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Travelers forced to evacuate airport from the airports A and concourses. Passengers remained on incoming flights until the Transportation Security Administration searched the concourses. Those passengers were then allowed to disembark before departing passengers once again filed through security. Screeners again spotted the unidentified prohibited item. It was confiscated and its owner continued his trip, Kuper said.

The Transportation Security Administration was created in the wake of last years terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C. The government took charge of security screening, which in the past had been handled by private contractors. allowed in carry-on baggage, said Dave Kuper, federal security director at the airport. Kuper would not say what was in the bag. Federally trained screeners started handling security at the airport for the first time on Tuesday.

The passenger, whom Kuper would not identify, picked up the bag when it emerged from the X-ray machine and disappeared into the crowd, headed for his flight. It was not malicious in any way. He was not trying to breach security, Kuper said. It was a screening error on the part of the inspector who did not stop the passenger. Kuper said he decided to clear everyone Rights delayed, long lines fill hallways after security mistake at X-ray station By Dan Hansen Staff writer An inadvertent breach of security forced about 600 passengers to go through check stations twice Friday at Spokane International Airport, causing 35-minute flight delays.

Lines snaked through the airport as passengers cooled their heels and wondered what had caused the delay. The breach occurred when a screener watching X-ray images noted an item not Long lines extend through Spokane International Airport as travelers wait to be screened after Friday's evacuation of the AandB concourses. Colin MulvanyThe Spokesman Review Pillar singer Rob Beckley lifts his arms to the heavens at Friday's show. Rock fest mixes faith with music Colleague, employer shocked by her arrest All of that Fans gather at Valley mall for heavy-metal celebration By John Craig Staff writer One of the U.S. Marshal Services most wanted fugitives came to Spokane and took a job soon after she walked away from a federal prison in Northern California in August 1998.

Astarte Davis-Rice was working at the same north Spokane general contractors office this week when a task force of federal, state and county officers followed her to her South Hill home and arrested her. "Davis-Rice, who will turn 70 on Oct. 17, has a long history of fraud and was serving a 15-year sentence for forgery when she escaped. She also is suspected in the death of her common-law husband. came as a shock to general contractor Jerry Burton, who interviewed Davis-Rice for a job in late 1998.

He didnt hire Davis-Rice, but another contractor who shared a two-room office with him at the time did. I was just shocked. I couldnt believe it, said Burton, who saw Davis-Rice whom he knew as June Thorne almost daily until he moved his office seven months Continued: Fugitive B3 Bombs found at home of Idaho militia leader By Tom Lutey Staff writer There werent any overdosed moshers in the first-aid tent at Festival Con Dios, no kids beaten for talking tough to the wrong guy, no one seeking stitches for a torn nipple ring. Festival Con Dios means festival with God, a meaning that is no secret to the thousands of kids who flock to Christian rock festivals like the one Friday outside the Spokane Valley Mall. Nary a gurney in sight, the first-aid tent is just a place for concertgoers like Alan Hensley to duck out of the rain.

These events, they provide something for these kids to keep them out of trouble, said Hensley, a 17-year-old from Plummer, Idaho. A lot of kids just go around looking for something. They got an empty hole inside them. They come to these events and it fills them up with Christ. As Hensley stayed dry, rain-soaked kids raised their hands skyward in front of the stage.

They sang a verse from Psalms with Christian rocker Jeremy Camp, who stopped in the middle of his music set to testify. The differences between a Christian rock concert like Fridays show and a secular Concert are subtle. The songs are still heavy-metal loud. The lyrics are still incomprehensible. Admission is still $25 or nre' Holly Pickett photosThe Spokesman Review I Continued RockB8 Mandy Benson, 14, of Coeur dAlene screams while listening to Pillar during the Festival Con Dios on Friday afternoon.

tion known as the U.S. Theater Command, authorities and experts said. The militia group has met near a semiannual machine-gun shoot at Knob Hill, Ky. Raugust has ties to two other militia members who were convicted in a plot to blow up two 12-million-gallon propane storage tanks near Sacramento, sources said. Continued: BombsB8 By Bill Morlin Staff writer A federal terrorism task force found a large cache of pipe bombs and booby traps in the North Idaho home of a militia leader, authorities said Friday.

Larry Eugene Raugust, 48, was arrested on a federal charge of delivering and manufacturing an explosive device. Raugust has been affiliated with the Northwest Theater Command, part of a national militia organiza I Skyview Elementary celebrates 20 years of lessons No cell phones, no computers when East Valley school opened the new school. Things were different when we opened, Steever told a group of Skyview students gathered for a celebratory assembly Friday afternoon. There was not even one computer in the school, not even one cell phone. Some things are still the same, however.

It was built in 1982, just two years after neighboring East Farms Elementary School. Both schools serve students from Otis Orchards and neighborhoods surrounding Wellesley Road, an area that has grown from farmlands to a semirural community over the past three decades. Continued SkyviewB8 Steever still teaches in the same classroom, theres still a pumpkincarving contest and fourth-graders are still learning the infamous lesson on the skeletal system. The kids will pack around these models made out of plaster of Paris for days, Steever said. At 20, Skyview Elementary is East Valleys youngest elementary school.

communitywide contest christened it Skyview. Veteran teacher Karin Steever said she was glad suggestions like Flora Flats and Hillview were passed over, but to her the place where shes taught for two decades will always be By Stacy Schwandt Staff writer When Skyview Elementary school opened 20 years ago, it didnt have a name. Teachers and parents referred to it as the new school, until a State claims teachers union misuses funds Lawsuit accuses NEA of illegally using money for political fights By Richard Roesler Staff writer OLYMPIA The state Attorney Generals Office has filed a lawsuit against the nations largest teachers union, accusing it of misusing money collected from thousands of teachers statewide. State officials say the union, the National Education Association, illegally spent $530,000 of teachers money on political causes without their permission. A nearly identical charge two years ago against the NEAs state affiliate, the Washington Education Association, resulted in a $400,000 fine.

That judgment is being appealed. Both unions say theyre trying hard to comply with a poorly defined state law, and that the alleged violations are largely bookkeeping technicalities. NEA policy analyst Michael Continued TeachersB8 i Pet group seeks home for itself Partners for Pets losing spot at mall By Trinity Hartman Staff writer The mall has been a perfect location for the groups only adoption center, called Pet Connection. Shoppers constantly wander in to look at the dogs and cats. Last weekend, seven animals were adopted.

Its been hugely successful, Llewellyn said. The mall has donated a small space to the group on the second floor near Sears since April 2001 When Realty sold its malls in the Spokane area this year to Chicago-based General Growth Properties, policies changed. The malls no longer can donate space to nonprofit organizations because of accusations of favoritism or indirect endorsement, said Valley Mall general manager John Shasky. Continued PetsB8 A nonprofit group that finds homes for abandoned pets will itself become homeless this month. Partners for Pets recently as informed it will lose its storefront adoption center in the Spokane Valley Mall on Oct.

13. The rescue group hich relies on adoption fees, volunteers and donations has begun looking for another location. We really dont know where were going to go, Partners for Pets vice president Susan Llewellyn said SJ 1 Cynthia Raschke and her daughter Hannah check out a cat at Partners for Pets. Contact the Valley Office: (509) 927-8100; fax (509) 927-2175; e-mail newsspokesman.com Online regional news: www.spokesmanreview.com.