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TUESDAY, SEPT. 3, 1991 PAGE B1 THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW AND SPOKANE CHRONICLE ALSO TODAY: REGIONAL DIGEST, B2 OBITUARIES, B3 EDITORIALS, B4 LETTERS, B5 SHOP AND DROP For most students, last weekend meant the end of summer and a major trip for clothes and school supplies. STORY, B2 OP MIEDLUD F. RIA Hags going with wind Arena campaign leads contributions in Newport Cash lead for Barlow, Barnes and Numbers "I'm getting no support because I'm a little guy," Schroeder said. Unlike the other three candidates for Position he did not receive a $250 contribution from Forward Spokane, a pro-business group.

Councilman Joel Crosby, seeking re-election to Position 2, lists contributions of $2,732 and expenses of $1,591. He also received $250 from Forward Spokane. Don Barlow, one of Crosby's challengers, listed campaign funds of $11,070, although $10,000 of it is a personal loan he hopes to repay through later donations. He has spent $1,150, including $600 on campaign T-shirts bearing his picture. The third candidate in the race, Dan Wolrehammer, said he has raised no campaign funds, and spent "only a few bucks for to drive to several candidate forums.

trying to win the seat to which she was appointed last year, tops the candidates with $5,029 in contributions. Numbers, a real estate agent, received $1,000 from the Realtors Political Action Committee and $250 from Forward Spokane. Leroy Leland of Spokane gave her $225, while Robert Shanewise and Ed Kiemle, also of Spokane, contributed $200. She has spent $3,600. Among her opponents for Position 3, John Benzie lists contributions and a personal loan totaling $910 and expenses of $773.

Paul Le Coq has said he will spend no more than $500 and accept no contributions greater than $200. A fourth candidate, Chris Anderson, has quit the campaign because he apparently is not eligible to hold the post. Challenger Orville Barnes leads in contri butions among candidates for Position now held by Councilman Robert De Ilwo. Barnes lists contributions of $4,586 and expenses of $4,266. His major contributors include Spokane residents Helen Hazen Rymond, F.J.

Lund, Jack Saad and K. Wendell Reugh, who each gave $200. De trails slightly, listing $3,050 in contributions and $2,975 in expenses. Most of his contributions are less than $100 and come from local Democrats. John Talbott, another challenger for that seat, listed contributions of $912 $500 of it personal funds and expenses of $528.

Robert Schroeder, the fourth candidate in that race, listed $600 in contributions and expenses, all of it his own money. He said he's been unable to raise money because of a conspiracy against him by big business. By Jim Camden Staff writer Candidates for local offices are running against each other in the primary, but right now they're competing against the new arena for campaign contributions. And the arena is winning. A check of Public Disclosure Commission records last week shows that while some $41,000 has flowed into a campaign for a new arena, the money to candidates for Spokane City Council is a mere trickle.

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From Old Glory to the lone star of Texas to the Canadian maple leaf, flags are being snatched from their roadside perches. The rash of flagnapping has some residents wondering if those flags still waving in the breeze are really waving goodbye. "We've had 12 611mmimmlim stolen this summer," says Peggy Watts, secretary of the Newport Aot Committee. ,3 cNoe "We're not sure 4 what's happening. -I' Maybe some people come through town DOUG and figure that CLARK having their state Columnist flag would be a great thing to hang in their room." To us big-city dwellers, a dozen missing flags may not sound like much of crime wave.

To a small town trying to change its image, the problem is downright embarrassing. As Watts says, hoisting 150 3-by-5 foot flags along the roadways was to be a "global expression of how we can all work together." Thievery doesn't fit into such lofty symbolism. It's expensive, too. Some of the purloined flags, such as the custom-made Newport flag, cost upward of 70 bucks apiece. "Plus shipping and handling," adds Steve Shumski, chairman of the troubled flag committee.

Shumski has had plenty of help solving the problem. One guy advocated hooking the metal flagpoles up to 2,000 volts as a shocking deterrent. Right off, Shumski saw the flaw in frying flagnappers. Also at risk would be any dogs using a pole as a public toilet. The animal rights folks would never stand for that.

Mother Einstein suggested greasing the poles, but Shumski nixed that as well. All that Crisco would hinder the Boy Scouts who clamber up the poles every now and then to bring down the flags for cleaning. After much nattering, the Newportians did come up with a couple of solutions: As in more crime-ridden burgs where members of the public are offered rewards for turning in a drug pusher or a bank robber residents of Newport now can make $200 by ratting on a flag rustler. II And soon, the flags will be suspended by hooks from the top of their 40-foot poles. It was decided the traditional rope and pulley system was too easy for thieves.

But it's sad it has to come to this. When Newport decided to put up flags back in 1987, it was a desperate act, a reaction to the economic woes that plagued the area. The timber industry was in splinters and good-paying jobs became harder to pin down than Elvis. Following the pattern of other small towns facing similar troubles, Newport leaders decided to turn to the God of Tourism. Fortunately, Newport resisted the goofy urge to turn their city into a Bavarian village a la Leavenworth, and, as a more recent and feeble example, Kellogg.

Instead, Newport Administrator Jack Henderson came up with an easier and far less counterfeit notion. "Using flags just sort of came to me," he says. "It was something we could do and it could mean anything." A contest was held to design an official City of Flags logo. After that, up went the flags. People driving U.S.

Highway 2 through Newport now are treated to a colorful array of national and international flags that follow the road across the bridge into Old Town, Idaho. Visitors from out of state or another country can watch their flag run up a pole at City Hall. They even get to pose for a picture with Mayor Roy Reed and get a blurb in the local tattle sheet. It's a good gimmick marred only by the jerks who find sport in making off with the flags. Shumsld and others suspect the culprits are youngsters.

Parents have been asked to conduct a flag search of their children's rooms. This fall, the flag committee will recruit students to help make young people more aware of the problem. But nobody is 100 percent sure who's doing it. Or why. All that's really known is that if these disappearances continue, the City of Flags may up gone with the wind.

Columnist classical pastimes oilir 44 Yr! gi, i a I ti' 41'ta 4' e' 10. 4 1 i 1 A 116 1 At' l' 111 top show By Lonna Baldwin Correspondent' Vakhtang Jordania was a resounding hit at the Comstock Park concert Monday night. The Spokane Symphony Orchestra's new conductor charmed a crowd of 12,000 to 15,000 during the Labor Day do, delivering a program of excellent mu REVIEW the preparation of which has become as much a part of the Labor Day concert tradition as the music. Some ate Brie cheese and drank champagne, while others had bologna sandwiches and pop. Near a couple who shared a bottle of chenin blanc wine and Caesar salad, Steve McKee and his friends dined over Ritz crackers and Schlitz beer.

"It rhymes," said McKee. "Ritz. Schlitz. Get it?" For about a dozen people, even rhyming their food wasn't enough. They went one step further, competing in another tradition, the Alfresco Awards, given to those who present the most attractive table and setting.

The defending champions, Mary Joan Hahn, her husband, Roger, and their neighbors Jeff and Diane Hunter, prepared an imposing meal, set on a miniature grand piano table, with a bust of Beethoven and courses like Chilled Chicken Allegro and Bach's Brownies. "We didn't actually eat off of it," Hahn said. "In fact, the judges were asking us Please see CONCERT: 62 By Jess Walter Staff writer Classical music can turn a game of Hackey Sack into art. It turns restless children into angels and makes dogs seem noble. The Spokane Symphony's Labor Day concert in Comstock Park even made some of the 12,000 to 15,000 people who listened forget their troubles driving, parking and finding a place to go to the bathroom.

"It took us 20 minutes to get here, 10 minutes to park and 15 minutes to find our friends," said Alex Carver of Spokane as he waited in line for one of nine portable bathrooms in the park. "I know. I should have done this before I left." The symphony players had fewer problems. They had two restrooms of their own and shared the stage with new music director Vakhtang Jordania, who made his debut Monday to generous applause. As Americana, the concert in the park was slightly upscale.

There were no hot dogs or soda for sale, but concertgoers could have chicken kabobs and a $2 cup of latte. Most, however, brought their own food, Jordania's repertoire stretched Old World to New. "I'm very happy to be here to play with my very wonderful musicians," krdania said. He added that on Labor Day in Russia, people were forced to attend a celebration, unlike the listeners at Comstock Park who came willingly. "See the difference?" he asked.

Throughout the evening, Jordania shared insights about the composers of his beloved Russian music. He seemed equally at home with the work of American composers. The symphony musicians, obviously up for the concert, never sounded better. "Blue Bells of Scotland," a piece by Please see REVIEW: B2 sic while delving into the humorous aspects of the Soviet mind. Jordania's selections for the holiday concert were balanced among the expected anthems, such as "The Star-Spangled Banner," and the unexpected, such as a delightful Russian waltz.

After opening with a spirited rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner," Jordania and the orchestra played an overture to "Russian and Ludmila" by Glinka, the father of Russian classical music. Cities see future in water State faces hurdle in filling shoes of N-waste expert Albeni (D.N,. Falls (61 Prest, Newport LI 0 Watershed boundaryl ori Alban' Fes MAP 1 iti Dam AREA et prieSt rlort Newport in 0 Watershed boundaryl 0 pP Staff map 7E11 mile I 1 lic notification if levels exceed 10 parts per million, "and we went as high as 12," Mayor Keith Reilly noted. Some private wells had much higher concentrations of nitrate, which can impair the ability of blood to carry oxygen and cause oxygen starvation in infants. Nitrate is commonly associated with farm products, including chemical fertilizers and manure.

At Deer Park's request in 1987, Spokane County obtained a state matching grant and last year launched a $189,000 study. A consultant's report is due any time now, and a citizens committee is to present an aquifer protection plan next summer. Stan Miller, county water quality program manager, plans to hold public workshops this fall to review ideas for protecting the Deer Park's underground water. He wants more public input because citizen committee attendance has been poor. Interest in the study flagged as some Please see WATER: B2 Deer Park, Newport to protect aquifers By John Craig Staff writer Spokane has made aquifer protection a household phrase in this region, but the city doesn't have a corner on the market.

Two other Inland Empire cities, Newport and Deer Park, are moving to protect smaller aquifers that are at least equally important to them. Both aim to guard their economies by protecting their water supplies. Few things are more important to economic development than water. Washington law now requires proof of an adequate supply before new development may occur. Still, it is often taken for granted.

And why shouldn't people take water for granted when the Pend Oreille River flows under their noses? "Most people think you can runt ut Associated Press SEATTLE State officials are having a hard time finding a suitable replacement for Donald Provost, the state's expert on Hanford and other nuclear-waste issues. That's because Provost was so good at what he did, officials say. Provost, 58, retired Friday from his position at the state Nuclear and Mixed Waste Management Program in Lacey. In doing so, he took with him an enormous storehouse of information gathered during nearly a decade of monitoring the federal Hanford reservation in southeastern Washington. Provost was the first and, in the early 1980s, only state employee to track Hanford's technical issues, a job now occupying more than 50 workers.

His time on the job saw Hanford's mission switch from producing plutonium for bombs to cleanup of radioactive waste. "Don is the primary person who opened up Hanford to public and state oversight," said Max Power, a manager in the Nuclear and Mixed Waste office. "Ile identified issues Please see NUCLEAR: B3 to that river and drink all you want to," Newport City Administrator Jack Henderson said. "That's the cleanest water you're going to see around here, but you'll get sick if you drink it, and it costs thousands and thousands of dollars to treat that water." Deer Park got concerned about its water in 1985, when tests revealed high levels of nitrate in city and private wells. Federal regulations require put.