‘ ■ I ' • • www.magicya|l I TV I V' ■ [ m 6 ^ T w i n F a l j nJaho/95ttLyear^No,2 S ___________ Sundayly, A ugust-27,-2000^) _________________ ____ Go o d MORIIRNING s M - . I Agentsts ; I W e a t o e r GeString rej^adyfor Today:: M ostly --------i - sunny andan breezy I I foil mal a j o r I , with north- lieg e-iiin colleg;e ▼ w est winvinds increasing to lS-30 m r i n g I 83. Mostly clear tonigSl'Sf' Remnedial courses;s gain attenticion B dmgri 4 9. P a g .A 2 ir Sandmann ' bibefore they plunge into cocollege- M w rtter acredit courses. These pre-e-coUe- ^ A uthorities;a r r e s t H ------------------------------------ gjgiate courses are not ne>^3w, b u t _^ey are gaining mwe attetendon, ____ M a g ic -Va ll1.EY i _______ I ™ ?FALLS / - M ore students th S - -reputedJdni n g p i n B are headinjling tb college than ever ajas taxpayers an^polTcy-iriinalccr^ before, andmd m any, including hun- wwant more informationI ia b o u t ^ Knight RkMwNtwi ServiceSer _______ f College of Southern tltheir need, effectivenesi Idaho studiudents, are turning to a ctcost. SLJ WASHINGTON - A Colombian ' The State Board of EducIucation L_ growing segmentsc of higher edu- __ _ drug kingpin who usedued an arm ada iMMCAiroa/ntTtaM* d[rawing ra national atten- fcfor th e first tim e is asking;Idaho’.s I( of 10 commercialI freightersfrc to publicP' colleges and univei C .ll«..is.uth.,hem Idaho students Arthur Perhierham and David Olivarez Jr. spen«nt ship 68 tons of cocaircaine to South I^H are taking classes in totc b reak out th e num ber of T h e y a r this summer bniihuihing up on their Engllih andd writingwi ikllls. Perhem Is retumiiming Florida and Europeope is under basic EngLiglish, math and writing arrest, federal dndrug agents I^H Please see COU£QE. P<Page A2 to school after 12 years to eam a degree In restrestaurant management. the rging of college advisers, announced Saturday.ly- I ^ H Authorities describi:nbcd the cap- ture last week of>f IvanIi De La SalRwn celebration:n: ]People Vega, 48, by policee in Venezuela gathered « Redfish]shL ake as cutting off “thele hhead of the SaturdiO' to lea m mom ore about snake,” and said ilI w:was a “ m ajor salm on. blow” to the Colomlombian drug trade, which e x ^ nis s aan estim ated P age^i 300 toas of cocaine! eaceacli year. ]P a r t i p k a n s Over the past threihree years, De Where there's smokeB ke:lt’s La Vega’s ring bougl;lughi or leased been'a year since theth e sm oke mostly Greek frei^K^ l e r s lo tran.s> /Vilson Gulch | | a | H port drugs in hlddeiiden compart- I^H cleared from th e W il ments from H re south of Oakleyey an d now the coast of Relat(lated story - | H there’s a debate overb«r whether Colombia to rehabilitation is goinoing as it Miami, Fort i should. Lauderdale ---------- PageBl and such Europeai?ean por>.s ns Amsterdam, authoritieirities said. The ships would.lid hover 100 miles off the Coloinhi:nhian coast and M o n e y reccive their illegalgal cargo from )^H high-powered cigaiigarette boats |H | « si>eeding from ju ni^e ^ e manufactur- ing plants along thele shore.sh Crews of the freipreighters were paid from S30.1XH)I for the captain to S3,000 for deck handshar to smiig- gle the dnigs, accordiording to seized logs. M ost Ilf th e Clcocaine waS’ *• delivired to l-^irope,;pe, a more prof- t itablc markei whenhere the street _ price of a kilognmiII is SSO.OtK). ; lh e Going Up: 5? ' same a;nount cost:osis S1.700 in Colombia and S2S525.000 in the u p h i y p r i c ^ & United States, agents;ntss:itd. ' r PageDl f U.S. C ustom s CoiCommissioner ) I- ■ w Raymond W. Kellyliy ssaid tlie ring in was unique becauseuse of the "stag- F a m ii.y L if f B gering amount” of)f didrugs - worth ■ 53 billion on the streetreet - that were Season of renewal;ll: IF air dn ie I B j lieiiig .sliippcd and;l thithe “expansive is a sp e d a l tim e foro r <4-H fami- |n reach” of the organiHanization to 12 lies countries: Colombia,ibia. th e U nited PageEl S States, Albania, lieig 9 Greece, Italy, tiiele NNetherlands, Panama. Spain. Grea!reai Britain and SPOR’I'S team cawo/Tx t» w n». Venezuela. Venezueiiin auihoilhoriiies arresi- M on of ShsplM AtsoclatM, a plaplanning, urban design and landndicap« archltecturo firm In BoiBoulder, Colo., ]ots down Markrk AAlexander’s suggestions for NFL 2 0 0 0 : L eam soisomething ^ I ed De Lji Vega onin AAug. 16 along make RIvfif Canyon North Rim ProjProject. Alexander, president olof the Magic Valioy Machi™I AsAssociation, was one of tho peopeople who attended a special you d id n 't know aboibout your *"eSnal with Luis Antonionio Navia, a the prelect. Colombian descril>eclilKici as a “ major favorite pro footballlall team in house on Saturday to dlscuis tha investor” wim was wanted on om- preview of the2 e 2 0 0 0 N F L prior drug traffickiiieking charges in season. the U nited States. FPages 04-5 Pk canyon’ss north riiim move: forwarc handed over to :oject for c The pair was harin Miami three U.S. auth o ritiesere in they were thithe aquifer lying beneat O p i n i o n ,. ByBranckndon Fiala planning effort. said. days later wherevspiring lo traffic I'he tourism associatioion is pay- Some peoplople who used to ride whwhich supplies much of the c charged witli conspiii ^ i n g held wilh- You gotta give a llttilittle: Why ing for the consultant:Its w ith a horses on hetlie north rim now ride wawater, said Christa Stumpf,: i cocame. They areuthorities bei waited * b e c a u s e o f p e o p le roironmental planner for Sci« are county officials;lls struggling xwiNN FALLS - Recreationists $90,000 grant froi•om the elsewhere b out Iwnd. U.S. authipolice to raid a Applications Internatii to m ake financialI endsei m eet met withith N orth Rim Project plan- Environmental Prerotection shooting gunsgi in the area, Ai for Venezuelan withpol nion- than id. C<iCorporation, which has ad Ii aturday. who are designing Agency and $25,000 frorom Idaho Preister said, storage facilily cainewit last week when the state is sittingsit on riers Sati office. lioise tocaii (.on the north rim of the Power Co., said Neieil King, The parkk willv organize recre- :ig the arrests. I . $100 m illion ih surpirplus funds, .a.Rwkj) Limited development W' l>efore annoiindng ll asks. ' SnakeIR]'lliv e r C ^ y o n east of U.S. tourism association presiisident. ation uses toto minimize conflict, ispects, including today’s editorial ask protect th e aquifer, she s;iid.would Another 41 suspeof Ihe freighters oy 9 3 . The association is a, nonprofitn said Ann Moss,Mn lead landscape P'"' Park planners will retur crew members ofinized t: crim e fig- PageA14 ;8,000-Bcre park site, locnt- organization and isn’t; aaffiliated designer orfor Shapins Associates October with prelimiiurn in a„j Greek organiziirrested in sc'venil; ;tween the canyon and wilh the Cross Roads R:Ranch pro- of Colorado,lo, w hich is doing the designs. A final plan will linhi a ry ures have l)cen arre>ities s;iiii. S ectio n BY' SECTIONs I n te r sstate ta 84, would organize ject. King said. landscape• ddesign. A shooiing Planners held an opcpen house range mightilt beI built, along wiiii ‘s*ished by the end of tiie hej fin- countries, auiliiii.•ar itie: investij;aiion;- ng recreation uses, said Mosssjiid. : year. Over a two-yearmns i of i-maine, Preister, anthropologist for Saturday to hear idea»as on the trails, canyon^on overiooks and pic- Section A SeiSection C Planners have yet to de m ore th a n 2-J ton>1 billion, were. park from the communit;lity. nic sites, sliele said. j , j Weather . 2 Spoijpofts ... .1-8 Jamess Kent Associates of who will m anage the park decideor worth about Sl,'e bsiiips iii-adcd: ; that they "This villwil definitely be a Coloradoido. “The main thing is t or who seized from fiveiropean s purts by i Nation ...3 -1 1 rim to look wildernessss park.” Moss said. will p.iy for its constructioni ister is one of several con- didn’t want the north rir Hi King for U.S. and Europug Enforcement eistersaid. “Facility developmentde will be Siiid. World . .12-12 S e tits hired by tho South like the soulh rim,” Prei "One part of the plan a Customs. Drugoast I Guard task dsting land minimal. It: will wi still b e a desert." Opinion ..14-15 MonJoney , , . .1-5 c e n tra•al l Idaho Tourism and People also wanted exis process is fig u rin g out hovinning Agency, and Coasiing llie deliver- were con- Besides organizingon rccreation Clas'lasslfied .6-24 ;R«crcat;ation ' Development uses to continue and \s ow it’s force moniloring d trash, he uses, the, pariark would help protect Please see PARK.