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SOUMD11FI II BEST RECIPES IF01TI Cl i sign All-Star pitcher Somes slammed by Nets I I Cookbook helps you re-create restaurant favorites i i WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 10 2003 TACOMA WASHINGTON THE NEWSPAPER FOR THE SOUTH SOUND 35 i i I 1 Dome deal at a glance Teem: 10 years Comcast gets: Facility will be renamed the Comcast Dome Comcast wil have Its name and logo on signs banners advertising and promotional material TUcoma gets: Up to $35 million total or $350000 a year hi cash and up to $35 million or $350000 a year In cable TV atVertteing and promotional opportunities next A City Council resolution authorizing the contract has been dratted for the Dec 16 meeting Seven out of nine Tacoma City Council members have signed on as sponsors of a resolution to approve the proposed lOyear contract Comcast gets naming rights: City will receive $35 million in cash another $35 million in cable TV advertising over 10 years year contract which is expected to be voted on Tbesday If it's approved the 20-year-old arena will be renamed immediately though it'i expected to tkke several months to change all of the signs The majority of council members say the proposal which brings considerably more money than the consultant estimated the Dome naming rights might fetch is a great deal for taxpayers The facility is in need of a renovation and has been stung financially by this opening of the White River Amphitheatre near Auburn opportunity to bring this level of new nontax dollars into the city's coffers is good news for our budget and good Please see Dsn back page to rename the TUcoma Dome the Comcast Dome in exchange for up to $7 million in cash and advertising Seven out of nine TUcoma City Council members have signed on as sponsors of a 10- resolution to approve the proposed BY JASON HMEV The Newt Tribune Officials for the City of TUcoma and Comcast Corp confirmed Tuesday that they have reached a tentative agreement I V' Celebrating 100 years of aviation Major contracts go only to war allies Iraq rebuilding: US excludes old friends such as Canada BY JACKIE SftNNEN The Washington Post WASHINGTON -The United States will not allow companies from countries that did not support the war in Iraq to bid on $186 billion in prime reconstruction contracts funded by US taxpayers effectively excluding firms from Russia Germany France and Cana- da from a large -portion of the biggest nation-rebuilding effort since World War IL Deputy defense secretary Paul Wolfowitz said it' was necessary the protection of the essential security interests of the United to limit the competition His Dec policy memo was posted Tliesday on the Web site of the Project Management Office a new Pentagon-run group overseeing the award of US-funded reconstruction contracts US officials hinted last month that they wanted to limit the competitors to US allies in the war against Iraq but said they needed to review existing trade agreements and procurement policies to see if that was possible Some agencies Sbyker casualties The names of the three Stryker soldiers who died In a vehicle accident In Iraq on Monday have not yet been released Their families have been notified A7 I PHOTO! BY RUM CARMACK THE NEWS TRIBUNE Prom left Emerald Ridge High School aviation teacher Jeff Coleman students Nick Villani 16 and Katie Hargett 17 and Wayne Blankenship a Hawaiian Airlines pilot prepare to leave Tuesday for Kitty Hawk NC where they'd celebrate the 1001 annersary of flight The adults will pilot as the students chart the four-day trek Please mint JIT Two Puyallup high schoolers two instructors mbarkonfour-dayjoumeytoNorth Carolina BY Bai HUTCHENS miles across the country on a four- The News Tribune day trip aboard a small twin-engine Beechcraft Duchess 76 which de-For one Puyallup high school parted from Pierce County Airport teacher the realization of a Nick Villani a junior and Katie dream For several of his students Hargett a senior are putting their just the beginning aviation knowledge to the test on Jeff Coleman an instructor in an their way to the place where a mil-innovative aviation program at lion people are expected to watch Emerald Ridge High School took the re-enactment of the Wright off with two of his students early historic flight Dec 17 Tuesday to celebrate the 100th an- stop Hargett 17 niversary of human flight at Kitty said Tuesday describing her antici-Hawk NC pation in a hangar before boarding not taking a commercial airline They're headed some 2900 Please see HM back gags Malvo killed in Tacoma to pass witness says Sniper trial: Psychologist teds of teenager's jail confession BY DM LAMB Los Angeles Times Sniper suspect Lee Boyd first test a psychologist testified Tuesday reportedly came in TUcoma Could he convince his mentor that he could follow orders and kill without emotion? On FeK 162002 Malvo approached Isa home in a quiet residential neighborhood on the East Side and knocked according to psychologist Dewey Cornell who interviewed Malvo for 54 hours on behalf of the defense attorneys Nichols home But Keenya Cook a 21-year-old mother who dreamed of one day opening a restaurant answered The Beechcraft Duchess 76 sets off from Pierce County Airport on Hiesday for Kitty Hawk It should errive there Thursday Race over) Democrats declare after Gore backs Dean Debate: Rivals dispute that was the best chance for beating cast in Jan 19 caucuses and New -it President Buih or that former Vice Hampshire's Jan 27 primary front-tunner IS best hope President A1 endorsement of the One after another the field ganged up front-runner earlier in the day would on Dean who holds a double-digit lead BY RON FOURNIER seal the nomination in New Hampshire polls and Gore in an The Associated Press race is not over" declared Sen effort to take the luster off the newly John Kerry of Massachusetts as the can- minted endorsement They appealed to DURHAM NH Eight Democratic didates gathered in this first-in-the-na-' the independent streak of voters in New presidential contenders on Tuesday tion primary state for the year's eighth Hampshire and suggested the endorse-strongly disputed that Howard Dean and final debate The first votes will be ment smacked of old-style party ma chine politics Joe Lieberman Gore's spurned 2000 running mate asserted that chances have actually increased today" The Connecticut senator said people had stopped him in the airport to express outrage over Gore's backing of Dean For his part Dean told the others: Please see Dsawcrats back page Please see Halva back gags i Don't believe ifl those miracle weight-loss claims the federal government warned Tuesday 04 IN SOUNDLIFI I FOOD ArMce Fll Movie times F2 Comics F12 Take Time Fll Crossword Fll Television Fll Hot dates F2 WEATHER I CB Mostly cloudy with possible early showers Hitfi today: 46 Low tonight? 36 Business D1 Classified El Crossword ES Legal notices E9 Local news B1 Lottery B2 Obituaries B4 Opinion B8 Sports Cl INDEX 121st year Issue No 241 62 pages 6 sections 2003 The News Tribune wwwtribnetxom i 1 OAZALH.