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Eagles eye payback today against Carolina. 1,2 SUNDAY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2004 www.mcall.com $1.75 THE MORN NG GALL Have Cabela's ta fareab paid ffi Partly cloudy 55 36 Forecast, B16 State and local officials said the expense was an investment that would spawn hundreds of new jobs and spur economic activity, including $3.5 million to $4.5 million in annual sales tax revenue. Critics called it corporate welfare, arguing nrrn 1 vfl No one can say since state does not verify claims that any business makes about creating jobs and revenue. By Sam Kennedy Of The Morning Call The Cabela's outdoors sporting INSIDE NEW TODAY that such ribbon-cutting ceremonies have ended, the news cameras have stopped rolling and the politicians have gone home. Economic development agencies throughout the country are loath to review or question their own work, according to government watchdogs.

Cabela's which received one of the region's biggest subsidies in recent memory is but one example. But without subsequent analysis, policy-makers cannot learn from their mistakes, said Greg LeRoy, director of Good Jobs First, a nonprofit research center in Washington, D.C. "They don't go back and test their theories, so to speak. They're MORE INSIDE Hamburg businesses aren't booming as promised. PAGE A7 projects disrupt the free-market system and shift scarce resources away from the state's crumbling cities and bor- r- goods mega-store was lured to a rural patch of Berks County at considerable cost to taxpayers.

The Sidney, chain, which "jl opened its eighth store outside Hamburg last fall, received tax breaks and grants totaling more than $32 million a windfall that ougns. One year later, who's right remains unclear. The impact of Cabela's is nearly impossible to assess because Pennsylvania, like many states, doesn't pay close attention to such projects after the helped to pay for leveling and paving over an Appalachian foothill. Don Fisher The Morning Call CABELA'S was given more than $32 million in tax breaks and grants to build in Tilden Township. CABELA'S PAGE A6 Malting flu shots BARRY GOSIN (from left), James Kuhn and Richard Fischbein share a light moment during an interview in New York City.

Ed Landrock The Morning Call In their vision, the new owners would transform a moribund 120 acres of rusting Bethlehem Steel mills and offices into a destination site of entertainment, shops and homes, yet retain the land's industrial essence. nothing to Dear Reader: "TV Choices," The Morning Call's weekly guide to television programming, appears today in a new, larger format. We've added information that readers have told us they want and we're presenting the entire package in a more organized way. Also, the new "TV Choices" is printed closer to publication, ensuring more up-to-date listings. Here are some of the things we've added: Listings for the five channels you have requested the most Oxygen, Lifetime, Court TV, The Travel Channel and Fox Movie Channel.

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By David Brown Of The Washington Post Wyeth Pharmaceuticals I i '-'T doesn't make flu shots anymore, and it doesn't miss them one bit Ardith Hilliard Editor Vice President For two decades, Wyeth I) made injectable influenza vaccine at a plant in Marietta, Lancaster County. For the winter of 2002-03, it made 21 mik lion doses in a labor-intensive, time-crunched process and OUTDOORS ii. shipped them to climes and doctors' offices early in the fall. But it turned out a lot fewer 1 il I. IIU.

1U 1 'H IJM L5l people wanted it. Flu vaccine can't be saved from year to year. Harry Fishar The Morning Call THE RUSTING, CRUMBLING former Bethlehem Steel property would get an extreme makeover. Your guide to small-game season PAGEF6 BUSINESS New owners of Steel land bring savvy, success C77 1 East Coast candy going international sometime rWJKt the next Kerry blames spring Wy- Bush for flu eth threw vaccine shortage, away 7 PAGE A2 Pennsylvania a loss of $30 5'neheft million. It PAGE A19 then quit making flu shots.

It eventually closed the Marietta plant, which once employed 800 people. But Wyeth wasn't out of the flu vaccine business yet. It was a partner with the Maryland biotech company, Medlmmune, in making what they considered the flu shot of the future a "live" virus vaccine squirted up the nose. They made 5 million doses of FluMist for last winter, the product's inaugural season. But FluMist never found its market Only 450,000 doses were sold; the rest were thrown away.

In April, Wyeth pulled out It was done with flu vaccine. Wyeth's decisions go a long way toward explaining why the United States the world's richest market for medical products finds itself with only half the amount of vaccine needed to protect its population against a disease that may contribute to more than 50,000 deaths this year. The company's exit is part of a long, slow industry-wide flight from flu vaccine, which has simply become more trouble than it's worth. "It shouldn't be surprising to IhH nrmvm ami mi wi wi a ir ft -rVri'llHl estate prices into the reborn neighborhood known as Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass, or DUMBO. Now, Gural, Gosin, Fischbein and two others want to give south Bethlehem its own extreme makeover.

Together, the developers, leading names in New York City's high stakes legal and real estate fields, bring a formidable mixture of national real estate management, industrial redevelopment experience and political savvy to a project that has languished since Bethlehem Steel executives announced lofty renovation plans seven years ago. The new owners envision transforming a moribund 120 acres of rusting steel mills and offices into a destination site of entertainment, shops and homes, while retaining the industrial essence of the land. The developers speak of an economic power-' house for the region that also has the funky cultural charm of New Hope and Manyunk. Ultimately, they say, their goal Partners remade old New York City factories, shaped rehab of landmark Flatiron Building. ByTimDarragh Of The Morning Call Just across the East River from Lower Manhattan stands a Brooklyn neighborhood that only a few years ago was a nearly forgotten land of aging, nondescript cardboard factories and an incinerator.

It's buzzing today with trendy lofts, offices and shops a place where its hipness is only exceeded by its peerless views of downtown and the iconic Manhattan and Brooklyn bridges. Twenty years ago, Jeff Gural and Barry Gosin saw the potential in those factories with developer David Walentas. After years of delays, the partners, advised by attorney Richard Fischbein, parlayed a combination of tax breaks and high Manhattan real PAGEAA1 INDEX Adventures F1 Opinion D1 Arts El Real Estate G1 Astrology E8 Lotteries A2 Automotive Jl Sports a Books E6 State A18-20 Bridge E8 Travel F2 Business AA1 Weather B16 Classified K1 Weddings E10 Contact us DJ ALSO INSIDE: Deaths B14.15 Channel Choices Dear Abby E8 Parade Magazine Movies E4 Sunday Comics NO. 40,922 2004 The Morning Call All Rights Reserved For hoim Mhmy, call 610-820-6601 or 800-666-5492 THE MORNING CALL (SSN 0884-5557) pubMwd dally Ed Landrock The Morning Call PART OF A NEIGHBORHOOD in the DUMBO renovation project on Washington Street, Brooklyn. PARTNERS PAGE A3 Dy I ha Morning UMl lui ft.

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