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November 13, 2002__________________________________ ®{f£ ^JortlaïîÔ ©bsettlCr_______________________________ Page A3 Kulongoski Goes Bowling to Celebrate Victory Governor-elect says he's ready to roll up sleeves to solve state’s problems (A P) — In a spirited accep tance speech at G rand C entral B o w l, G o v e r n o r - e le c t T e d K ulongoski prom ised to “roll up his sleeves” and solve the sta te’s problem s. But first he took o ff his socks. “G et those cam eras aw ay, I’m taking m y socks off,” he told photographers and cam eram en as he changed into athletic socks and black bow ling shoes. T he cam eras kept rolling. “B ow l a strik e ,” a h eck ler yelled. K ulongoski boasted o f being a “pretty good bow ler” in ca m paign com m ercials that show ed him rolling a strike, and then giving high-fives to supporters. In his first shot as governor- elect, the Dem ocrat knocked down nine pins in tw o tries. He knocked a fist against his forehead in m ock frustration and smiled. O n the next fram e, he toppled nine pins and then picked up the spare. H e gave tw o thum bs up to the crow d o f about 200 people. Several m ore tries d id n ’t pro duce a strike before K ulongoski took a break. T h e K u lo n g o sk i c a m p a ig n chose a bow ling alley to cel ebrate victory only after vote counting stretched to a second day; they had originally set up in a fancy dow ntow n hotel on T u es day night. T hat party petered o u t when the race against Republican Kevin M annix w as too close to call by around m idnight. Scott B allo, the spokesm an for the cam paign, said he booked 10 lanes at G rand C entral B ow l ing aroun d noon W ed n esd ay , w hen the num bers started look- rP B frT w PS h M B « k r 1 • » 1 i • * i G overnor-elect Ted K ulongoski ing good for Kulongoski, a former O regon Suprem e C ourt justice. By late afternoon, K ulongoski w as ahead o f M annix w ith a m argin o f nearly 20,000 votes. “T his w hole cam paign was about fam ily w age jobs, bringing back com m unity, and w e used the bowling alley to illustrate these them es,” Ballo said. “It’s about reaching out to all o f O regon, and the bow ling alley w as a sym bol o f that.” A bout 200 supporters stom ped and clapped, shouting “T ed, Ted, T ed,” w hen K ulongoski entered around 6 p .m ., an hour after Mannix and Libertarian challenger T om C ox conceded. “H ey you guys,” K ulongoski shot back, flashing a grin. Flanked by his w ife, daughter and younger son, K ulongoski stepped behind a podium . A ddressing a lingering prob lem o f public em ployee retire m ent sav in g s — w hich w ere guaranteed to grow 8 percent per year, an untenable rate in the recession — K ulongoski said: “W e’ll all sit dow n together, roll up our sleeves, and solve these problem s.” Voters Say Yes to Children’s Initiative Approved tax levies boost to parks, libraries (A P)— Portland will become the third city on is bucking a trend in the country,” said Jonah the West Coast to reserve money for a clutch of Edelman, executive director o f the Stand for children’s programs, along with Seattle and San Children advocacy group. “It shows if you make Francisco, after city voters narrowly approved a solid case about using taxpayer money for a five-year children’s levy. children, the public will go along.” The victory means Portland property owners San Francisco and Seattle are among a hand will get a triple dose of tax increases this year ful of U.S. cities with similar children’s initiatives, a lth o u g h because they also ap proved levies for parks and the county library. With support from 53 percent o f voters, the children’s levy had the slimmest winning mar gin o f the three. The $10 m illion children’s levy will \ In this day and age, w hen we have major worldwide problems that seem intractable, this is bucking a trend in the country. —Jonah Edelman, executive director of the Stand for Children advocacy group , childhood education. taxes, and Seattle’s tax increase was sm aller th a n P o r tla n d ’s. Edelman said his group will try to spur interest in P o rtlan d -sty le in itia tives in Corvallis, Lane A five-person com mission, a politician from the city, one from the county and three residents will be in charge of overseeing the money and o f earnest volunteers, widespread support from distributing it to nonprofits and other estab religious leaders, big campaign money and a lished children’s groups. The levy would cap message o f accountability tailored to satisfy the adm inistrative costs at five percent. skepticism of older voters and “Reagan D emo “In this day and age, when we have major worldwide problems that seem intractable, this ** County and around the Supporters credited the victory to hundreds crats” on the city’s eastern edge. 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