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I Mariners left seeing red -Sports Cl inEdng sensation Concrete poured into first bridge caisson -South SowidBi SAtURDAY AUGUST 23 2003 TACOMA WASHINGTON THE NEWSPAPER FOR THE SOUTH SOUND 350 Bush fishes for votes In Eastern Washington with salmon promises pB s'1 1 CANT SEE forests Push drops by snags big check 1st visit: $17 million raised opponents redly here elsewhere Brenda Buchanan of Burton carries a sign about President Bush's forest and lumber policy while rallying next to Sam TUmbow of Tacoma at Jack Hyde Park on Tacoma's waterfront Friday More than 200 attended the anti-Bush event KimiMur THE NEWS TRIBUNE jo shake his hand and have photos taken with him But before Air Force One even touched down at Tri-Cities Airport on Friday morning more than 200 folks had gathered in Tfccoma's Jack Hyde Park FTiday to denounce Bush got a big job to do in the next year and a half and that is to change the Please see Bmh back page By Kenneth PVosel The News Tribune George first trip as president to Washington state Friday produced some fiery rhetoric from his detractors and a cool $17 million from his supporters Though Bush didn't appear at any public events many of the estimated 8S0 guests who paid $2000 each to attend a Hunts Point fund-raising luncheon got to mim LowWASL schools see j-students transfer out Tacoma: Federal act affects children at schoob that do poorly 2 straight years bydebnyabe The News Tribune More than 200 Tacoma School District students are using a new federal law to transfer out of five schools with low test scores and into other Tacoma schools with higher marks With the start of school looming principals at the affected schools are scrambling to adjust student schedules and determine whether to hire or move teachers The federal No Child Left Behind Act requires school districts to allow students to leave schools that have failed to meet testing targets for at least two consecutive years The schools face progressively more severe sanctions if students continue to do poorly on tests The school transfer and other provisions however apply only to schools that receive funding from the federal Title I program which pays for extra teachers and resources to schools with high proportions of low-income children City celebrates new age of rail transit Please see WASt At President acts to cut support for Hamas Mideast: Bush orders assets of top Palestinian militants frozen after suicide bombing PHOTOS ST JANET JCttMN THE NEWS TRIBUNE A Tacoma Link streetcar pulls out of Tacoma Dome Station through a cloud of confetti on the fightrail system's 1st day of operation Friday Pierce County Executive John Ladenburg a Sound Transit vice chairman said the agency Is discussirg an extension of the line with the Puyallup Tribe to Its planned casino complex Tacoma Link makes its debut The New York Times BURBANK Franklin County -President Bush ordered the Treasury Department on Friday to block and freeze the assets of six top leaders of the militant Palestinian group Hamas and five other charities that he said help finance the militant Palestinian organization Bush said he was taking the action in response to Hamas claiming responsibility for the bombing in Israel on Tuesday that killed 20 people claiming responsibility for the despicable act of terror on August 19 4 Hamas has reaffirmed that it is a terrorist organization committed to violence against Israelis and to under- mining progress toward peace be- tween Israel and the Palestinian people" Bush said in a statement issued by the White House as the president toured a dam in Eastern Washington DU! cjmi IlflaM MN IwBBB nMBNMg Cliff Fournier 86 ofTerdno the last living trolley operator from the Thcoma Railway and Power Co tips his motorman's cap after boarding the Unk streetcar Friday as Pierce County Councilman Harold Moss left and US Rep Norm Dicks settle in for the ride Unkservfco Tacoma Unk provides free rides from the TacomaDome Station to downtown Streetcars will operate: 6 am to 8 pm Monday through Friday 8 am to 10 pm Saturday 10 am to 8 pm Sunday and holidays BY AAN0N C0NVIN The News Tribune It felt like a carnival sounded like the Fourth of July and looked like a who's who of prominent Democratic politicians in Washington state Sound Ihmsifs celebratory launch Friday of its $804 million 1 6-mile streetcar system in Tfccoma loudly introduced the agency's first segment of light rail It also marked the first streetcar to run inlhcoma since 1938 really are going back to the said Tacoma Mayor Bill Baarsma About 1000 people swarmed 25th Street East between Freighthouse Square and the Thcoma Dome Station to participate in the Please see LHt back pus US suspects UN employees guards in Iraq bombing Big day for Many myths surround the "national anthem of rock 'n' but Louie's" Tacoma roots are real Rick Nelson sets the record straight In SoundUfe on Sunday which Is the day organizers are trying to get 1000 guitarists to play "Louie loule" at Cheney Stadium Ybu can still sign up at the gate call 253-752-1075 or see www1000guttarsorg To succeed In Iraq UN Secretary-General Ml Annan warns the US must agree to a UN-authorized force that shares In decisionmaking A9 Inside Job: Truck was as dose as it could get to office BY JAMIE TMtABAT The Associated Press BAGHDAD Iraq US investigators suspect the bombing of the UN head-quartets in Baghdad was an inside job and are questioning Iraqi employees and guards many of whom were linked to Saddam Hussein's security service a top the security guards have access to that information? Would the people who work in that building for any other reason have access to it? How were the schedules distributed? They're very basic parts of an investigation and Kerik said Saying the United States would the course" in Iraq President Bush blamed the continuing violence on foreigners Please see Iraq AS American official said Friday Bernard Kerik the former New York police commissioner who is working to re-establish an Iraqi police force said the placement of the truck bomb and the timing of attack had raised suspicions The truck was as dose as it could have been to the office of Sergio Vieira de Mello the top United Nations envoy and one of 23 people killed in the blast The bomb went off as a high-level offidal meeting was in progress in the office IN SOUMDLIFE Comica E10 G01 E2 Crossword E9 Take Time E9 DearAbby E9 Television ES Fkfaft digging up the lawn and Fluffy dawing plants to mulch Keep your sanity and your pets SOUNDUFE INDEX Business D1 Obituaries B8 121st year Issue No 136 Classified 81 Opinion B7 96 peps 7 sections Crossword 85 Religion B6 02003 The News Tribune Legal notices 828 Sports Cl wwwtribnetcom Local news B1 Vital statistics B6 WEATHER I CIO Partly sunny pleasant chance of showers High today: 71 Low tonight: 48 i i 1 1.