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Willis’ back pain with large of anti-psychotic drugs left him too dazed tome fully confer with his attorn; I rrl Th Killer whale up SeaWorld wee* VICTOR CALZADA • THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Roberto Fraustro of the Texas Department of Transportation adjusts El Paso city limits Tuesday morning State, county and city street crews a water pump that was clearing water from Highway 62/180, east of worked to remove the water left by overnight rains. SAN ANTONIO (AP)-SptJ at a SeaWorld killer wfeil got more than they werej ing recently when the:] repeatedly slammed I underwater. The trainer, Steve Ail injured in the Friday ii videotape of which has over the country this The whale, Ky, began Aibel during the show, trainers rushed to th the tank. Aibel. who has Ky for 10 years, said surprised and is unsure prompted the behavior. But he said Ky is near age and may have just ing his adolescent hoi Moore invites Bush to view 'Fahrenheit 9/11' THE BATTALION IN PRINT • ON LINE • ON RADIO News Sports Opinion Mailcall Aggielife Photo/Graphics Comics A.R News Classifieds www.thebatt.com CRAWFORD - Filmmaker Michael Moore is bringing his blockbuster docu mentary to President Bush’s adopted home town and wants the film’s star to attend. Moore promised the Crawford Peace House a copy of his film “Fahrenheit 9/11” when it appeared that no movie theater in the president’s home county would show the anti- Bush documentary. The Hollywood Jewel in Waco picked up the movie last week, but Moore later offered to come to Crawford to introduce his movie and discuss it afterward. Organizers expect about 1,000 people to attend the show at 9 p.m. Wednesday. Paul McDaniel, a spokesman for Waco Friends of Peace, a partner in the Peace House, said the Crawford group’s tele phone was jammed with calls from journal ists, including representatives of the White House press corps now covering the presi dent’s vacation at his ranch. “They’re bored, having to be here in the middle of Texas in July with nothing to do,” McDaniel told the Waco Tribune-Herald in Tuesday’s editions. “They’re saying, 'Let’s go over and see the movie.’ “ Moore, on his Web site, invited Bush to attend, saying he wanted a chance to thank him personally for starring in the film. “And let’s face it, you've got some of the funniest lines in the film!” he wrote. A White House representative did not return a call early Tuesday fro Associated Press. The Peace House received a Monday from the city of Crawford to ski the movie at a football stadium parkingIj near Tonkawa Falls Park. Moore’s condemnation of. 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A city employ ee, who had lim ited training and worked at the Water Gardens since January, had raised the water level to 8.5 feet, more than 3 feet higher than the usual level _ which helped the pumps work better but created more downward veloc ity in the water, engineers said. “When you can’t swim faster than that current, then it’s going to take you to the bottom of the the 5.4-acre Fort Gardens, which feature and concrete structures circulating water to ci artistic effects. But one of the girls s in the pool, and the othersl jumped in to help. Ki Myron Dukes, 39; his Lauren, 8; his son Christo; 13; and Juanitrice Deadntoii a family friend. In the Active Pool, down several long steps, ere! waterfalls that empty intotlt of water that is recirculated a drain at the bottom. Smalls steps over the waterfalls lead to the edge of the pool. The dr When you can't swim faster than the current, then it's going to take you to the bottom of the tank. — Kendall King Freese and Nichols project manager ings were first at the '’ u Gardens sii downtown opened in H when the At Pool was 3.5 deep. It never' an operating ual, but sec skilled empj ees _ in# master pi worked park and $ new workers! 1996, accort to the report. Eight Resear ven a $' w steril search i irector c |eam Fo arch pr< Engine Sterile ; es accu nductir igns of 1 ant to B>ver bro NASA ent usi ocess c acecrai “Dry 1 |>es, use f rial veg Y~— ko: Ribboi artmen e come tank,” said Kendall King, project manager at Freese and Nichols. The firm made several rec ommendations, including devel oping training materials, install ing equipment to maintain a cer tain water level and installing an emergency pump shut-off valve near the entrance. Late in the hot and muggy afternoon of June 16, four members of Chicago’s Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in town for a convention went to ago, a staffing reduction lf‘i p, ^ loss of institutional knowledg4 a J 11 e e City workers were not trained erly, according to the report, started filling the pool toal feet _ possibly to make pumps perform better _ and shut down the system fordo debris twice a year, engineer 1 The latest employee in d of the Water Gardens, whose was not released, told engine® had limited training for theA> Pool. City officials would not if he still works for the city. " ross Str ense are “The r exas A 1 lu ces the Wood ft style’ 'Iretail s ^ ev elopn “This |°methin Randy
