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NewsMAY 29, 2012 EDITOR: KATIE ARDMORE | [email protected] PAGE 9
Bicyclist hospitalized after collision
Abicyclist collided with
a car on Monday, May
22, at the intersection o
Seventh South and First
West.
Te victim, a middle-aged man
named Michael Groeseck, was riding
his bike west along Seventh South.
Stephanie Chapman, reshman, andLisa Ellison, sophomore, both studying
animal science saw the accident, and
Chapman called 9-1-1.
We saw this guy riding his bike
down the hill. He tried to put his brakes
on but was going too ast. His bike was
Emergency ofcials arrive at an accident scene where a blue Volkswagon Beetle hit a bicyclist on Seventh South. Medics took the victim to Madison County Hospital for treatment. Madison CountyHospital reported that he suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
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wiggling back and orth, Ellison said.
Te accident occurred around 5 p.m.He was on the right side by the right
mirror, Ellison said. He was hit by that
side o the car and was laying by the
wheel. He was spitting up blood. I think
he got hit in the stomach by the mirror.
Paramedics attended to Groeseck and
took him to Madison County Hospital
or treatment.
He looked like he was in shock. He
was pale white and looking around likehe didnt know what was going on,
Chapman said.
Shawn Barber, a senior studying
accounting, also witnessed the accident
while driving home with his wie
Megan Barber, a junior studying early
childhood special education.
[Groeseck] was going about as astas we were, maybe 35 miles an hour,
Shawn Barber
said. Te car was
stopped, waiting to
turn le. It turned
as the biker crossed
and hit him.
Groeseck was
obviously injured,
but he was conscious the whole timerom what we saw, Megan Barber said.
Heather Martin, a senior studying
nursing, and Bryan Wright, a junior
studying mechanical engineering,
arrived on the scene aer the accident
had occurred.
Te blue Volkswagon Beetle had
several dents on the passenger side
where Groeseck collided with it.You can see the dents in the car. Te
big dent above the mirror is where he
hit his head, Wright said.
Wright and Martin were watching
the victims bike until directed by
ofcials to ollow the ambulance.
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He was hit by the side ofthe car and was laying by thewheel. He was spitting up
blood.
LISA ELLISONSOPHOMORE, ANIMAL SCIENCE
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Idaho post ofces may change their schedules to ve days instead of six depending on the
Congress decision. The Rexburg Post Ofce is located on 140 South Center St.
US post ofces may change schedules
Mondays would be really hard
to manage because itd be double the
workload, Cole said.
Tey already take care o both
Sundays and Mondays mail in one day.
I they dont do deliveries on
Saturdays, this would add an extra days
work that needs to be completed on
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ALICIA MIHU
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Idaho may be aected by the debate
between Congress and U.S. Postal
Service concerning a ve-day delivery
schedule and shortened hours or postal
services throughout the country.
Jerey Cole, Rexburg postmaster, said
Rexburg postal workers are striving to
save money and cutting their work week
back by a day could save billions across
the nation.
However, there would be a ew
problems with eliminating Saturday
deliveries. Cutting out Saturday
deliveries would be troublesome or
those who work on weekends.
Cole said they may give those people
a job to ll in or part time workers
during the week, so they wouldnt
have to worry too much about losing
their jobs. Te real problem would be
Mondays.
National Park Service to
waive admission fees
Yellowstone National Park will
waive its entrance ees on June 9,
along with all national parks across
the U.S.
Yellowstones entrance ee
is usually $25 or a private,
noncommercial vehicle, but anyone
will be able to enter the park or ree
on June 9.
However, additional utilities and
services, such as restaurants and inns
will still require a ee.
Tis is a national eort on behal
o the National Park Service. We do
a variety o entrance-ee ree days so
that people can learn, enjoy and be
inspired by their national parks, said
Al Nash, a Yellowstone spokesperson.
Tis isnt the only time that the
national park service will waive its
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park entrance ee.
Tere were 17 ree-admission
days planned or 2012. Te park
service recently held ree-admission
days during National Park Week
(April 21-29).
Tis ree admission usually takes
place on national holidays and this
one will take place on National Get
Outdoors Day.
Other ree-admission days will
occur on National Public Lands
Day (Sept. 29) and November 10-11
(Veterans Day weekend).
With Rexburg only an hour
and a hal away rom the worlds
largest collection o natural geysers,
Yellowstone could be a short trip or
students.
Depending upon a cars gas
mileage, the cost o admission is
about the same as the cost o gas to
get to Yellowstone.
Monday or post oces.
It would aect the community by
having people receive more mail on
Monday instead o Saturday.
Tere are varying opinions regarding
this proposed bill among students at
BYU-Idaho.
I would personally not mind that.
Some postal workers, not all, even work
six days a week. I think it would be ne
to let them have the whole weekend, said
Samuel Reyes, a senior studying art.
While Reyes would be in avor o the
shif, Samuel Winegar, a sophomore
studying health science, elt dierently
about the change.
I think that this is direct proo o the
mismanagement o the Postal Service by
the government by limiting USPSs ability
to be competitive, Winegar said. I they
do this, they need to lif the monopoly
on letters so that private companies can
compensate or this latest ailure o the
public sector.
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Apartment complexdisplaces residents
location to another lot, at the discretion
o the homeowner.
Te complex is currently seeking the
approval and advice o BYU-Idaho and
the city o Rexburg.
Considerations or each entity include
how much o the space will be available
or single students versus married
students, how much commercial space
there will be and how much additional
pedestrian and vehicle trac the new
building may bring.
Were trying to work with what the
university would like to see and what the
city would like to see and what we would
like to see, Sorensen said. Its a work in
progress.
Sorensen is confdent that the
complex will open in 2014.
Well probably roll out the complex
over several months, he said, with
buildings opening as they are completed.
It is also expected to have a lot o open
space and parking or about 45 percent
o its residents, since the buildings will
be in the pedestrian emphasis zone.
Tis zone is designed or students
who wont bring cars to Rexburg and
who will need to be within walking
distance o the university and shopping.
Its going to be an amazing place,
Sorensen said.
A new apartment complex, set to
open in 2014, is displacing several soon-
to-be empty homes near the BYU-Idaho
stadium, a company representative said.
It will have space or up to 1,078
residents, said Cory Sorensen, a
representative o the unnamed project.
Sorenson said that fgure is subject to
change, as the complex may make space
or light commercial use as well.
Well likely set aside some space or
retail or ood service, Sorenson said.
Tere will probably be a ew small
restaurants or stores, which will take up
some residence space.
Te space, which lies on First West
between First and Second South, is
currently occupied by private homes.
Most o these homes are empty, but a ew
residents still live on the block.
Te owners o these homes were
paid two to three times what their homes
were worth, Sorensen said. Tey were
happy to sell their homes to us or that
price.
Te people living on the block will
move as soon as theyve secured another
place to live, he said. Some o the homes
may even be moved rom their current
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BRETT EVANSScroll Staff
Houses like this one on First West between First and Second South have been bought forconstruction of a new housing complex. Other homes on that street are also in line to be bought.
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BLM cracks downon illegal burning
ound some visitors burning old ence
posts, which le behind six-inch metal
spikes. Wheeler said debris like that are
dangerous to other people recreating on
the dunes.
Campres are allowed on the dunes
i they consist o clean materials within
campre rings.
People are
not allowed to
burn materials
that leave behind
debris, like pallets,
plastics, rubber,
treated timber
or household
urniture.
Long
encouraged people
to put out their
campres beore
leaving.
Covering the area with sand and
walking away while you still have hot
embers is not appropriate. We want
people to appreciate [the dunes] but also
respect them, Long said.
Individuals could ace nes o up to
$1,000 and/or spend up to one year in
jail or burning illegal campres on the
St. Anthony Sand Dunes, according to
the Bureau o Land Management (BLM).
In the past, illegal campre and pallet
burning were punished with a warning,
but now law enorcement ocials are
issuing citations.
We are becoming increasingly
concerned with the mess le behind
when people burn pallets, plastics
and other inappropriate materials,
said Jef Long, Idaho Falls district law
enorcement ocer. Im troubled that
people dont recognize the damage they
cause when they continually violate
these rules.
According to the BLM, law
enorcement ocials have written more
than 20 citations or illegal activities on
the dunes over the past three weeks.
Sarah Wheeler, BLM spokesperson,
said law enorcement ocers recently
Law enforcement ofcers found this campre on the St. Anthony Sand Dunes and said the debriscould prove dangerous for others on the dunes. Burning materials like pallets are not allowed.
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
KATIE ARDMORENews Editor
WILDFIRESIN IDAHO
Theres currently onewildre in Idaho.Its 6 miles southwestof American Fallsand spans about31 acres, accordingto the Eastern Idahore center.The re started onMay 20 and is undercontrol.
This map shows the area on the St. Anthony Sand Dunes near where people are allowed to havecampres. Fires consisting of dangerous materials like rubber and furniture are not allowed.
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Rigby discusses construction
NewsPAGE 13MAY 29, 2012
JAILYNN ZENGERCampus Asst. Editor
MAY 2125
Editors note:All information contained
in this section is public record and
is accessible to anyone through the
Rexburg Police Department.
Complaint of small children playing
with handguns.
Complaint of a subject holding a rie
behind Wendys. Male subject had a
BB gun, shooting rock chucks.
Hit and run accident. Kensington
Manor Apartments.
Theft. Laptop stolen from the Eliza R.
Snow Building.
Theft. Missouri license plate stolen
from a vehicle. 226 South First West.
Lewd conduct with a minor. 38-year-
old man was arrested.
Grafti. Vehicle parked on the street
at 650 South Sixth South. Had crude
drawings of body parts on the windows.
Complaint of two males in a black
Chevy pickup exposing themselves.
Theft. Spencer W. Kimball and
Administration Services Building and
Jacob Spori Building. Two vending
machines were broken into.
Complaint of intoxicated individuals
at Central Park complex disturbing the
peace.
Unlawful entry. 487 South Third West.
Three unknown males were asking a
female some personal questions as she
left her apartment. Subject left and
returned to retrieve an item and found
the three males sitting on her couch.
Complaint of 3-year-old left in parked
vehicle at Super Savers.
SELECTIONS FROM REXBURGPOLICE LOG:
Free fshing day scheduledfor June 9
NEWS IN BRIEF
An employee o Keller Associates
stood beore Rigby Council members
on May 22 to discuss the sewer
construction project underway on 2nd
North in Rigby.
Work began on March 5 and the
completion date is scheduled or Sept. 1.
I asked the contractor this morning
i he was rm on that date, because I
believe we could be done by the end o
August. Te last ew weeks would be
added or nal completion and or the
city to take the nal walk through, said
Mike Jaglowski, the Keller Associates
employee.
Te projected time or completion
is 270 days, with the nal walk through
taking the project to 300 days total.
As you hit some snags during
construction and other hazards, does
that aect the timeline? asked Gerd
Zimmermann, a member o the Rigby
Council.
Jaglowski believes the workers will
have enough time to tackle any problems
they encounter in the amount o
projected time.
So ar, approximately 55 percent o
the total work has been completed. Five
dierent crews are working together on
this project.
Tree open trench crews, a pipe
bursting crew, a ll pipe crew, and an
asphalt crew will start working on 3rd
West next week.
Phase three, on third West,
costs came in higher than what we
expected. We saw that there were some
anomalies that we hadnt anticipated,
said Jaglowski reerring to a redesign
o the sewer pipes. Because o those
anomalies, we ound there might be a
better opportunity or design.
Te workers want to redesign their
idea and make a triplex li instead o a
duplex li, meaning there are three pipes,
instead o two, that will help dispel any
groundwater that comes in during the
spring and summer seasons. Te triplex
system doesnt use as much energy,
so they wouldnt need to pay or large
generators.
New pipes or the sewer system
wont clog as easily. Pipes are expensive,
but they can be custom designed to
accommodate varying volumes o water
owing through them. Tese custom
pipes also have blades placed inside to
blend any debris that may get caught
into smaller pieces to better t through
the pipeline.
Jaglowski wanted to propose to the
council the possibility o getting more
money to pay or the redesign and new
pipes, which he said will save the city
money later on.
IDAHO FALLS While kids under
the age o 14 always get to sh or ree,
Free Fishing Day is the one time each
year when adults too can sh without
a license.
Tis year the event alls on
Saturday, June 9th.
While all other regulations still
apply, this opportunity is open to
everyone, and you dont have to be a
resident to participate.
While everyone gets to sh ree, the
real point o the day is to help expose
kids to the un o shing.
Te ofcial sites will have
experienced sta and volunteers on
hand to help newcomers get started.
Many rivers and reservoirs have
been stocked recently to make sure
novice anglers will have the best
possible shot at a successul rst
outing.
All other shing regulations apply.