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ft i i i A i iL Sports: University High grad Brad Walker vins world pole vault titleCl tr-i sr2 125th 11 i 1 A S' II A lh dU'i I OO'iju Kr A Year 6- I i lv i0y WEATHER WORDS High 86 Low 56 C- PAGE A2 Cougs can't hold on against Wisconsin sports ci 7T in it T73'T -1 Mm iw a METRO EDITION SPOKESMANREVIEWCOM SEPTEMBER 2 2007 Senate efforts brought home millions Speculation centers on Risch Otter says no decision yet BY BETSY RUSSELL AND SHAWN VESTAL Staff writers BOISE Embattled Sen Larry Craig announced his resignation from the US Senate on Saturday after a week of intense pressure over his involvement in an airport restroom sex-solicitation scandal that made him the butt of jokes on late-night TV and brought resignation calls from his own national party leaders the Idahoans I represent to my staff my Senate colleagues and most importantly my wife and our family I apologize for what I have caused I am deeply Craig told a huge crowd of media supporters detractors and citizens gathered in front of historic ALSO INSIDE A short profile of the 62-year-old Republican from Midvale Idaho wonderful things for Idaho and afraid that this one incident will be what remembered for rather than all those good said Sen John Goedde R-Coeur Conservative on social issues Craig was an advocate of adoptive parents rights a champion debater and was known for the Craig-Wyden See LEGACY A10 BY BETSY RUSSELL Staff writer BOISE Idaho Sen Larry Craig a 62 -year-old Republican raised on a dusty ranch near Midvale in southwestern Idaho built his career based on firm stands in favor of traditional resource industries gun rights and a balanced budget amendment rather than on the force of his personality a long consistent career that backers are sorry and surprised to see cut short by a sex-solicitation scandal done some See CRAIG A9 Sen Larry Craig and his wife Suzanne step away from the podium in Boise on Saturday after he announced his resignation Associated Press Twenty-three years after her body was found in the Spokane River a victim's identity is still unknown WOMAN WITHOUT A NAME STAFF PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON The Spokesman Review An artist's drawing of marks the area downstream of the Meenach Bridge where two fishermen discovered the dismembered body of a woman in 1984 Other body parts were found in Spokane later her skull on the lower South Hill and a hand in the Rimrock area BY JODY LAWRENCE-TURNER Staff writer Detectives call her They know her real name The dismembered body was discovered near the TJ Meenach Bridge in 1984 A month later her severed hand was found in a nearby neighborhood In 1998 her skull was unearthed on the lower South Hill Her feet have not been found Spokane police detectives a North Idaho forensic artist a Spokane County medical office investigator and others have spent countless hours trying to identify the woman and solve her murder "Sometimes I sit at home at 2 am searching the said Lorrie Hegewald a Spokane County medical office investigator has to be missing The homicide is one of more than two dozen murders unsolved by Spokane police since the 1980s Millie is one of 22 unidentified bodies found in Spokane County since 1960 eight of which were pulled from waterways She is the only woman Three keys to solving the case: Identifying the woman DNA results from tape found on her arm Learning when she went missing Can you help? If anyone has information regarding "Millie" call (509) 242-8477 To report a missing person contact the law enforcement agency in which the person resides You don have to be related to file a report Pictured at left: Investigator Lorrie Hegewald left of the Spokane County medical examiner's office talks about and the 22 unidentified bodies found in Spokane County since the 1960s With her is Sally Aiken the medical examiner On the Web: Slideshow of Millie's case video dip of Medical Examiner Sally Aiken lists of unsolved homicides and missing persons in Spokane County and Spokane (winch will not be in print) documents of dental records and a detective's summary notes previous Cold Case stones and maps all at wwwspokesmanreviewcomcoldcase See 'MILLIE' A6 CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON The Spokesman Review Veteran puts Republicans on defensive about war SPECIAL SECTION GETAWAY IDEAS Awayfinder reveals a wealth of activities available in Osoyoos an excursion down the Clark Fork River and more Insida BUSINESS X-RAY VISION A Coeur d'Alene company is a leader in providing physicians round-the-clock reads of X-rays CT scans and MRIs Pago El COMIHG MONDAY SHORTER DAYS In this week's Home Planet Cheryl-Anne Millsap reflects on what was a short but meaningful summer Today section TRAVEL HITS ON THE ROAD Julianne Crane takes her "Wheel Life" RV column on down the highway with the Trailer ParkTroubadors Page T3 we have a target he asked of the team gathered for a Monday morning conference call go get those There much to the nerve center of his operation: three rooms on the seventh floor of a dingy Manhattan office building But in a little more than a year since he launched VoteVetsorg Soltz has helped transform the war debate in Washington by See SOLTZ ATI BY NOAM LEVEY Los Angeles Times NEW YORK Jon Soltz rapped his pen on a conference table as he ran through plans to take on politicians who back the war in Iraq The former US Army captain and Iraq war veteran was demanding television ads want a hit on he barked into a speaker phone He wanted more e-mail blasts and more donors TODAY FAIR FRIDAY Check out our preview of the Spokane County Interstate Fair which begins Friday Pago D1 NORTHWEST NEXT FRONTIER Entrepreneurs see big changes in the Northwest's hydropower industry PageBI ENTERTAINMENT FAMILIAR FALL This fall's film lineup features plenty of familiar faces characters and storylines Page D3 I I i 1 i 1 lu1 'zl 98961 00001.