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ft" Bush Gore gear up for debates Rights boss gets harassing calls A3 SOUTH SOUND B1 THE THE NEWSPAPER FOR THE SOUTH SOUND TACOMA WASHINGTON MONDAY OCTOBER 2 2000 PIERCE COUNTY EDITION 35B i i AL DIVISION SERIES TICKETS More on the Mariners inside Sports Cl 'rf BUBBIY FLOWS: As win division title but Seattle players happy to to the as wild card fS Afc 'rift champagne Following the 5-2 win Sunday afternoon over Anaheim which earned them tkfceta to Chicago fir Ibesdayb Pressure had bubbled up for the Mariners over recent weeks as they battled for the American League West division title racing in lode-step with the unrelenting Oakland Ak Sunday Oakland defeated Texas to earn the division crown while win was enough to hold off Cleveland challenge for the wiki-card spot It is third visit to the post-season and their first wild card appearance after claiming AL West titles in 1995 and 1997 As AL Central champion Chicago finished with the best record in the American League and will play host to Seattle on Tuesday and Wednesday with the beat- Game 3 and If necessary Game 4 of the bestoMIve Chicago will be played at Safeco Held When: About 4600 tickets for Friday's Game 3 are on sale now Tickets for Game 4 will only be sold after It is determined that the game Is necessary Prices: $15 $30 $40 Where: Safeco Held ticket windows starting at 850 am today Mariners foam Stores starting at 9:30 am today an area Ticketmaster outlets By Dave Boling TheNews Tribune first-round playoff opener against the White Sax the Mariners did their best to the in wild card like a gang of sixth-car-they other to the point of saturation with Ko- around the just discovered what happiena to a when shaken vigorously I other to the point of saturation with Dancing graders who Donated liquid sprayed each rbelcha ANAHEIM If any of the Seattle Mariners harbored disappointment over having to settle for a wild-card playoff berth rather than winning a division championship it was washed away in a deluge of Tickets wHI not be sold by phone or online Limit eight tickets per person per transaction Pktueue Msriaeri back pat AlPli to SMI CLOSING CEREMONIES Jl sacbsaf? fi A 3 'VR T-i'fcv- ytor-a' Steve HollwoTme Amociajed Prbm A massive display of fireworks erupting over the Sydney Harbor Bridge and Opera House make for a spectacular sight Sunday night at the closing ceremonies for the 2000 Summer Olympic Games 1 SYDNEY The city with the first name held the door open for the woman athletes of the world this year These Olympics called the Go-Giri Games I still can see Marion Jones Summer Olympics might ss well have been puttings degrees of separation between herself and Quann was thrust into her first heat mere hours after Australia ctrified by lan dualgold effort on Day You want to talk about a dutch road game? only 16 Quann conjured up a dozen different excuses for not performing up to expectations None waa necessary The final score on Sydney performance: Two golds One smile No excuses But to appreciate what Australia is and where Australia plans on going I see dash or splash I see the arm of Princess Anne It seems Her Luxury Suiteness attending an early equestrian competition (what she 1 the net of the 100-meter field I still can feel the stadium quake during Cathy victory lap when 110000 fens acknowledged the integrity of a 40000-year-old culture And who could feuget the heroic resolve of hurdler Glory Alozie who won a silver medal days after her a fellow track athlete who was a reserve on a Nigerian relay team was killed in a car accident in Sydney? JOHN McGRATH at the Olympics I recall the iron will of Puyallup swimmer Megan get tickets to the Greco-Roman wrestling?) i brushed: was Drusned cm the arm by an unidentified Australian Quann who won gold medals in the 100-meter the 4 lOOmedley relay This was breaststroke and Olympic official The contact waa inadvertent and so nota simple matter of a girl jumping into the water and swimming fast i 4 441 INDEX 52 pages 8 sections D14 Business WEATHER Israeli missiles helicopters sent against Palestinians teacher pay is too low how should it be raised? Party cloudy High in low 60s Details CIS 118th year hue No 176 0 2000 The News Tribune Today's press run: 150883 MIDDLE EAST: Violence spreads into Israel on the 4th day of latest fighting NOV 7 ELECTION: 1-732 jftpuld give most school employees annual raises By Joseph Taraer wwwLtribnetcom calating violence spread for the first time into Israel proper Sunday A fourth day of fighting claimed 12 more Uvea including that of an Israeli paramilitary officer who bled to death awaiting rescue from comrades pinned down by Palestinian gunfire In all 29 Palestinians have been killed and more than 700 wounded since the visit Thursday of a right-wing Jewish politician to a disputed Jerusalem shrine inflamed religious and nationalist pas-Plcastset Mklsset A7 By Ttacy Wilklasoa Los Angeles TImes Initiative 732 a ballot measure bankrolled mostly by public school labor unions would guarantee annual cost-of-living wage increases for about 147000 full- or part-time employees in public schools and two-year colleges Supporters say the state has to pay its teachers higher salaries to keep them from leaving for betterpaying jobs in other professions They also say bigger salaries are needed to fend off aggressive recruitment of new PfautMehRfceckMi The News Tribune All RAMALLAH West Bank The Israeli army unleashed an arsenal of antitank missiles and combat helicopters in a bid to beat back Palestinian forces that have waged fierce gun battles as es School teachers unhappy with pay ftilses gotten from the Legislature in recent years are hoping voters in the Nov 7 general election will be more generous 11111 nr TV lifgi ijlfiitiritsniidltosMhitfi'toMisV'tfi'TfY i jfckCYlhtoC kMelU at i i.