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Dancing dreams Lakewood teen weighs school career options SOUNDLIFE Moveable feast Cookbook food warms soul belly FOOD take 2 The re 21 games over 500 for the first time SPORTS Cl THE NEWSPAPER FOR THE SOUTH SOUND WEDNESDAY AUGUST 9 2000 TACOMA WASHINGTON SOUTH KING COUNTY EDITION 354 recreation in Fife said the Sounders and private investors would finance the prqjecL The cost along with money for youth inundations scholarships and operating expenses is $20 million to $30 million Lafreniere said If approved construction on an expandable 6 000-person stadium and facilities would bejpn im-mediately "(Construction) would begin this fell and run into next year" Lafreniere said Sounders officials confirmed Tuesday that they have been in contact with Fife dty planners Sounders minority owner Neil Farnsworth was out of the country and unavailable for comment The Sounders who began as a North American Soccer League tram in 1974 were resurrected and play in the A-League The A-League is affiliated withMtqor League Soccer and acta as a farm system for the MLS The Sounders draw players extensively from the region's college and hi gh school soccer programs while also maintaining ties with youth soccer throughout the Seattie-KIng County area operating clinics and helping with select teams Farnsworth pitched the (dan at the Fife City Council meeting in June The facility would include seven soccer fields adjacent to the sta Pro soccer team looking at 80 acres for training facility stadium and soccer fields Bv Teat Main THe News Tribune The Seattle Sounders professional soccer team is tempting 80 acres of land in Fife for a soccer facility and stadium Fife officials said Tuesday Midrad Lafreniere the director of parks and dium end on-site living and training quarters for national team-caliber players Lafreniere said the facility would bo the home stadium for the Sounders and also could be used as a training facility by a MLS franchise based in Seattle The Sounders play at Memorial Stadium in Seattle after having played in Renton last season Forty ofthe 80 acres would be devoted to 23 youth soccer fields Lafreniere said John RoaendaM the president of the Thcoma-Pierce County Junior Soccer Association said Please see Stsdksa back psgs i FMRtaUmnWTheNwM Tribune A Paradise of color wiflfl onDy get Bn Worst fire season in half-century strains the limits of thousands of firefighters Bv Rom Must The New York Times DARBY Mont -Surrounded by swirling woodsmoke and with forest fires crackling on ahillside just over the horizon Craig Bobzien waved an arm over acres of equipment and exhausted fire- fighters in the Bitterroot Valley fire camp near here not enough just not nearly enough" hejraid Witii fires raging out of control in a dozen Western states Forest Service officials like Bobzien are scrambling to find the manpower and resources needed to combat the worst fire season in more than SO yean On Tbeeday Bobzien tramped through the muddy fire camp at the Western edge ofthe state row after row of nulitaiy-styfe tents stretched over several acres: a hospital tent operations tent mess tent even a finance tent to keep track of all the money being spent to fight the fixes got more than 60 fires going just in the district that I manage which is around a half-million acres At least 130000 acres ofthat area is on fire right now "said Please set Fires back RSfi Allen Karsh of Golden Cok battles a cloud of mosquitoes recently while photographing wikfflowers and Reflection Lake near Paradise at Mount Rainier Mount Rainier blooms add to landscape wonders Bv Sons Mmkstmn The News Tribune Teen birth rate lowest in years Fear of diseases hot job market cited as reasons for huge drop throughout ByEmMcCun The Associated Press ATLANTA-Tbenagere are having babies at the lowest rate in at lent 60 years and everyone is taking credit -fitnn religious groups that push abstinence to ad-vocates for contraceptives and sex education in schools Analysts from several viewpoints agreed Tuesday on this much: Teens are more terrified than ever of sexually transmitted diseases and they are putting off starting families to take jobs in the booming economy For every 1000 girls ages 15 to 19 there were 496 births last rear -the lowest level since the statistic was first recorded six decades ago the National Center for Health Statistics said The rate dropped consistently throughout the 1990s Please see Ibaa births All Mount Rainier National Park is open 24 hours a day year-round Single noncommercial vehicle passes valid for seven days cost $10 individuals on noncommercial buses or vans on foot or bicycle cost $5 per person something you don't see every day in your back yard" And compared with last year time fiowen are much more impressive said George Blanks a retired science teacher who lives outside Tacoma The variety is incredible" said Blanks who earned a degree in biology from Oregon State University also fragile The footsteps of Mount Rainier1! thousands of visitors cause most of the damage Wildflowers can stand mountain weather but are easily destroyed by even the smallest feet Plane see MMflnwra back pegs called Paradise for a reason The most-visited site on Mount Rainier is famous for its wildflower meadows where hikers photographers and families go for a little bit of wonder and wandering among the blossoms Far the next week the wash of color from acres offlowers will be at its height as will the number of visitors They're beautiful" Tamara Stenman of Kirkland said of the flowers as she and her husband hiked with their infant daughter on the crowded trails Saturday 3 Hikers pause to enloy a profusion of brilliant red paintbrush along the Alta Vista trail near Paradise INDEX 68 pages 7 sections Puyallup Fair catches 'Survivor fever 9 Movie times Dl-6 SOUNPUFE Business 12 Take Time Classified Ctl-12 comics 11 JA 2 Crossword CL9 crossword 14 Television Dav Planner 2 IRIBHne TRIBnet Legal notices CL12 Local newsBl-7 BIO Lottery B2 Obituaries B6-7 comes to said Lakewood resident ValDumond who has written a history of the fair "I complain when they started the bungee jumping and those things a few years ago But this particular time I think personally it sound like in keeping with what the founders decided Already applicants are vying for the chance to be one of the five men and six women who will Please set Gaaw lack psgs spectacle of reality TV? It seems nothing is sacred anymore This fair will feature a local version ofthe CBS television megahit The Puyallup version dubbed "Star-vivor" will be sponsored by Seattle radio station STAR 1015 FM something unique and different" said Karen LaFTamme fair spokeswoman In the faith centennial year the spectacle pushes the limits of another Do-the-Puyallup tradition: hucksterism Fair teams with radio station to play $10000 elimination game BvSemRosmmn The News Tribune Ah the Puyallup Fair An oasis of traditional family fun in an increasingly synthetic culture The lowing of cattle The delighted shrieks of children careening along the roller coaster The B8-9 Opinlon People Cl-8 Sports 118ft year Issue No 122 C2000 The New Tribune Today's pres run: 133603 0424(r1 1 1 wvMmUni Vital statistics AlO 3JL Fi 3d yMnitun1 ymify nut t'j Jt 4- An b4i diw bbrf faWQ nfr-fcfrsw iwhienhasAl tew sr.