Daily Times Herald (Newspaper) - March 29, 2004, Carroll, Iowa Weather I Message Center Times Herald Carrol Iowa March 29, 2004 Thunderstorms 29 Tomorrow Mostly Cloudy High 41 Carroll High School Clothing Class Fashion Show 7 Tonight Company White Texas - National security adviser Rice is waging a vigorous defense of her actions in every public forum except one: the Sept. 11 commission where she would be questioned about the government's failure to prevent the terrorist Rice declared Sunday night that would be from my point of than to be able to to the she is an important principle involved It is a long-standing principle that sitting national security ers do not testify before the She has appeared before panel members in closed Interviewed on Rice also said she'd like to meet with the families of the 11 love to meet with as long as it's under oath and it's live in front of television responded Kristen whose husband Ronald died in New York's World Trade Rice should out and explain what the national security adviser didn't what kind of tion was passed to the president and get said Lorie Van widow of another World Trade Center Commission member John a called the refusal to testify political blunder of the first The controversy stemming from the publication of former White House chief Richard Clarke's book is in its second complicating President Bush's re-election Bush spent a long weekend on his Texas giving no and several aides said he will not change his mind on letting Rice Rice acknowledged Sunday that Bush had asked Clarke at a meeting on the day after Sept. 11 to find out if Iraq had been involved in the tenor The she was not trying to bully Clarke or force him to give a particular was a country with which we'd been to war a couple of it was firing at our airplanes in the It made perfectly good sense to ask about Rice said on Rice offered a rebuttal to criticism by Clarke on the that President Clinton and President Bush did before Sept. 11 and that both a failing Rice don't know what a sense of urgency - any greater than the one that we had - would Have caused us to do Appearing on Democratic commissioner Jamie Gorelick said better coordination inside the government might have averted CIA had not told the Single Copy 500 testify FBI that two bad actors it knew about were coming to this she you brought people together and do you have today? Have you talked to - perhaps those connections would have been Gorelick Rice said war on terrorism is well served by the victory in Told there have been more terrorist attacks since Sept. 11 than before she think that's the wrong way to See TESTIMONY on Page 7 Reading goal nets sweet reward Dillon Feld son of Angie and Brad looks at a hallway wall covered in paper some of which are along with 22 other Fairview Elementary students in a class taught by Jean read 246 enabling them to meet a reading challenge given by principal Terri Once a book has been the student takes an Accelerated Reader test and if they get a perfect they get to make a paper mitten with their name and book title on it. Miller challenged the students that if they read enough books to reach from their room to his they would get an ice cream party on The reading program began in early January and the students made their goal on March 11. Since they have read and correctly taken tests on more than 310 Haley Hamer daughter of Dion and Denise takes a reading comprehension test on a computer after reading Dr. Cat in the Hat Comes Hamer got a perfect score on the allowing her to make a Miller fulfilled his and last Monday the class had their choice of ice cream bars or Anthony Beyerink enjoys the last pieces of a vanilla and chocolate ice cream The Accelerated Reader program is used by all students at Fairview and has proven to be instrumental in encouraging students to Books are graded by their difficultly and have a point value given to The program is on computer and keeps track of each reading title and points 4 Dally Times Herald Photos by Jeff Storjohann dramatization Sunday performance will precede Easter cantata residents can reflect on the meaning of the Passion and Resurrection of Jesus through two different Inside Georgia Tech and Duke round out Final Page 10 4 Life & 5 10-12 8 Page 9 Vol. 135, No. 62 performances Sunday afternoon at Holy Spirit Catholic Internationally known actress Thelma Ann Jones of Fairfield will present a play portraying the life and mission of Jesus as seen through the eyes of Mary at 2 p.m. Carroll Community Chorus will present the Easter cantata So following the The play lasts about 45 minutes and there will be a short break before the Admission for the program is Tickets are available from Judy Feld 792-3143 830-7876 cell at Holy Spirit rectory 8 p.m. Monday through and will also be sold at the Father Jim Holy Spirit says the dramatization and cantata will combine to effectively deliver the Easter Magdalene was witness to die she was the one of those at Jesus' and she was the first one to come to the tomb to witness the McCormick I think it's very fitting that people meditate on her role and the death and Resurrection of the cantata is always a taste of Easter soon to See on Pane 3 Massachusetts Legislature adopts ban on gay marriage BOSTON - The Massachusetts Legislature adopted a new version of a state constitutional amendment Monday that would ban gay marriage and legalize civil eliminating consideration of any other proposed The vote came at the opening of the third round of a constitutional convention on the contentious as competing cries of and shook the Statehouse outside the legislative Lawmakers had voted earlier this month in favor of a See LEGISLATURE on Page 7 Meiners seeks 2nd term as supervisor By BUTCH HEMAN Times Herald Staff Writer Gene Meiners says he's running for a second term on the Carroll County Board of Supervisors because he has unfinished always been for and I want to see Carroll County continue to be he 54, of Templeton represents the 3rd which spans southwestern Carroll Meiners grew up in rural attended Holy Trinity Catholic Schools and graduated from Kuemper Catholic High School in 1968. He's resided in the Templeton area since 1962 and been in town since 1970. He's been with the Templeton co-op for 35 It was Co-op until 1984, when West Central Cooperative acquired it. Meiners is now manager of Templeton Meiners has more than three decades in public He was Templeton's city clerk from 1971 to 1979 then was elected mayor and served 11 two-year terms until resigning after becoming supervisor in 2000. His supervisor committee assignments include the YES Center juvenile detention facility in Community the Communications Commission and the county safety and He's a longtime member of Sacred Heart Parish in is one of Carroll County's original First Responders and has been on the Templeton Fire Department since 1971. Gene Meiners Meiners is also active with Templeton Area Development Corp. and the Knights of His runs a day-care business out of their The have three children - Michele Kelly of who works at Ultimate Nursing in Mindy Wittrock of who works at and Mike Meiners of West Des who works at Wells Fargo - and four are a lot of things I'd like to see done Meiners way the state is cutting our funding we're going to need to be more willing to share equipment and personnel among I think we need to look at all options for Everyone wants to protect their own but we need to start breaking down Gas prices hit record high with more increase expected LOS ANGELES is chance that gas which have reached a record will fall significantly in the near a national analyst Gas prices climbed another 3 cents in the past two said Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg which regularly surveys 8,000 stations The nationwide average in the past two weeks is for all a new record Lundberg said Increased demand will likely result from an improving Memorial Day and even the extra hour of light from daylight savings Lundberg demand push this time of year is adding to supply tightness and therefore Lundberg don't see any recipe for substantial gasoline price cuts anytime San Diego has the highest gas prices in the at for a gallon of regular Los Angeles is close at for a gallon of regular Even if the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries decides at its meeting Wednesday to cancel plans to reduce oil production April 1, growing demand makes it unlikely prices will fall Lundberg Worldwide demand for crude oil is increasing with U.S. demand for she Gasoline prices are up 29 cents per gallon nationwide since late Lundberg The national weighted average price of including at self-serve pumps Friday was about for for and for Derailment cause under investigation The cause of a 22-car derailment near Maple River Junction on Thursday has yet to be Crews were able to right two of the 100-ton The other 20 were dragged off the right of way and remain along the rebuilt About 2,000 feet of track had to be Union Pacific Railroad spokesman Mark Davis said one track reopened at 4:45 Friday afternoon and the other was reopened at 11 Friday
