w w w .m agicicvalley.com T h le T unI C c , . ▼ T W JI ' T w i n F a l l s^J^^^99thyea^ , I No. 241___________ |day^_^jiust_28^^:oo4 ______ ___________50 centsICS G o o d m or5RNINC T f c VlilitantsS W e a t h e r~ P l Today:;y: S u n n y ushiingfior pirogr*ess ' ■ .1 0 m ostostjy aibandon1 / r - ' s u n nly y sids es an d w armner. ei High 78, low P a g e A l ;hrine e Associated Press Macjic V al NAJAF Iraq (AP) -.M ilitantsmts ' m idsd o u t oftiie b nam Ali Shrine.ine. ‘ ■ ^ closi)sed Uie doors beiiind Uiunjleni ■ ■ a andid tu m e d over the keys to • , ' Iraq’iq’s to p Shiite cleric Fridav.lav. : symlmboUzlng Uicir acceptanceeo oi i. • leace deal to end three weekseks •devastating figliting in UiisJiis lly dty. By Friday afternoon, dozensens ^ 1 Iraqi police und nationalnal ' ardsmcn surrounded thethe- guIrine ar co m pound - m any kiss-iss- shrir; its doors and weeping -• as;is ingi governmI ent bc'gan to re-cs-es- Popular p lace: Boy:Mmoys a n d Uieg )lish conu-ol over Uie Old Citv'i'y GUIs C lu b m ark s 1( y ears tabNajaf. il Some residents of thet h e in MagicValley. o fNvastated i neiglihorhoodlod Page C l devaved to Uiem imd veiled out.lUt. \vavifelccme. Welcome." “WelJ.S. forces stili maintainedled ATV Incident: HoUiDUister I c l f - U.;;ir positions around Uie holvoly m a n faces ch arg e 0 theirJ, wiUi tanks about 300 yard'srds site, ’ assault on BLM rar m th e shrine a nd jet f ilteers r s froming overhead, but the fierccrcc %I e c i shes of prexious days hadlad f fded i a n d m ost o f Uie batieredred ende M o n k v ,r had fallen calm. I ffy cityliToday. Uie Najails can sleeprep nMMki< 11." Ham ed al-Khafaf. an aideide. X >> w n t muh/tih twoiMM G nm d Ayatollah /Mi al-Sis-iis- A,^ Above, Kim1 LlLIckley, a teacher at Jeffersonion Elementary School In Jeronome, reads to her fourth-gradiade class Friday morning. Jeffs i. told /\1-Arablya television.n. , | | several areala (schools th at have got off of)f thetl ‘needs Improvement' lisiIst under the No Child Left Be effsrsoR is one of 121^ , Behind law. Dozens o f the m iiiiants loyalyai ------ •. DoMuqtada al-Sadr piled tiieireir to Mlashnikov rifles in front of Uiciic S o mle ( local schctools get ofl Kalasbrand cleric’s officc herc. but)Ut firebrusands of oUiers were be-le­ thoujed to be still armed, andnd ‘n ee dids im proverjm eilt’ list le were seen pusliing cartsrts ^ . >F ^ ^ m somof e machine-guns and rocket<et By. Karin Kowowalski pupilIpil test scores and m eet th< full ndiersof througli a narrow3W Times-Newsrs wv riter proficoficlency requirements of tht launc ----------- ^-------------------- N) o Child Q Left B ehind law. JcfTer-jr- • W m aile>’.he peaqe plan.' presented by JEltO M E-i- K im LicWey’s bois- son n hasi been on the list o01 f Theilstani on Thursday and ac­le­ M M biai tcrous pupils)lissatdovm 10 multi- "needBeds Improvement” schools al-Slsited b>- Uie government andnd C ostly shipping: WcW e s te r n plication proi>rocUce after rccess at b ut t afterai txvo years o f work, ii ;adr. calls for Uie cities of , f__ JefTcrson l-liniemcnta^ School hass mader adequate progres; al-Sn<of und i^fa to be declared sh ip p e rs wiU p ay fo ■> ed .tSL Friday mornirning. O nce th e tim er andgid g o tten off die iist. N ajafipons-free. for all foreiw container altemativX staned, tlice 0o nly s o u n d w as tiie [-lowHo\ did tliu sd io o l d o it? . w eap:es to \viUidniw from Naiaf PageF D l m u ted tap ofo f pencUs ori paper. 'AA loti< o f h ard w ork by teach-h- force.*1 leave police tn charge o f so-50- A little momore Uian two min- ers,“ PrincipalF Dale Layne said n n diry k a n d for Uie govem m cnt!nt u te s luter., thetl fourtii-graders He! saidss thc staff worked on compens.'ite Uiosc banneded R k u c jio n w ere d o n e! wwith two sels of 50 teachiidling students in abilit> to cohe figliting. problems in a minute. Tlien It group>ups and focuscd on the M by thehe plan ulloived al-Sistani.ni. Faith and works: GG< o d c a lls w as o n to sittsitting o n th c floor to groupjups th at n eed ed help, m ain-n? Fourth-grader Jonathanin Jones,J right, and Adolfo Conl-------------------- Tlic m ost revered Shiite d eric in local w o m an to veneniuie tliscuss andid 1h e a r Licklcy read- ly MisjHispanic pupils, writing a response to a bookI following their teacher:ontreras work on Uie j.m to excrcise his consider-:r- outofhercomfortz ! irom, "The Great iofftefferson Q em entary isn't theiie her’s reading. Iraq.; autiiority imd prove that hche 1-Eating Shark." onlystly school rising to th(> increas- able a '^rF P a a g S e e c E j. l Ll,.yj.y ,j. ^ IS- Valley accom plishedI ihc'goalih of und getting of] Id succccd where otherier s o n th e front lint* o f Ing5 demandsd ror better test!st m eetin g th c rctiuirL'iirem cnts in ; off Ule lisi, acconl- couldce emissaries had failed. It tlie school'ss efTortsI to improve scores>rcs. At least nine in tiic Mag^cpc reading and maih for)r twi o ycara s e e ; peace.* Uie interim govemmcntnt ’ S p o r t s ee SCHOOLS. Page A2 gavetrol o f Uie city, d isen tan ^eded contrclorces from Uie persistentnt Kickoff: M ost areaa h ig h : Progre■ess report ----------------------------- 1 U.S. ,'iu:e1( here and let al-Sadrdr I \io lenhis miiiiants walk awayay school football tean-a m s w e re Here are soirlouth^entral • T\vln Falls: Magic Valleyley High School, ShoshoneleHigM I- School, district a und 1: tools that in ac tio n Friday nlight. i ^ ‘ehoo High School School • Jerome: Hori:oict as a whole free..It it also aflowed al-Sadr ioto Pfl^A R l svoldei or are Wendell: Wendell Miodi<odie School Jerome High ri:onSch Elementary. But facing poMll 1 his militia, which, fouglnjn P a g e B l •tible sane- Jt • Rior: Flier School DIstnstrict Ole School, distriSchool. Jerome Mio- keep I ttons In com I U.S. forces here In the Minidoka Counistrict as a whole w ith:ig i :uid could take u p armIS s . f ■ •» , with the No Child Left ■ . ■ > On "needs Improvement"n f list and Middle School,ounty: h East Mlnlco springn. o m i l l Behind Act: C INC; I facing sanctions for notlot making School. West)I. Mir Minico High again. U.S. defense official,ll. p ro i^ ss for a secondI yearye In the School, districtMinico a Middle i a iking■ I on the condition of | H | | B Rem oved frorFrom Id seme subject- .Twin Falls: i^ob'e ta s a whole spcakinymity suid the U.S. min­l- Improvemeni > Blaine County: WoodJ River'Mid^Rl High. Twin Fallsi^obert h Stuart Junior anonyis wary of any agreementsts • Cou bounty: Moun> die School O'Leary Juniortis Hi High School. (arv N’ajafis because al-Sadr’s•’s tain View EleElementary, . Bliss: eiiss School whole ir High, district as a , in ’ N;tiu has used previousis . Declo Elemeimentary. Oak- i Csssle County: Burleyiy JJunior . Huelton: Valley m iliti:iks in fighting to regroupip . ley Elemententary', Schoc High School. Burley Highgh School. • Buhl: Buhl SchcJliey School b rc arearm b . On "alerf: status for not • Hollisilllster Elementary. Flier HtCi district as a whole • . Hagerman: Hagichool District a n d itro the White House wel*1. Elementary,y. RierF Middle School Gooi . Qtenns Ferry: Glennsi FerryFe High District Hagerman School . Buted the agreement, thou^ •Qoodlns:Gi: Gooding Elementary Deaf 1 progress In one or more ' School and Middle Schoohool • Shoshone: Sho: com ecuUoned tiiui Uie ad m in bi- categories: ' Jefferson Elementary Shoi • Qooding: Gooding MIddIddle District jhosnone School It cuut□n w us not uvviue o f all thele Blaine County; Hailey trationUs. Elementary School. Wood __________________ I details River High School . Buhl: Buhl Middle School Offici xplosives w diet gl] Dietrich: Oletrich JS call fcor :ials find en Being mean to>BenJI B :hool 1 Iagerman: Hagerman School •„ onRi] ne wrecks TVvin F alls-bred1 a c to r is iooding: Idaho School for the Russian plai morre wholeiofand the Blind 5, exerci The Associated act auUioritics. villain in recent movlO vie., ihoshone: Shoshone Junior ited Press_________ contacaddition, thc explosivee Sunday InI Th» Assoclate(Ited P ress MOSCOW- In igena detected on planee The Times-New Foe spectus said Friduy the]- Russian ofliciais hcxogi} is the same type thatIt ews WASHINGTGTON-Notjustany , of a high Jieyex detected traces partsian officials reported being bread will do:io: Americans need A par le its recom m endation on wh g wreckage of onexplosive In the RusslajIn earlier attacks byy I n d e x n io re Qber, an?ian w h o le w heat Is :he updated federal food pyrayramid jetilnors, branc‘one of two crashed usedihcn separatists.