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FOCUS SPORTS RED BULLET WINS PREAKNESS Fusaichi Pegasus is upset in bid for Triple Crown. Page CI 'tita return Twenty years after Mount St. Helens erupted, plant life is coming back. Page Dl CLOUDY Low 47, high 72. Page B8 t0 life 4 4i NDIANA POLIS CITY FINAL "Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty" II Cor.

3:17 NEWSSTAND PRICE IIUil MAK $1.75 DAY yjii WiF- f- wii mm fimaEcsMff tireatonesitt earner nder iie tutelage of four-time winner Al Unser 19-year-old Sarah Fisher qualifies for her first 500 with a smooth run worthy of her wily mentor. 5 experts who have reviewed state's lawsuit say plant operators cut coiners in waste processing. i THE FRONT ROW By Kyle Niederpruem and Bonnie Harris STAFF WRITERS Treatment methods that experts call "makeshift" and "unreasonable" including a handmade burlap filter were used at Guide Anderson plant during the months before the White River fish kill. The Indianapolis Star asked five wastewater experts to review allegations outlined in the states 82 -page lawsuit against Guide and its Ohio-based consultant, Crown Environmental Group. The experts said actions at the plant did not follow industry standards.

They singled out one particularly bizarre incident in which Greg Ray Si Time: 2:41.095 r. -Zf(- i KbodX '-it-X 7 iTK MP 223.471 .1 f4 n. workers rigged a crude burlap filter in a hurried attempt to remove a toxic metal from the wastewater. Burlap, the experts said, would have been too coarse to do the job. "If all the allegations are true, the industry was really out of line and botched things up," said Rich Sustich, who sits on a federal advisory committee for the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency. The Anderson automotive parts company and Crown are being sued by federal and state authorities who say the two firms caused the mid-December fish kill, one of the worst environmental disasters in Indiana history. Attorneys for both companies maintain their clients are not responsible. See GUIDE Page 2 ix Staff Photos Mike Fender Juan Montoya Time: 2:41.166 MPH: 223.372 Prall, before heading onto the track for Good luck kiss: Sarah Fisher gets a loving send-off from her boyfriend, Gary her four-lap qualifying run. She wound up 19th fastest.

"Over time, as Coach's behavior becomes a habit of being civil, it will take much less effort for him. He'll learn." IU President Myles Brand By Curt Cavin and John Masson STAFF WRITER 4Wn arah Fisher zipped around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Saturday with enough speed to land a spot on the inside of Row 7 for next week's 500-Mile Race. Not bad at all for a rookie 11 JT crisis Managing i. cle since she was 5. "I always said the best racer in the family was Sarah," said her grandfather, Jim Fisher.

"She has a very strong desire to win. She says to me, 'Grandpa, second Her family, from Columbus, Ohio, is filled with racers and engineers. That background, and her considerable experience behind the wheel, helps calm the nerves of the people who love her. The thing that makes her good, if you watch her, is she's so smooth," Jim Fisher said. "She thinks ahead." Her boyfriend, Gary Prall, watched her intently Saturday from the pits as she made her qualifying run.

"I was just hoping she'd keep it off the wall and get some good laps in," he said in relief afterward. Prall, a mechanic, said he has only a minor role in her racing. "I'm just there to listen to her complain, when she needs to. "Al talks to her the way I used to. Whenever she has a problem, she knows Al can get her head on straight.

It's fan to watch them work. And for me, it doesn't get any better than having a four-time winner take your child under his wing and show the way. Dave Fisher, Sarah Fisher's father with compassion IU leader brought a background in philosophy and experience with controversy to the Knight situation. 19-year-old, who is the third-youngest qualifier in the history of the race and only its third female starter. Fisher, however, downplayed her youth and gender after posting a four-lap quali- -tying speed of 220.237 mph.

It also helped that her mentor, Al Unser who's been coaching the young driver, won the race four times. "What I'm carrying on my shoulders isn't much," she said. "We'll just have to treat it like any other race." That's something she's used to. She's a rookie at Indy, but she's not a rookie racer. She's been racing some type of vehi- Eliseo Salazar Time: 2:41.268 MPH: 223.231 500 EXTRA INSIDE Complete coverage of Saturday's first day of qualifying is in Section M.

See FAST Page 2 Many Chinese see U.S. trade as vital to their future By John Strauss STAFF WRITER When Bob Knight most needed help when the belligerent king of Indiana University basketball needed a break he got it from a soft-spoken philosopher. Myles Brand, in his sixth year as IU president, had Knight and his wife at his home on the night of May 13. Brand told the coach he had to curb his boorish behavior or lose his job. Knight agreed.

"I want to coach at Indiana University," he told Brand, a gray-haired teacher of philosophy for 28 years. "I'll do whatever it takes." Now, the devotees and the dart throwers wait. Can Knight cease the behavior that almost cost him the empire he built at Assembly Hall over the past 29 years? The IU philosopher-president said a Greek thinker from 23 centuries ago might shed some light. "Aristotle said you become virtuous by doing virtuous acts," Brand said. "What that means is, virtue is See CRISIS Page 18 Congressional vote on WTO status could have broad political and social consequences for China.

More inside Response: China reacts mildly to Taiwan's newly installed president, charging him with insincerity but issuing no threats. Page A8. could propel it forward to greater liberalization and engagement with the West. A no vote from Congress would be seen as a slap in the face, throwing China back into conservatism and anti-American hatred. "What's Important is not how this vote will affect this or that industry," said Zhou Daichun, a commercial lawyer in Beijing.

"What's important is that this is an opportunity to push for reform and reorganization in China, and without that impetus many reforms are impossible. "If China is refused, it will give encouragement to conservatives here," he said. "And if you think about the reaction to the embassy bombing last year and how much the bombing affected Zhu See TRADE Page 14 By Elisabeth Rosenthal with Joseph Kahn THE NEW YORK TIMES BEIJING The Clinton administration has argued that Congress should vote for normal trade relations with China because it is in the United States' national security interest, strengthening reformist forces in China. And the vast majority of influential Chinese agree. These Chinese say their country is at a tipping point in its history: A yes vote on normal trade A.pessi- "ii mist QUID Every day, Lord, you of City desk InfoUne More numbers A4 www.stamews.com 2000, The Star Auto G3-16 Cml.

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