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Todaylay: Partly ' ■ » ' I o f © j d u c ja t i o it T ^ >!pX '•‘2“'tidy,.breezy , andpd pleasant t t Details Inside gh85.1ow H O S J ds thousancids on confferences ^ d r ^ ■ jpMspend How th e costs add up> . ,B3 y " ■ 1 B y S > n «iMinar M i$12,000 for two board metembers. are and howIW they stack up to our Offlcials say Tlme»N«w»iWW lttf______________ Was it worth it? problems,”' 01Olm stead said travel pays o ff ............. • Dr. Alan Olmstead, vioice chair- ' Thc busineiness of nm ning a hos-' • • I Some Kreservoirs | t „ jj, oard, said pital is comp!opUcated at best, even M a g ic V a llil e y PALLS - A six-day con- m; an of (he Hospital Boa changing' regulations in about hospital gover- I for a physidddan, and even morc • Meth: Law enforcemem ent offi* ference ab vith other complicatedd :for those who come 'care. Board members are^i will wirdnd up ! a swanky resort in Maui •■“You get to networic wii attending .. <TiBl«r say state needs s board menbers around thetli coun- on board witidthout any grasp of the 1to gain that knowledge at Igic Valley Regional < Please see HOSPITAL, I drug lab d ean u p stan Center more than try( and see what their problemspi complex tenerm inology and ever- - ,pa^Aii essentiatially empty' i ByJoflaPenM . TlmeMiewy w Happy bhies: Festival/alin L if e c3N THE LAND ----------------- H agerm an on Saturdinday high- TWINFALlALLS-Watermanagers lights aty’s recent r^newalr£r i------- across southeithem Idaho are alrrady y 1' efforts. bracing forr th<the possibiliv.<>f mak- < • (i) Pqge B l ingoltemativiithre plans ftirfcigation - ■ thnughthe2lle 2004 grovrtte season, t - r f lhe reasonison: Ther^55m b e no : l , storage Carrierried over' a t tb e end of ' 4 [o n e y v few ii the 2003; Slseason/.' <ay Idaho- ; 180 bad: Departmentnt (of Water. Itesources offidals. Crumimmysimj- lh e amounlOunt left over in the ' « ^ m er rj( jobs eight-reservoiirvoir system tb a t starts '£ ; [ ^^HKapP teadidigood 11'Til 1^ at Jacksonrn ILake and ends |it f lessonsons. _ ^ Minidoka DamDai WOI likdy mattii '?! P ag eD l that of the! dridriest years on record, i>;l: 1977 and 1992L992. •Jv ' Bythetimime e the water is shut off - • F a m il y L if e for the seasonison, it is fiTtp f that '' ^ f e Palisades anand American FUls ' | Chill o u t H ot weatheiher poses reservoirs will be down to 3 per- danger, especial^ toto fseniors. w K s centofcapadi>adt%saidMDceBeusof j'' . the Bureaulu •of Redamadon in -j; PageE2 Burley. Forr all intents and purpose I ] - es, that meaneons the reservoirs are < 1 empty. N a t io n Rewrd-hightiigh tem peratures this summer, anEm unexpectedly high number ofif aacres of high'^ter ;f|j ' crops in thehe eastem and south- < | central partsrts of tbe state, aud a < i . loweMhm-avc•average w inter snow- pack have all contributed to the ,i t: shortage, saicsaid Brian Olmstead, field superviservisor for tbe TWin Rdls j vh K‘ ‘; ..... 9Bi|^SBB9H9 Canal C a • • “The yeariar of 2003 might go i' ' DreaiiQjn on: Ameiaeiicans t.OOP_ton« [d th* tv dovm in tbelie trecord books as the - saiy. of V . ^ y.. yearwiditiierfieinostdaysorer 1 0 0 ■'■ iW i j: d eg r6 » '‘thW «hff 'vm .have e^^ '. pi obseririedi"' sisaid 'Hon Garlson,* ' ( 1 ;. ■. ■ ' • * ”1 water masteriter of eastem Idaho^ '': I X W ~ Water Districttrict 1. With high tem- ■ 1 ■ SPORti, . R ai ... id its ' " peratures aiand corresponding ,| r - rapid crop> ^growth comcss some- 1 “ ook ^^und thie thing else-hi{ water use. By the {| room 'at a L anting dme the seas«ason is over, offidals |1 jfemily. gathering, might wull. finfind that growers used \ i i more waterr th:than any other season L ^ a n d ^ u ’ll se e on rccord. CarlsonCar said. )' fo u r geigenerations, bound I Water mantlanagers had earlier in . together!^ by a cattle brand in the year anticintidpated fewer acres th e shapeipe of a coffee cup. of potatoesa iiin the fields across Idaho, Beus said. But | ' T h e reb ’s’s Marguerite southem Idol that didn’t: ha]happen. Potatoes take | . I L anting.g, resolute and gra- a lot of water.wat In addidon, it ■ d o u s a tC80. 8 THE LAN appears thereliere is more hay this Bouncing back: c sI i nrebound- Therei iare her sons, Jim, year. Hay tak<takes more water than e d from an upset loss>ss to d ose John andnd Bob. ENDURE any crop, hestle said. , out the O utback Stealeakhouse ThereI airee the sons’ wives lh e 20033 snsnowpack was not dis­ astrously low,ow, at about 70 percent. tournament. an d chfldIdren. A four-part M>rlal ri by Megan HindIds of average., BeBeus said. Paged Andthidiere^ Jayden. At 3, “Some yearrears we could live on a M arguerierite’s first great- eoDTtrrin/n1/n.TMM 70 pcrccntt ?usupply, but this year 1 hild is always the P art I: e 80,” ho said. “A 100 ,1 O p in io n g ran d ch i •a Lanting apend an airiy-momlonUnf moment drinking coffee .nrl "■ould . c e n te roof f attention. TVvo celebraticIons Bob»iRh.a le and pcrccnt willill lileaw us vrith caiTy- j I reidint the n«in«wf paper. Soon, Rhea wliiI leileava for her job m an extenili•lon edih over". Horn com es Howard: Lanting dan makes - Page El “L . ■Hie La cater, end Boblob wlll head out to rake hay.y- But witli threethr previous years of Democratic upsts^rH H m vard homeTie on 1,000 a c re s lowc^than•avli-average snowpack. Dean has little to offe est of Hollister, rais- five heartbreaking mminutes. importantI t way. and Rhea Lanting allttlowed a there is noI cmcarryover in th c reset- servative Id ^o , today n voirs, he said.ud. Iqt and cattle - and But ifs also a life of)f watch- The landnd. reporter to live in rial S£Q^. I lifestyle increasing* uld bode disaster, said P ing grandchildren scampersc It owns> themtl , just as much home for three mon>nths t o Water Resounources spokesman Dick ign to dty-dwelling in th e same y ^ whthere you as they ow:w n it. conduct a imique jou)umalis- Lanen. Index A m ericar»ns. pl2Qred as a diild. The Lanim tings* 1,000 acres tic p roject. It m ^ t tertempt people to think life of long dE^ and The Lantings aree pretty - of earth influencesin the key This stoiy is not thth e s to r y the comingI sn snow season will ha\’c . Classified .06-20 MoviesI . It’s a lif vy. But though people aboard grain thresh- much like other ppeople. dedsionss of their lives: of every farm family.r 1Tt’c n o r to oe heavy. Community .E4 Nation J like* to see thnt in 20<M, l hay balers, but it^ They work, they go;o camp- Where thehey will live. What even the whole stoiyy o f t h e hetie pprefers average, IJarlos . B2 ^ yf, Crossword. .E3 Obltuar life of joyous barbe- ing, they dream abc3out the occupationons they will pur- Lanting dan. But itt is t h e “People say we need 2 0 0 per- Dear Abby..E3 Opinionlion ..A14 gugs nth hefty slabs of future. They arguee about sue. Evenin whom they will story o f one farm famm ily, f o r cent of averai•erage," he said. “(The Family life . .El Sports'rts ••••C l home<grorow nbeef. the things other kfamilies marry. one suinmer. year) ’97 WHSwas long ago. but not ____________long enoughgh ifor me to forget. It Horoscope .B4 Weathe . >ther .A2 i t ’s aI life of worrying aiigue about. This sumimmer, the Lantings, ________was 140 to 180 180 percent of average. ' Magic Valley .Bl W est.it — 83-8 about hahailstorms that can But they’re differerent from agreed to0 oc p e n th e ir lives to Tb see the story, pleatxise t u m ease seo WATER. Page A2 Money . .01 WorldId .. .A12-13 destroy ' tthe barl^ crop in dty people in one! hugely Times-New*ws readers. Bpb to th e F a m ily L ife x crfton. ti ^ Please WipMaiiK)«sssT Sen1 . McGai]in says UJ.S. needis more m1 oney, ttroop s inn ira q Th>)fa>hlinImton Port ' postwar Iraqaq peaceful enough for 1national security. <ad v iser people directly-ctly, and I think they’ll Log oh to ... ■2 4 . 5 democracy' to \mfoId. 4 Condolcezza Rice andd o th e r support it,” McCain^ said from j More on Iraq - A2 . McCain s<said that when hc ' ^White House offidals andid during Islamabad, Pakistan.Pa)< '}| _____ Sen. John>hn McCain, R-Ariz., said !t win this cbnflict. Wc IK 4M N after visitii]ting Baghdad last week ,, , recunis fromim the Middle East he 1hearings of thc Senatee Armed **We ihust w O more U.S.