Show Thursday 24 2004 ' T ” - ' " A4 ' ' ' s The Herald Journal rC&Z’-ZiAV'&'f ' ' " 7 ffy ' ' - ' ' 33 ' t ' ' f a i ' rvx3fJvV1‘ s' ' ' “ J‘ ' v 'vO ' ' X fi A ' Vs' ' V $' v ' - I : wr-- ’t : t 'V-- V ' to listen tofresidents nu nave iu uc uiuuu ui nuw uic and rranklyrv'couhcif was ast1one more year really responsive to its 'ffiC :y ' we don t — you ve got to hand it to V'citizens” ' this council for listening to their con- We £ire X’ 'X 1 ?! ' 'V Hand it to city council ri v' Jv' - ' '"i’f XVC - stituents ' 'V'J '? When a flotilla of Municipool suf' ' Porters tumetl oul to last Tuesday's' rv budget hearings tbc'council put down Editorials id this 'j knives and : g tbcir decided thc indiior pool was worth f&sP?(!8 a® “)e saving at least until a feasibility :'XY'- PPw1 P T® study can be dom to determine the j y- ? 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When John vr'McPhee wrote Travels in Gieot- permission I think if sharing his medical history as you did on theXXX eia” roadklli seemed to bd on the ”e j i W 1 ' Only lit 3 1 friAnrle unethical I had no problem of you using Sheriff Beckstead’s name and thinly populated Boundary County Idaho you have to fight the govern--- have been gleaned from a carcass- - - 1 - ’ : : - Anna Mac Hayball Hyrum Lynn P Eskelson Preston - he fought undercover Fish and Game agents investigating rumors of roadkill specials Unlike the characters in McPhee's essay Kramer wasn't just chokinjdown the odd squirrel or turtle This was a moose And he has a lunch counter ' Kramer has insisted for the last year that he only wanted to bury a big carcass on a hot weekend but because he’s North Idahoan tohis core he decided he couldn’t waste meat that looked fine to him He insists he only lit a bonfire then hollered for friends and neighbors to join him for an impromptu Moose Festival ' But then as Kramer’s attoriiey- ' v ' degrees Idaho State Police Trooper Brian Zimmerman says he got to the : moose a few hours before Kramer OldIt was already getting tight Zimmerman said Bloaty tight It was homble The carcass was largely hairless and at first the ttooper thought the moose had died from some terrible' disease But as he tried to tug and d carcass roll the 800- - to ' he saw skid marks and abrasions indicating that the moose was dragged under :a truck losing a fair amount of hide along the way' In Idaho's northern counties ' where jobs and money are scarce people get by on pluck and stub- ( ' r Visye-c- 900-poun- ured the moose was spoiled didn’t see the evidence tag and tossed itXX? into the landfill y So now Kramer is suing the state' : He filed a tort claim against the-- ' FCR4oNM I B&frN6l®UTr? : Kevin Taylor is a contributor to Writers on the Range a service of High Country News (hcnorg) He works in Coeur D'Alene for the Spokane (Washington) Spokesman-Review- 's north Idaho bureau V I i LeivO-saj- r coA WNI condutm an to begatfimd out oj a multitude of toiyuesihan UCAIIM5 CMX nd of authontativt selection — judge Leamti ‘Hand f ! WCLLWW WP foU THINK Wgf 1 i' ' x Game this June signaling his intent': to seekmore’ than $ l0000''-y:X: ' j" y ' llnurlri ai value' on you put mooise meat?” Kramer’s attorney Gabourie asked with a straight face “You can’t buy it” Trooper Zimmer- man groanedr “He got it for free” 'j : Thanks to a judge with an iron constitution this is still the land of the free lunch So as Independence X Day approaches come drive in' -X northern Idaho v You never know when you’ll run into a little slice of freedom And ' V don’t forget a fqrk t--n MVEMTTBX TVfc OF l? Moose Festival with a live bandX Non Sequitur ' 1' ' " L' 'ijjijjDgpgrtient'Qfpisjiand L m£ could have grabbed them and who X: discretionary funds However do not think you needed to list Mr v knows what Years ago our children I his without McKenzie wiiY permission in wonrd ho and hive fun hut feel a deep and sincere Tpology is id to Mr Gary McKenzie for this -- I hreh Of etiquette and possiblelaw rCC was that got h9eVCr ?F enls think twW beforejettmg their the information from Franklin coun- children stand on street comers ly and then went ahead and pub- vendmglt may be a quiet place n Vlished it should be chastised Providence but predators don t care appropriately hem it is and what belter place than j appreciate your newspaper and a sticcl corner next to a church? the service it provides in bringing iis Remember some terrible things hap- - news of our area and of the world pen even in Cache Valley However with your position I feel ' Thanks for letting me relate this that it is your responsibility to act I and pray for all the children and ask ethically and morally in bringing the ' God to bless them citizens of Cache Valley the news WA " s ’ ftatfT DOnTire t r? kids If parents allow this1 there should CINQNMAT1 Roadkill: An American right - - ?’ ZO? ini1" American jurist (1872-196- - - i |