The Columbian from Vancouver, Washington • 1

TODAY'S FORECAST 80152 Sculpted garnishes Small is good a blooming success'? at fall auto show Food Business El Weather D6 PORTLAND TOPDX ON A RAIL in survey Rolling back tax rebate flavored by majority poll shows ByDANRALZ and RICHARD MORIN Tkt HbukinghM Pod WASHINGTON A majority of American! say they are prepared to roll back President $135 trillion tax cut to help deal with the shrinking federal budget surplus according to a Washington Post-ABC News national survey The poll says a majority believe that Bush more than congressional Democrats bears responsibility for a problem that has suddenly put him on the defensive The poll also offers a clear warning to Bush and Congress as they move toward dipping into the Social Security surplus to fond other programs' this year and next despite earlier promises not to do so An overwhelming 92 percent of those surveyed said they opposed using Social Security funds for other purposes with 81 percent saying they are strongly opposed The federal government is still running a healthy budget surplus but virtually all of it is being generated by the Social Security program Using the Social Security surplus for current programs would have no effect on benefits to current recipients But because so many politicians pledged TAXES pagtA7 Photos by TSOY WWRVNEWnw Cotontton Pat OTfealb Mvwboat Jazz Baad pfaqrs a Rtie DfaMaad Jaa Monday to wakont MAX Igfct ral to Portland btsnuUooal Akpoit Lightrrail line also mil ease trip for Clark County residents County blocks By STEPHANIE THOMSON CohmbiaMtqff writer With a burst of confetti MAX light rail officially strived Monday at Portland International Airport "We are the first light rail on the West Coast to go to an airport" said Portland Mayor Vera Katz are now known not only as the of and the that but as the City that Moves" Vancouver travelers can ride aC-Tran bus from the Fisher's Landing Thmrit Center to Parkrose a stop just off Interstate 205 then board MAX for i short ride to the airport The new Red Line light-rail trains run every 15 minutes seven days a week and stops 150 feet from die lower-level baggage claim A one-way trip costs $155 Jay Waldron president of the Port of Portland Commission said he hopes 1 million of die 14 million people who pass through PDX annually will use MAX The biggest contingent of Clark County riders to use the service may turn out to be airport workers said C-Tran spokeswoman Gail AIRPORT MAX REDUNE tmWIKh New55fllgtt-railns tatnra from downtown Portland to Portland International Airport HOW MUCK $155 each my HOW OFTEN: Daly Mry 15 minute from5ajnto 1130 pim FROMWINCOUVDtriaiwC-Uan tomlteFnhertLandngparii-and- ridetoPwtaose transfer onto MAX CONSDEKAfeudtototoa airport costs Airport parking costs $8 to $16 a day An open houM to celebrate MAX Ina to mw ConcoureeCandtonearPDXaouli tatty nms11untoBpjn Saturday and 11 am to 6 pm Sunday Ehfertojnmentirxiudnsitiusicaiand dance acta Of the 10000 people who work in and around die airport about onediird Eve in Clark County she said The other targeted group is business travelers who carry only one bag family of five going to Disneyland wont likely use Spolar said Officials at C-Tran and Tri-Met will be closely watching how many people use die service to see if changes need to be made at parit-ondride lots Spolar said Currently cars can only be left 48 hours at C-TYan lots and 24 hours at Tri-Met lots Neither company provides rouruLthe-dock security of it is cost and overnight security is said where is our money better spent? we have people pay at Fisher's Landing? But we dont want to penafize our parkand-rideri And once we start charging will people still park? Because then you lose the convenience factor "Well have to really watch and listen to what folks are saying she said MA XpagtA6 Costco store By ERIN MIDDLEWOOD CHkmNm ttaff writer Clark County has put the brakes on Costco Wholesale Corpus plans to build a store in the Salmon Grade area The store should not be permitted because it would generate roadclogging traffic despite street improranents offered by the company according to a report by county planners released Monday Costco based in Iasaquah has untQ Sept 24 to ap-peal the decision to a county hearings examiner Unless Costco prevails in an appeal or offers more road improvements that would ease traffic flow the company will not be able to build the 14230Dquare-foot store tire center and gas station on 18 acres east of Northeast 20th Avenue Several Costco officials did not return calls Monday The proposed store created a stir in the Fur-grounds Neighborhood Association Some resi- COStCOpagtA7 NEddc schools in the Vancouver School District Ad grab for kids called exploitation New middle school will be next to Felida Elementary Ann Linden 1 Busnen El I CMM ES-U Conics CraMMidi REU CmuI kJia rood Homeoope I LWi III D1 Loci Cl ONuntoe Opinion CM Pok cs Ratfoninww C2 SpOrtl 11 Mention DS By DAVID CRART AModatidPtmwrittr NEW YORK Sixth- and eventhgraders required to watch TV ads at school The Teletubbies helping to promote pant burger chains Advertisers seeking data on how children nag their parents to make apurdiase Those were tome of the practices targeted Monday as psychologists and parent activists met for a symposium on exploitive advertising aimed at children a counterpoint to a conference of advertisers at the same time and in tire same Manhattan hotel While the advertising industry celebrated itself with the fourth annual "Golden awards the activists moved from a meeting room to the sidewalk for a protest They also announced five sarcastic "Have You Lost Your Marbles?" awards The recipients were Reebok for footwear ads featuring nude and bikini-clad models distributors at the show for promotional campaigns with and Burger King two maiket research companies which studied child psychology to boost sales and the Channel One Network which includes commercials in a daily newscast shown at 12000 schools nationwide Susan Linn a Harvard Medical School psychiatry instructor who helped organize the ADVERTISING page A6 By MHARI DOYLE Cehimtian tinffmrittr The proposed site for a new middle school is next door to Felida Elementary School Vancouver School District officials announced Monday If the location for die sixth middle school is approved a final vote is expected in October middle sdtools in the fast-growing north end could get some relief from overcrowding The district currently rents 26 portables for 730 students who be accommodated in regular classrooms The new school would open in 2004 and attendance boundaries would be adjusted throughout the district to even out school enrollments taking into accounts such factors as income levels and ethnicity "We all think this is a great arid board member Mari Graves on Monday with the growth in the north end this site is But the Felida location off of Northwest 119th Street wasut the first choice Earlier this year the district tried to buy two pieces of land near the Truman rveighbor- SCIIOOL pagt A7 2001 THE Cau MIAN.