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Taste: Gunflint Lodge cook has Weather "gf She is on patrol in tVlCk lonrl rP ff plenty to say and cook Xr (rS -when it comes to fish B8 ill Ull 1CU1U Ul 12,000 loons Sunset 8:45 209th day; 157 until '01 usn Thursday JULY 27, 2000 500 Metro Edition NEWSPAPER OF THE TWIN CITIES 1 I IU ML vJV As the community of 3,000 took stock of the damage, many residents gave voice to a common theme amazement and gratitude that the death and injury toll hadn't been higher. mm 13) 1 iSSt anffiered flown till 1 5 'T Genetics meeting security tab high Effort probably was the biggest in state's history By Rochelle Olson Star Tribune Staff Writer Shocked and grieving, Omer and Eldora Peder-son surveyed the cellar of their Granite Fails home Wednesday. It was ail that remained of It after Tuesday's twister. Star Trbune photo by Richard Sennott An "FT i rv 1 Granite Falls reels, prepares to rebuild in tornado's wake By Warren Wolfe and Robert Franklin Star Tribune Staff Writers GRANITE FALLS, MINN. Hundreds of workers and residents began sorting through about 30 blocks of shredded and twisted debris Wednesday, the aftermath of the tornado that whipped through the west end of Granite Falls the previous evening.

Mayor David Smiglewski said the damage will exceed the $7 million lost in the 1997 flood that devastated another part of town. Gov. Jesse Ventura, touring Granite Falls Wednesday afternoon, declared it a state disaster area. Forty-one houses were 4 destroyed and 300 damaged nearly one-third of Gran- Si ite Falls' houses along with several businesses and I Preliminary cost estimates for security at the animal genetics conference in downtown Minneapolis indicate that it will be the most expensive police action in state history, possibly approaching $1 million and easily surpassing the $379,000 spent for the 1998 raid on protesters trying to block the rerouting of Hwy. 55.

Even excluding overtime pay amounts for Minneapolis police and Hennepin County sheriffs deputies, which are yet to be determined, initial tallies indicate that the event cost state and local governments at least $770,000. SECURITY continues on A9 ALSO INSIDE; Judge reduces areas from whicb protesters are banned. A9 Granite r-Falls a residential treatment center in the southwestern Minnesota community of about 3,000 people. In block after block, Twin Cities -w-- houses missing roofs sat beside foundations where the entire house had exploded and vanished in the rain of debris that covered the city. Miraculously, said Smiglewski, only one person was killed 82-year-old Arly Swanson, crushed by his green pickup truck when he apparently left his house and sought refuge under the vehicle, neighbors said.

Fourteen people were injured. "It's almost overwhelming," Smiglewski said, his voice choked with emotion as he surveyed a particularly ravaged block of shattered houses. "You wonder why we got hurt so bad again after the flood. But we're tough. Granite Falls has been through a lot before.

We'll rebuild." Not everyone will. TORNADO continues on A21 ALSO INSIDE: A breakdown of costs Hennepin County Sheriffs Office Riot gear: $45,000. Overtime for about 100 deputies: Yet to be determined Mkmeapoks Poke Department Riot gear $60,000. Preparations: $60,000. Food: $30,000.

Overtime for between 400 and 500 officers: Yet to be determined. Minneapofis Department of Pubk Works Preparation and logistics: $150,000. State Department of Pubec Safety Made 87 troopers avatabie: $265,680. Metropolian Cound Buses and drivers: $150,000. SL Paul Poke Department 50 officers sent to Mtmeapois: Cost unknown, Ramsey County SherOTs Office Had 88 additional deputies on duty Tuesday night $10,000.

A20 How you can help. 1 "v- mi, MM in mi 1 III Ml Tl" II if'lJ The tornado left shattered houses and broken hearts. A20 Television news executives wrestled with how to cover the storms. A20 Star Trtoune photo by Brian Peterson National Guard trucks and rubbish haulers were the only things moving on some Granite Falls streets Wednesday. Tuesday night's tornado destroyed 41 houses and damaged about 300, along with several businesses and a residential treatment center.

NEWS INSIDE Blom relatives testify Donald Blom's brother and brother-in-law testified Wednesday at Blom's trial in the abduction and slaying of Moose Lake store clerk Katie Poirier. In his testimony, Blom's brother became the first witness to convey to the jury that Blom has a criminal record. Turn to BX. Last-minute engine repairs delayed Concorde's takeoff Same engine then caught fire on runway After four DFLers engaged in their give-and-take, three Independence Party candidates and then two from the Constitution Party had their say. U.S.

Senate candidates differ mostly by degrees in three-stage debate -tOt'- Please read ji iJ and recycle Information 612-673-4000 Classifieds 612-673-7000 Circulation 612-673-4343 or 1-800-775-4344 captain of Flight AF4590 to New York was told that the manufacturer's guidelines allowed for the plane to take off without the piece, which helps slow the aircraft on landing. But Capt. Christian Marty insisted on the repair, and the flight was delayed for half an hour while a spare part was scavenged from another Concorde and installed. CRASH continues on A10 ALSO INSIDE German city mourns victims of crash. AH From News Services PARIS Engine malfunction and a last-minute repair job emerged as prime clues Wednesday as crash investigators searched the wreckage of an Air France Concorde that went down in flames just after takeoff Tuesday, killing 1 13 people.

In its first reconstruction of events leading up to the tragedy, Air France said the plane had arrived in Paris on Monday with a faulty reverse thruster in its No. 2 engine the same engine that burst into flames Tuesday. A spare part was unavailable in the airline's warehouse and the It was a rare moment of diametrically opposed views in the Minnesota Citizens' Forum debate, sponsored by the Star Tribune and Twin Cities Public Television in association with WCCO Radio. The DFLers were followed in the program by three Senate candidates from the Independence Party, then two from the Constitution Party. DEBATES continues on A19: The Sept.

12 primary election winner will face Republican Sen. Rod Grams. Minnesota Citizens' Forum By Conrad deFlebre and Terry Collins Star Tribune Staff Writers Minnesota's four leading DFL candidates for the U.S. Senate used their first widely televised debate Wednesday to showcase their similar emphases on improving health care and education, but they also revealed one area of distinct disagreement. Asked whether they would support total public financing of U.S.

Senate campaigns, trial lawyer Mike Ciresi and state 57273000021 2 7 0 Sen. Jerry Janezich said yes, and former state auditor Mark Dayton and construction executive Rebecca Yanisch said no. Thursday. July 27, 2000 Cooynght 2000 Star Tribune Volume HXNumber 114 9 Mictions.