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MEET ME AT THE BOZEMAN! 1 Histonc Big Horn watering hole TTJ hnds new lite after 2006 tre I TnnAvc ricocD crpTinti PAGE B1 i- i ime i own Wednesday, September 3, 2008 WYOMING'S STATEWIDE NEWSPAPER trib.com TTj if i Lummis takes change in stride Wyo delegate eager to hear Palin speak tonight By RONGULLBERG Star-Tribune staff writer State recalls PAWS results Printing error caused switch in test scores U1-- 'V, ft A II mi 1 I I I mmt I 1 1 JUfc Ron Edmonds, AP Cynthia Lummis was back in Wyoming' on Tuesday, choosing to focus on the positives she gained from the Republican National Convention rather than President Bush speaks via satellite on Tuesday to the Republican National Convention in St Paul, Minn. rt" the cnppr-Vi Bush McCain is 'ready to lead' ByJASA SANTOS Star-Tribune staff writer Parents who have received their children's 2008 Proficiency Assessment for Wyoming Students results should be aware the report has a printing error, according to the Wyoming Department of Education. The expository and expressive writing scores are switched on the report's writing item summary. This means a student's expressive writing score on PAWS is actually his expository writing score, and vice versa. The Wyoming Department of Education sent a memo to all schools advising them to destroy all reports not sent to parents.

Schools will receive corrected reports in September. The mistake was a printing error made by Pearson, Wyoming's testing vendor, according to Laurel Ballard, supervisor of the state's education quality and accountability unit. "It's just a minor thing," Ballard said. "The problem is some schools have sent out reports." Please see RESULTS, A2 she wasn't able to deliver in St. Paul, Minn.

"I de-. veloped an additional sense of that my party is on the right track to reform," Lummis said during a cell phone before returning to the Cowboy State. "A year ago I was concerned my LUMMIS IE Being a RANCHER, I'M VERY ACCUSTOMED TO THE WEATHER AFFECTING MY BUSINESS, AND SO IT COMES AS NO SURPRISE THE WEATHER CAN AFFECT YOUR PUBLIC OR POLITICAL LIFE AS WELL, Republicans defend veep choice By DAVID ESPO AP special correspondent ST. PAUL, Minn. President Bush hailed John McCain Tuesday night as a man "ready to lead this nation," a courageous candidate who risked his white i -S-rtXTM tions to sup- rjy port an un-popular Iraq war.

de fended vice 4 presidential running mate DA charges three in robbery Two suspects tied to area burglaries, police say By JOSHUA WOLFSON Star-Tribune staff writer Susan Walsh, AP she finds her delegation on the floor of Dawn Gilbert, of Harbor, smiles as party might choose the path to least resistance and maintain the status quo." Lummis' scheduled two-minute speech Monday was canceled because the first day of the convention in the Xcel Center was cut short as the nation turned its focus toward Hurricane Gustav. The former state treasurer and current U.S. House candidate arrived in St. Paul on Sunday to practice her speech. "I've never used a teleprompter," said Lummis, who faces Democrat Gary Trauner in the November general election.

Then came word that President Bush and Vice President Cheney also wouldn't be Please see LUMMIS, A2 the Republican National Convention in FOR MORE 1 Palin manages busy life of family, career A6 El Campaign donations hurt Palin's image A5 Sarah Palin in the face of fresh convention-week controversy. Barack Obama drew criticism from the convention podium for the first time when Sen. Joseph Lieber-man said the Democratic presidential candidate voted to cut off funding "for our troops on the ground" in Iraq last year. By contrast, Lieber-man, who was the Democrats' vice presidential nominee in 2000, said McCain had the courage "to stand against the tide of public opinion." McCain was in Pennsylvania and Ohio during the day, campaigning his way into the convention city where the 72-year-old Arizona senator will deliver his formal accep- St Paul, Minn, on Tuesday. a president who understands the lessons of Sept.

11, 2001," he said in prepared remarks. "That to protect America, we must stay on offense, stop attacks before they happen and not wait to be hit again. The man we need is John McCain." Inside the convention hall, former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson delivered a strong defense of Palin. He said the Alaska governor, Please see BUSH, A2 tance speech on Thursday night.

Bush reprised the national security themes that propelled him to a second term as he spoke briefly from the White House. "We need Illegal immigrants choose storm over arrest BAYNE Many avoided evacuation buses Prosecutors charged three men Tuesday in connection with the armed robbery of a liquor store last week where the thief allegedly pistol whipped a clerk. The men Benjamin Mark Bayne, David Kent Hammond and Terry Burton Tanner are accused of conspiring to rob CY Discount Liquor on Aug. 28. Bayne is suspected of the actual robbery.

A store clerk told police a man dressed in black walked up to the drive-thru window at about 10:30 that night, pointed a gun at him and demanded money. When the clerk refused, the thief put a gun to his head and pistol whipped him, according to a police affidavit. The man left without any cash when the clerk moved away. Bayne's arrest stemmed from information police received during a burglary investigation, according to Casper police Sgt Mark Trimble. Bayne, 19, Hammond, 19, Km WA HAMMOND Raul Hernandez, a native of Mexico, looks out the door at the house where he is living in New Orleans, Tuesday.

Hernandez is an illegal immigrant who has been helping rebuild New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina. He stayed behind when Gustav struck because he was afraid of 1' shelter in an apartment that is close to a street corner where day laborers congregate. "Many stayed because of fear," Mendoza said. "I would say at least 50 percent of us." Authorities offered to evacuate residents on buses and trains and promised not to ferret out illegal immigrants. But fear of being arrested or deported kept Mendoza and every other undocumented person he knows from accepting the free ride.

Immigrant-rights groups estimate the city is home to as Please see ILLEGALS, A2 By PETER PRENGAMAN Associated Press writer NEW ORLEANS Many of the illegal immigrants who have been rebuilding New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina stayed behind when Gustav struck because they were afraid of being arrested if they boarded the buses and trains arranged by emergency officials. "We know that people died during Katrina, but we had no choice but to stay here," said Carlos Mendoza, a 21-year-old illegal immigrant from Honduras who rode out the storm with seven other people. They took TANNER tw.rPm.gam.n.AP being arrested. Please see ROBBERY, A2 The Grouch Weather Low: 40 Index Advisers A10 Casper A3 Classified C4-16 Comics D5-6 Markets A11 Movies A10 Obituaries B3 Opinion A8 Puzzles C6 Weather B6 Wyoming B1 Spoiled secrets Former attorney general Alberto Gonzales mishandled covert documents. Pg A14 Strong winds Sweetwater County commissioners stand firm on wind turbine decision.

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