ID: "building independent life long skills"

Twice in one day, the Twin Falls paper has something optimistic to say about re-entry, recovery and rehabilitation:

What a difference a year makes - Bill's Place changes man's life

One year ago Marshall Hofmann was a jailed, drug-addicted dropout. He didn't have the necessary skills to live on his own, to find a job or clean his clothes. He had lost everything in his life -- both possessions and relationships -- before he found Bill's Place in Twin Falls.

Hofmann said he might still be that way today if it wasn't for Bill's Place, a transitional home for young men who need help becoming independent adults. Instead, next month Hofmann will celebrate one year living in the world of the clean and sober...

If this is a new editorial approach on the Times-News' part, I like it.