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No. s o. 296 W ednesis'day, O ctober 23, 2( 50 cencs I CooDivtoRJRNINC ^ Weather S;! n i p e; r ‘d [iild r<e n a ir e n co t s a l lay: C hance o fra ii w ■ain/snow u m AlA Maryland police I ff a w iS i? lus driver fata] atest inciden I SomS e S Bl- ally shot in la n t ; ofllcerofl accompa- —^to n ig h nlea unldentifled p oolice chief mlakes a crypticp rep ly to sni{i p e r family members of Conrad Johnson, a Com blMidwift dt rapofta_______________________ ter police fofound this weekend nearr anothera 38-year<old father shoodng site, MagicVall'LEY of two wfw was A M ontintgomery County, Md., buibus d riv er Moose dedsdined Tuesday to comment on the Keep K clean: Poiiudution pre- standingS inii the Open, lighted doorwarway of his letter, which± investigators strongly beibelieve V S wned Tuesday In v en tio n m ay b e on theth< way for empty bubus was killed by a bulletiet shortly an authenticlc message from the sniper.r. ButI die W Aspen HUI, Md., local groundw ater. before davlawn Tuesday in an attack thattha police chief quotedd the letter’s dire posts^pt:pt;'‘Your V; as Uiey leave ro^oPageBl B* suspectjjjpg wwas com m itted by the WaslWashington diild rm arere not safe anywhere at any' time.”tii I Bethesda's [per, who has spread fear acrossaa the If linked to the sniper by ballisdcs tests, the f Subuitan Hospltal region andnd confounded police for threeitee weeks. slaying of ConradC E. Johnson. 35, V W here to vote: Todaylay^ Addinglg toI the tension, Montgomerylery Police occurred inn Aspen. Hill, would be th<the lOth j after leamlng of “Legals” section contantains a Chief Charlarles Moose quoted a portionIon of a let- Please see SNIPER.).PageA4 P his deatti. com plete list o f poUin[Ung places ■ ^ 1 nk fo r TVvin Falls County.Ity. far P a g e E 4 _________ Co —MixeID RESUILTS----- > r ^ H 38 Money esof wn Eamlnts reports: MclIcDonald’s AS| saw profits drop 11 percent;pe : as Blockbuster return^e d to th e Bv black. )ateSul PageC9 iSSliB afti Food & Ho\3ME B V j n -S id eits deb;ne, it’s an East meets W est KinM b e r ly republic neighborsm jo in forceslis tot create i a g ^ e n th a t’s b o thI prettypi (locracy a n d practical. P a g e C l t e m r. Sports A ngeb fly ahead: The lim ii Anaheim Angels takek e < a g ^ e ' from d ie San F ra n disco s a G iants ing out.thiB'2^'. jr r in S an P ^ d s c o . For some, vmmmtMlbt., PI a g e D l issue of re C a m p b ^ when' Opinion vs. Demoist ' ' S teering th e county::lW 1 \ in By M l P m S5; [eSSiS Falls County commissi)ssion will Hreeaawifawmaf.bs O Q Q O b e b est s e n ^ w ith M iik e se ll Cody Cantrell,III, left, and CorUIn Runyan InitaH4aH rfngs onto MfInt pistons at■t tlM Wast End Auto Tieh profrognvn In BuM. The elaaa b Mlfl AdvanoedA Retfenal Teehnical TWINPALLS-1 and Grindstaff, todaysty ^ e d ito ri- Echicatlon SoaHtlonCm program and Cvttrall comoofflmiitn from Rtor to ittsnd.I. WhUaV a record number of studiudents are ewolled In ARTEC, tb lls ^ ^ , tiie nsmber of atttdents In coun .' 80 much ten u Unio a l s ^ . t t outolM thfllihfllr district Is quHt low. 31- PPt ag eA lO ■ ttwt tb^ldaho-lZle- •-------------- ' hird and final or Idaho candi- executive Kent - C o m i n g uJP i F uill i particDipation1 lags in1 tech purogram "Ara we a govervited experts to i-limits referen- New heightsts ByRobertMfl Mayer ~ However, whU^hile the number of Misii« i^ opportunities iian-gaming ini-- TlW»W«W«Wawttter______________ ^ students particiricipatlng ARTEC „ --j Some numbers-AS an d m o n ey be debated againsti is democracy,” ______ programs is ®«ateater tiian ever, die " " Twin Falls Cotmty Sll 9 B U H L-• It’sIt a 10 minute drive Tw! i as the num ber of studcidents leaving the \R T EC was designed to brii the Buhl propam also acts a Prosecuting Attor-• doesn’t have an m S ' for Filer HighHi School students ideal|(j, summation of on>ne of home schoolto to attend another Etricts together to share expe ey and Cody Cantrell Ar ney Grant Loebsin being termed Hn f l CodyHurl^ ARTEC’S goals: encouraginjIm stu* school’s tech programpr is much . fivere technical programs. llFi on Wednesday, a | H For EliutJt Hidalgo, a WendeU ^ TEC officials had instarttance, Buh! spkializes in au sn't running for dents to make the trek to atsdiool & • less than ARTE yrg. The Twin Falls2004 and won’t M n ■ Schoctool sen io r, it takes otherntl' than their own to rt<receive hopea. tech,:h. Filer ih ag solutions ai Cham ber of Com- between ISSand a 20 minutes. J J dn Falls in information techni undl 2008, said quality technical training. For the 2002*1)2-03 school year, . merce and Cable-s losing a true iH ufl It’s the WestW End Auto Tech Byi their nature, technical:al pro- 1,540 studentsts arei enrolled in y. JS tudents wotUd be free One held its thin a tth is program thatbat lures them to Buhl g n Uld a few houra a week at tl : govem m ent If L ea m to clim b rocks a t grams require hundreds oftf thou- ARTEC progran■ams at 13 schooU debate forum foripeal” I passes, CSI course.. three aftemcmoons a week. One of sandsgas of dulars in equipmenmt and across the regiegion, an increase tool of their dioice. ■ l dates. Chamber exe the moret pbjpularp Advanced tra il fact, legislators even got in re did have the training. As such, roost disiistiicts from last year’sr’s 1,032 smdents. .v . i . ± Just has also inviteto repeal term Thursday InI Regional TeTechnical Educarion areare lucky to afford Just oneo:tor two But of those, onlyon 103 students i act by drawing up HB 51 debate the term-Un Coalition pro ich allows districts to let the id. “But even if The Times-News irograms, the auto tech completecot programs. By joiloining are attending programspr outside dum and the Indianit the way they • program dra-Irawa m d e n ts from as forces,for e a a district could sp<ipedaT the district of dielheir home school Klfaidenu leave theh- schools f • tiadve. a r as Kimb' [f a day witiiout losing out c eally for a bad nberly to receive the izeize in just a couple of progIgrams “C ertainly ourou expectations «hIL2 **The real issueell is a community hand»ooaut{utomMive training. andanc then open their doors' tito the have not beenI met,”m said David ***«¥endance mcmey* ,ring Campbell said, I n d e x In addftioi : or Burley or ion to being popular, retdon’sreg students. Sass, ARTEC’S exexecutive director. Rease see TECH. Page;pen. But Loebs, who-s dot in Boise won’t Classified .E3-10 Movies>3 .....E2 • P qi- immediate stake inwho t they \vant, Buto out because he isn't' for the repub- Comtes... .D4 Nation. and o^ce again until 20( Cofninunlty .El Obituarie uioi. l>e term limited Deunt of thu cham- .^ s w o rd . .E3 Opinion■“J.IPse , eeks lowerrminimunTl Milner flow£ durin/ e JO the real issue ising Io quesrions to lg drought republic form of go • bear Abby ..E3 Sports.S...D1-3 ByJannH^ta ier own .speech S m d m m fFeder^ regulators this's y e a r power generation,on. of tillsdlls yeati it required the con the “repeal the repean limits.. Horoscope. .E3 . Weatherier . A2 Tlnw^Wawawi ordered Idaho Poim to coosnsider Since Idaho PowerPoi began o p ^ pansr.iur to consider an altemativjnto “The Lerislamretral c Idaho,” she LM.Boyd ..E3 W est............B2-4 ^ drought contiiuency plan*f afteri ating Milner inn 1992,] minimum tw<mmdmum flow fbr dro u ^ t years,eirt lawful authonty tothe : loss of the' . 1 ^ VaUey .Bl World.. ^ TWIN FAIALLS-Idaho Power extendiiue*t an fl-m onth excxemp- flows have beenn suspend^s tlu«e Thehe co m p ^ announced that limits,” Loebs said.'I helps equalize ........Co. Is p r o p ^ osing to cut in half the tiODtioi to flow requirem ent!its by times because ofof drought condi- is sugi»tga*«Hng a ni<wtiwiiTti Qow f-_< you’re mad aboutLrban tl and rural Money . .C9-11 ttreamflow required at (motherano four monthi Ib e e » dons, accordinglg to the Federal 95 cubiccm fe e t p e r second as ,it __ did it, are you reall! our say in the Milner Damaindhiu^tyears. il don,tioi first grants in May’ 2(K)1,2 Energy Regulatoiitory Commission. drouglught con tingency plan. It he law? When you teU a . t h e p l a n1 iaight i not be to the dewatereddet« tbe &taka lUverr Ifor a When FERC grairanted the waiver vntilil Februaryf to submit its pla like Twin FallsLegislature or will Mpvpit IQdng <u theft IddioH Department of.