By Journal Staff POCATELLO — When cats end up in the Portneuf River, Po-catello firefighters believe they know the cause. People — most likely kids — are suspected of throwing felines

over the tall chain-link fenc-es that border the river’s path through the city on both banks. It happened again on Tues-day afternoon, prompting the Fire Depart-ment’s Station 2 to conduct an all

too familiar cat rescue operation. Station 2 on North Hayes Av-enue is the closest fire station to the section of the Portneuf River, where the cats are usually able to pull themselves from the current and climb onto one of the islands of mud that poke through this shallow part of the waterway. Tuesday’s incident was re-ported at about 1 p.m. when a nearby resident spotted a black cat stranded on a mud patch in the river near West Wyeth Street.

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Local schools get grants for fruits and vegetables Students at schools across Idaho will get to try some exotic fruits and vegetables through a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Idaho Department of Education. Lisa Karell, director of child nutrition for the American Falls School District, said they’ve been able to serve dragon fruit, star fruit and avocaditos to kids as snacks during the day, thanks to the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program funding they’ve received in the past. SEE thejhub.com.

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BLACKFOOT — For the past 12 years, Wyatt Wray’s life has been pretty straight forward. He went to school nine months out of each year, and spent his summers at sports

camps and practices. He knew what to expect, he said. But he doesn’t any more. Wray was one of the 121 seniors who graduated from Snake River High School on Wednesday night. “I’m a little excited, but a little nervous,” Wray said, adding that, for the

first time in his life, he will have to really start making his own decisions. Still, he said his teachers and coaches have helped prepare him for the future, and he’s looking forward to moving on with his life. “I want to get out and experience all the things we hear about in class,” he said. Wray is planning to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the near future, and then study engineering at Utah State University when he returns. But as he moves forward with his life, he can’t help but look back at the

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By Michael h. o’donnellmodonnell@journalnet.com

POCATELLO — Those working to help re-elect Pocatello council members Roger Bray and Gary Moore and bring Roger Chase back to the mayor’s office want to make sure everyone understands this year’s election is not a one-issue affair. It’s just that one issue is on the front burner — an ordinance to protect the LGBT com-munity. Chase, Moore and Bray attended a fund-raiser held by a group calling itself “Mov-ing Forward” at the home of state Sen. Roy Lacey on Thursday morning. On a deck

overlooking the city from the west bench, the politicians met supporters to discuss the future of Pocatello. “As I watched what’s going on in the com-munity, I decided to run again,” Chase said.

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Mayoral and council candidates receive support at fundraiser

Memorable high school career ends for senior

Throwingcats in riverbrings needfor rescuesFiremen blameyouth for calls

Moving the city forward

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Pocatello mayoral candidate Roger Chase, from left, and council members Gary Moore and Roger Bray met at the home of state Sen. Roy Lacey on West Trail Creek Road Wednesday evening for a political fundraiser sponsored by the Moving Forward group.

ONLINEDo you think the city of Pocatello anti-discrimination ordinance to protect the LGBT community will be a deciding factor in the November city elections? Take the poll at idahostatejournal.com.

This cat was rescued from the Portneuf River on Tuesday.

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Paul Lundgren will attempt to swim across the Sea of Cortez on June 30. Below, he is shown trying to make his first attempt to cross the same treacherous stretch of water.

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The sea beckons for Paul Lundgren, 49, a mem-ber of Highland High

School’s Class of 1982. He will be making his second solo at-tempt to swim across the Sea of Cortez, an 80-mile endurance trek from San Carlos, Mexico, to Punta Chivato, on Mexico’s Baja peninsula, June 30. The salt-water effort will cover almost three times the mileage of crossing the English Channel, the measure of swimming endur-ance for generations. Lundgren’s previous try in June 2012 ended in failure after 24 hours of swimming with only 31 miles covered after going up against one of the strongest cur-rents in that part of the world.

“We found out that the cur-rent was so strong, that I trav-eled only 100 yards in one hour,” said Lungren, the CEO of Fit 2 Race, a company that designs and manufactures wet suits and other clothing for triathletes who participate in running, swimming and bicycling. “We only had a one-day win-dow, so we knew we could not make it in time. It seemed like I went two strokes forward and one stroke back. During this next effort, we will have 72 hours or a three-day time span, so I am very confident.” The Sea of Cortez is also known as the Gulf of Califor-nia. In Spanish it’s called Mar de Cortés or Mar Bermejo or Golfo de California. It’s the

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By Michael h. O’DOnnellmodonnell@journalnet.com

POCATELLO — CW HOG volunteer Jeff Hamp-sten remembers well how he became involved with

the annual Pig Out fundraiser the group has been holding for years to help fund activities

for people with disabilities. It was the first year for the event and Dana Olson was having trouble heating

up the corn. “She was moving from one old Coleman camp stove to the next trying to pump them up and keep the water hot,” Hampsten said. “I laughed at her, and she told me, if I thought I could do it better, I

could be in charge.” That was 32 years ago. Hampsten, Olson and additional volunteers like Sarah Jackson have

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Yogurt, drones promising signs

Pigging out for a good causeCookout in 32nd year a fundraiser for disabled

By DeBBie BryceFor the Journal

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — U.S. Army Sgt. Matthew Krumwiede, originally from Pocatello, said he looks forward to getting up and walking again and returning to his full height of 5 feet 11 inches. Krumwiede lost both of his legs when an impro-vised exploding device detonated during a firefight in Afghanistan in June 2012. He also sustained severe stomach wounds. He’s been at the San Antonio Medical Center for most of the past year.

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Soldier fighting back from injuries

By Michael h. O’DOnnellmodonnell@journalnet.com

POCATELLO — What do drones and yogurt have in common? They both play a part in the future growth of Idaho’s economy, ac-cording to the director of the Idaho

Department of Commerce, Jeff Sayer. As Sayer addressed Thursday’s luncheon gathering of the Pocatello Rotary club, he talked about eco-nomic opportunities that are be-ginning to become a reality in the

Gem State and expanded yogurt enterprises in the Magic Valley, the potential to become a leader in un-manned aircraft development and a need to protect the scientific fire-power that comes from the Idaho National Laboratory were leading the list. “Every region is experiencing growth and it’s all under the radar screen,” Sayer said. He said three food processing projects in the Twin Falls area

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Stomach wounds delay recuperation

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Longtime volunteers, from left, sarah Jackson, Dana Olson and Jeff Hampsten wrestle with hot corn-on-the-cob saturday in Pocatello at the annual CW HOG Pig Out, which raises funds for an Idaho state University program that provides outdoor experiences for people with handicaps.

Afterthe flood No coverage worse than high waters for many

By Michael h. O’DOnnellmodonnell@journalnet.com

POCATELLO — North Harrison Street resident Lydia Herrera watched helplessly as a recent pair of major rain-storms turned the street and then her yard into a river, leav-ing more than 2 feet of water in her basement. The floods

destroyed her hot-water heater and furnace, and likely weakened the foundation of the home built in 1928. “It flooded all of us as it went down the street,” Her-rera said about the high water that accompanied storms on Aug. 23 and Sept. 3. “Everyone’s basement was affected.” Then came the real shock for Herrera. Her homeowner’s

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the Bickelhaupt family home at 406 riverside in Pocatello is inundated during recent flooding in Pocatello.

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IDAHO FALLS (AP) — A Rexburg man who authorities say tried to bring a handgun onto a commercial airliner in his carry-on bag at Idaho Falls Regional Airport has been cited and the weapon seized. The Post Register reports that Transportation Security Administration officers spot-ted the unloaded 9 mm Kel-Tec gun Thursday when 50-year-old Jeffrey Jones sent his luggage through the X-ray machine. TSA spokeswoman Lorie Dankers says the weapon didn’t appear to be intentionally hid-den.

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Gun seized from bag at I.F. airport

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Room inside Veterans Memorial Building with plaques to be dedicated The Veterans Memorial Building at 300 North Johnson will further reflect its memorial status beginning Nov. 2. A room inside the building is being refurbished and will contain plaques with the names of all Bannock County soldiers killed in action since World War I.sEE yesteryear.idahostatejournal.com

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Play with noir-hued ingredients for a grown-up Halloween dinner

By Bill DaleyChicago Tribune/MCT

H alloween menus, if there are such things beyond raiding the kids’ plastic jack-o’-lanterns, tend to get all

punny and cutesy with the likes of boo-berry cupcakes, wormy pasta dishes and, always, some sort of hard-cooked egg that is sup-posed to be a bloodshot eye. Har-har, in-deed. This year, do Halloween in a more el-egant way. Make a meal starring foods that are as black as they can possibly be to create a noir-hued menu designed to raise eyebrows — de-liciously. What’s interesting about these inky dark ingredients is that any accent color in a dish — the orangey pink of a baby octopus in a tangle of squid ink pasta, say, or the green tip of an asparagus spear amid the grains of a bowl of forbidden rice — will stand out dramatically against the black. There’s much to dis-cover in black foods, once you get past the innate fear of mortal-ity that color has long sym-bolized — or maybe embrace that; it is Hal-loween, after all. Savor the black olive: decadently deep and winey. Be surprised at the sturdy nutti-ness of black rice. Savor the slipperi-ness of squid ink lin-guine or the plushness of long-simmered black beans. Then there’s the electric tartness of fresh blackberries, and the visual shock of ice cream made from black sesa-me seeds. And don’t forget black licorice or nori seaweed.

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