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Last fall, the sixth green and the seventh fairway at American Falls Golf Course was badly damaged after a vehicle was drove onto the golf course.
City police later arrested Gilbert Cruz, 22, in relation to the case.
According to reports, Cruz had an underage girl in the vehicle with him at the time of the crime.
In December of last year, Cruz pled guilty to a charge of sexual battery of a minor child 16 or 17 years of age, and one count of malicious injury to property.
On the charge of sexual battery, Cruz was sentenced to the custody of the Idaho Department of Correction for a unified term of 12 years, of which four years were fixed and eight were indeterminate.
On the charge of malicious injury to property, the defendant was sentenced to a unified term of five years (four years fixed and one year indeterminate) with time to run concurrent with the previous sentence.
The court retained jurisdiction of the case for 180 days, and further ordered that Cruz pay $6,400 to the city of American Falls for the costs of repairing the golf course.
On April 10, Cruz again appeared before the court, which again retained jurisdiction of the case for 180 days.
Cruz was ordered to register as a sex offender. |
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Lisa Salazar is the newest member of the Harms Memorial Hospital District family as the executive director for the Harms Memorial Hospital Foundation, as well as a grant writer for the hospital district. She was hired in November 2007.
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American Falls officials urge residents and business owners to conduct annual checkups to ensure their backflow preventers are working properly and stopping potential contaminants from entering the city’s water supply.
According to Pete Cortez, water/wastewater superintendent, a backflow preventer is a simple device that stops water from entering a residence and then traveling back out into the city’s water supply.
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The American Falls Future Farmers of America chapter and the students in the agricultural biology and greenhouse management classes have been working daily since before the Christmas break to produce the best crop of bedding plants, ornamental pots, hanging baskets and vegetables since the greenhouse was completed in 2002.
“This year’s crop is at the perfect stage for Mother’s Day,” said FFA adviser Marc Beitia. “All of the plants are just coming into flower and the pots and baskets are on the verge of erupting into beautiful bouquets.”
Greenhouse manager Alison Duffin has done a wonderful job this spring in organizing, planning and coordinating to bring these plants to you for Mother’s Day, said Beitia.
Students have learned the importance of proper seeding and planting techniques in order to produce vigorous and healthy plants. They have also learned approved practices for transplanting, watering and fertilization.
The greenhouse will open to the public beginning Wednesday, May 7. Greenhouse hours will be from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday, May 7 and 10. The greenhouse will be open each day after that from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Arrangements can be made for other times by contacting Duffin or Beitia at American Falls High School, 226-2531.
Further arrangements can be made at the time of purchase to have students help with ground preparation and planting needs.
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Welcome to the wonderful world of the irrepressible Anastasia Krupnik! Aberdeen High School drama will present Meryl Friedman’s adaptation of Lois Lowry’s novella about the opinionated, amusing, sassy and refreshing 10-year-old Anastasia Krupnik, Friday and Saturday, May 2 and 3, at 7:30 p.m. in the Aberdeen High School theatre/auditorium.
Anastasia, played by Marie Arnoldson, has an offbeat take on life, which she allows the audience to share through numerous asides as she records her loves and hates in her zealously guarded green notebook. She comments on everything from her pink wart to religion, from school work to childbirth, from puppy-love to death.
Included in the cast are Tashina and Terrance Andersen as Anastasia’s parents, Kendra Horton as Anastasia’s best friend, Jennifer, Melissa Hensen as Anastasia’s somewhat senile grandmother, Nicole White as Ms. Westvessel, Anastasia’s teacher, and Angie King as a classmate.
Admission is $3.
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Anyone can now order a rose bush to be planted in the Rotary Rose Garden to honor a loved one still living or in memory of a loved one since gone. The Rotary Rose Garden is located at the south end of Aberdeen, across the railroad tracks from Idaho Select.
To order a rose bush, contact Diana Schritter at 397-8000 or 397-4892. Cost per rose bush is $25, which covers the cost of the rose bush and the plaque that is set beside the bush.
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Robert Butler is running for Bingham County Commissioner to fill one of the two vacant seats available. The election will be Tuesday, May 27.
Butler said he believes the policies adopted by the commissioners should provide for careful and well planned budgeting and delivery of services, including road maintenance, bridge replacement, snow removal, garbage collection and disposal, planning and zoning, and other public services that improve the safety, welfare, and strength of the community.
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Aberdeen celebrated Arbor Day on Thursday, April 24, with the fourth grade students of Aberdeen Elementary School at Hazard Creek Golf Course. The students were able to plant a tree to celebrate the day. Each student got a chance to place a shovel full of dirt in planting the tree.
Cutter Cornforth, manager of the course, announced that the tree was being planted in honor of Danny Behrend, former manager of Hazard Creek Golf Course, for all the work he has done to make the golf course what it is today.
Aberdeen City Council member Brian Schneider read the Arbor Day Proclamation in place of Mayor Morgan Anderson who was unable to attend.
Community forester Gerry Bates explained how trees enhance our lives and make our world a healthier place to live.
After the tree was planted the students sang three songs and then enjoyed cookies and punch before heading back to the school.
The Arbor Day Celebration is sponsored by the Gem Group of Aberdeen. |
The Mr. Aberdeen pageant will be held Friday, May 9, at 8 p.m. in the Aberdeen High School gym. Parents and families are welcome. A $2 donation will be accepted.
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A pancake breakfast to benefit the Aberdeen Senior Center will be held Saturday, May 10, from 7 to 10 a.m. in the Aberdeen Senior Citizen building.
The center will be serving pancakes, hash browns, sausage links, scrambled eggs, juice, and coffee.
Donations will be greatly appreciated and all volunteers are welcome. |
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