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Soren Andersen's review GO 23 The curse of the Apple Cup -Sports Cl FRIDAY NOVEMBER 21 2003 TACOMA WASHINGTON THE NEWSPAPER FOR THE SOUTH SOUND 35 i Corporate sponsor: Miami BackTalk that a coalition of Toyota dealers and rp Now it looks like it could happen to Gickl the dty-owned cable outlet Utmcasty lOyotamtalKS the Thcoma Dome too Would It be worth the money to remove have both shown interest as well The Dome the big blue-and-white the name "Tacoma from the city's best- still talking with a couple of to put tneir moniker on It arena that put the dty on the map when known landmark? B1 different said Mike Combs it opened 20 years ago -is on the verge Ifccoma Dome director negotia- BY Jason Hmey of being renamed for a corporate spon- discussions with a consultant hired by tioiis and discussions are He The News Tribune sor like the venues now known as 3Com the City of Tfccoma to sell the naming predict when a deal might be Park and Pro Player Stadium rights for the cash-strapped arena announced 'It happened to Candlestick Park in Comcast Corp the largest Comcast was the first company to Comcast spokesman- Steve Kipp San Francisco cable TV operator and Toyota dealers show interest and appears to be the 7 It happened to Joe Robbie Stadium in sellers of the Ihcotna pickup are both in leading contender but city officials say Please see Dews backpage Bade from Iraq war alive County could get piece of 7E7 action Frederickson: More workers might be hired at 2 plants By John Gone The News Tribune The Boeing Ca will build the vertical tail for its planned 7E7 airliner at its Pierce County plant in Frederickson the company said Thursday That could trigger a significant expan-ston at a nearby composites manufacturer Together new work at the two plants could mean hundreds of new manufac- -turing jobs Pierce County economic development officials said County Executive John Ladenburg said that while pleased with the new work at the Boeing plant the job spinoff could be even greater at the Parts for the new adjacent Toray 7E7 will be built Composites Amer- globally ica plant Toray currently supplies the Boeing plant with high-tech composites to build tail sections for 777s The new composite materials made up of carbon fibers and resins will be lighter and increase fuel efficiency in airplanes compared with the aluminum currently used very happy that Boeing is building the (7E7) vertical fin here" Ladenburg iaid we also think that Toray could capture a big piece of the 7E7 composites Toray has the potential to double its 136-worker payroll and build a $30 million expansion of its plant just to supply the composites for the 7E7 taiL Additional expansion could be needed if the company captures more of the composite supply business Doubling work force could create $14 million in new wages in Pierce County he said The 7E7 is the first airliner that will be built largely of composites Both the I fl I i I I i avciauc South Prairie honors soldier who saved comrades i Parade In South Prairie and Orting ending at Sofcfiere Home will honor local hero on Nov 29 BY Bill Hutchens The News Tribune Army Spc Kris Atherton kneeled over his baby stroller at Sea-Tac Airport Six-month- old Mikiah grabbed his right hand and cooed while Atherton's other arm a prosthetic hung at his sie got a lot of things I want to teach the South Prairie native said lot of things I want to do with my After losing most of his left arm in an enemy attack outside Baghdad Iraq last summer Atherton worried how be able to pick up the daughter he'd never held With practice it's becoming more natural In time the 24-year-old also might grow more comfortable with another new role: hero His journey to local celebrity status which culminates this weekend was tong and unexpected In a few short years Atherton went from average student to post-high school party animal to the star of this morning's Red Cross Real Heroes Breakfast There he will receive a new award that honors selfless acts of courage Tbrry Veltkamp woodshop teacher from White River High School said he never imagined the young man would find himself in a Humvee in an Iraqi desert The student who sometimes struggled for focus in class made some good decisions in that attack Veltkamp said guys fold and some guys be said On that day in the desert Atherton didn't He maneuvered his Humvee to safety preserving the lives at several companions while he was in intense pain and bleeding profusely His severed arm lay in his lap He thought about his family Please saa Nna hack pags Kris Atherton's mother Cindy Hrlrv chak holds Atherton's daughter Mikiah at the airport welcoming WITH THB STRIKERS IN KUWAIT Brigade proves a prudent shopper while tent hunting of North Slope to oil and gas development including areas considered environmentally sensitive The Interior Department was to announce the oil and gu leasing plan today when the Senate was to take a critical vote on a massive energy bill endorsed by President Bush but denying him his top energy priority opening an Alaskan wildlife refuge to drilling None of the 83 million acres is in the wildlife refuge but they do include some sensitive areas in Alaska that are important for the protection of migratory birds whales and wildlife Geologists believe the 223 million acres in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska might contain 6 billion to 13 billion barrels of oil But it is widely scattered and costlier to develop than in the wildlife refuge Henri Bisson the Alaska director for the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management said the leasing plan would the production of oil and gas resources in an environmentally safe manner while protecting the impor- Pleasesee Alaska All for just the second time The first was at last piedeployment field exercise at Fort Lewis different from the collection of smaller modular tents that made up the previous TOC The interior wu kind of like a rabbit warren all narrow passageways and a claustrophobic feeling Stinnet said the idea is to encourage people to talk face-to-face much as via their computers were interfacing with digits rather than he said think War on terror Two truck bombs strike British bank and British Consulate In Tlirkey A3 center The TOC they say is a 24-hour beehive where all the brigade's activities are planned and coordinated the workplace for about 90 soldiers and houses millions of dollars worth of computers radios satellite receivers and other high-tech gear But more about all that in later stories This one is about the tent Stryker headquarters troops erected it this week at their Camp Udairi base Operations: Getting it made Seattle saved government and taxpayers 4- By Michael Basest The News Tribune CAMP UDAIRI Kuwait -This being the Army there's no shortage of different kinds of tents There are SICUPs OP Modular Crews DRASHes and Mobiflexes But the most important tent in the first Stryker brigade is a Custom-made number that comes from a Seattle tent maker And it cost a quarter of a million dollars leu than what the Army would have paid to have it made saved a tot of money by going said Sgt MajTim Stinnet who worked on the design with Rainier Industries A work' party of soldiers hoisted the this week at the temporary headquarters about 10 miles south of the Iraqi border The 60-foot-by-40-foot structure shelters the brigade's tactical operations Please see tat tack Lottery B2 Obituaries B4 A-i-i upnon bo Sports Cl WEATHER C14 Chance of early snow showers later clearing High today 42 Low tonight: 30 GO EM: Dining 13 Home: Video games 21 Urtarc Concerts 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