drug and kidnapping charges it RBbkM feWiiEL Kim Idaho Statesman Widna Stankewsky holds photos of the two children she and her husband Victor have been trying to adopt from I rkutsk Russia for nearly four years They had almost completed the process when a 2 year old Russian adoptee was killed by her mother in North Carolina and Russian authorities stopped adoptions by Americans Couple anxious to bring Russian children home BY TIM WOODWARD IDAHO STATESMAN Widna and Victor Stankewsky hope this sentencing of a woman who killed her adopted Russian daughter will help the Boise couple get the Russian children been trying for years to adopt hoping the sentence is severe enough to placate the Russian authorities and be able to go get our children" Widna Stankewsky said SEE ADOPTION ON MAIN5 IIWTE UPDATE Index Celebrities main Comics LIE 7 Communities main 4 Legal Ads gear 2Movies life 2 Obituaries main 19 Opinion main 10 11 Outdoors sports 6 Stocks BUSINESS 4 TV LIE 2 Weather main 20 Paper missing? Call 377 6370 2006 Idaho Statesman A Knight Ridder newspaper Valley State Residents mad over fire vote Eagle residents say they are angry that the Eagle ire District levy election on Tuesday better publicized to taxpayers ewer than 300 people turned out to vote on the proposed property tax increase that is send ing an additional $750000 annually into fire district coffers main 3 Nominees may affect debate The Treasure Valley has five new conser vative GOP nominees who may play a role in changing the discussion on community colleges and 12 education our of the five face opponents in November one does not In districts that have remained solidly Re publican for a decade it is likely most will make it to the Statehouse main 3 eds postpone explosion The federal government indefinitely post poned a massive explosion that planners said would generate a mushroom cloud over the Nevada desert Officials said the delay would allow time to answer legal and scien tific questions about whether it would kick up radioactive fallout across the West left from nuclear weapons tests main 8 Spotlight: Your aith Every Wednesday morning a dedicated group of women gather at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church in Boise to warm the hearts and bodies of strangers thousands of miles away who benefit from the comfort and warmth of the quilts they make main 4 LL JL LJ! "'niliiilililii Correction Steve Casey received 2685 votes in Canyon County and 3885 votes in Kootenai County in the Republican primary for su perintendent of public instruction Tuesday Totals in a chart accompanying a story on Main 7 in paper were incorrect gf AP file phofo Gen Michael Hague the US Mannes Corps Commandant listens to Marines in this 2004 file photo Hague is visitingtroops in Iraq now while an inquiry into civilian deaths is underway main 13 Nation World Probe points toward murder Military investigators probing the deaths last November of about two dozen Iraqi civilians have evidence that points toward unprovoked murders by Marines a senior defense official said riday A separate inves tigation is aimed at determining if Marines lied to cover up the events which included the deaths of women and children main 13 Seeking an immigration deal The mood of the country be far from thoughts as they try to hammer out a compromise immigration bill with amnesty for illegal immigrants the key stick ing point toward reaching that goal main 13 No one saves man on Everest The story trickled down Mount Everest: a British mountaineer desperate for oxygen had collapsed along a well traveled route to the summit Dozens of people walked right past him unwilling to risk their own as cents Within hours David Sharp 34 was dead main 13 Business Sports Lawsuit targets Johnston A clerk at an Albertsons store who owns stock in the company filed a lawsuit ri day in Boise against Albert board of directors and Chief Executive Officer Larry Johnston The lawsuit demands that Johnston be denied his severance pack age if the struggling compa jrC Larry Johnston sale is approved by shareholders Tuesday Johnston stands to collect at least $74 million business 1 Youth soccer team's goal is to get back to Boise The Les Bois United 16 girls soccer team begins its march toward a fifth straight Idaho State Cup crown today in Idaho alls A State Cup championship would advance the team to the ar West Regionals next month in Boise sports 1 Life Keep those dogs barkin' Buzzworthy 100 calorie snacks are a dieter's lifesaver Dieting but just dying for a sin ful Oreo some potato chips a Coke? Go ahead but make sure you limit yourself with new 100 calorie snack packs Nabisco is the mastermind but other compa nies have latched on to the idea You can pick and choose and pack a yummy lunch or snack guilt free LIE 1 Jp Lotteries riday's drawing IDAHO PICK 3: 2 0 5 Summer can be hard on your four legged friends Make sure to leave plenty of water in the shade let your dog ride in the back of your truck or with its head hanging out the car window life 1 Coming Sunday jlM febH 1 1 JrfE hEBHHI All but forgotten Tucked into the base of a hill just minutes from Downtown Boise lie about 250 graves of soldiers and family members dating back as far as 1863 when ort Boise was an active fort and Idaho was a territo ry ort Boise Military Reserve Cemetery looks abandoned but its bleak beauty and the stories behind the gravestones attract some to wander and ponder IN main 1 WimiUUl JIIIIIJ May 2006 Issue HOMES On Stands Now! A complimentary guide to Boise surrounding areas Boise 323 4000 Downtown 345 0322 Nampa 4630000 Garden Valley 208 462 4010 INIGHTRPDERW SATURDAY Tsarr.