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PageB6 August 27, 2003 U fe Çortlanh (Observer Nose in the Books S ports Portland Romances Expos with Stadium Clive C harles Soccer Legend Dies Clive Charles led team to national championship L egendary soccer p lay er and coach C live C harles died T uesday afternoon at age 52. C harles was renow ned for leading the U niver sity o f Portland to the 2002 national w om en’s cham pionships. The official cause o f death has not been released, but C harles had a long fight w ith prostate cancer. An event w as planned by the Portland T im bers to honor Charles ’ lifetim e achievem ents at the team ’s season finale on A ug. 29 at PGE| Park. C h arles’ num ber No. 3 jersey as a form er star w ith the Tim bers will be retired and a perm anent banner will hang from the rafters o f PGE Park, also planned before C h arles’ death. “M y tim e w ith the Tim bers orga nization w as a very special period in m y life. It truly w as the start o fall goods things to com e for m e and my fami ly in Portland,” said Charles, w ho had planned to attend the half tim e cerem ony. An inductee into the O regon Sports Hall o f Fam e, C harles was perhaps m ost fam ous for his illus trious coaching career at the U n i versity o f Portland. In a 2-1 double overtim e w in over Santa C lara, C harles led the w om en ’s team to the sc h o o l’s first-ev er n atio n al cham pionship in 2002. (A P ) - A bill th at w o u ld u se incom e tax es from M ajo r L eag u e B aseball salaries to raise S150 m il lion for a new stadium in P ortland go es to G ov. T ed K u lo n g o sk i a f ter ap p ro v al in th e S tate L e g isla tu re . T h e g o v e r n o r s u p p o r ts b aseb all as a w ay to b o o st the s ta te ’s ailin g to u rism eco n o m y an d p la n s to sign th e leg islatio n . P o rtlan d o ffic ia ls are now p re p arin g fo r th e n ex t step s in th e ir q u est to b rin g a team to O reg o n . T he h u rd le s in clu d e fin d in g a team o w n e r and a g u a ra n to r to back stad iu m b o n d s, cra ftin g a P o rtlan d tax p ack ag e to pay the rem aining $200 m illion o fth e $350 m illion stadium price tag and pick in g a co n stru c tio n site. T he P o rtla n d P ublic S c h o o ls a d m in is tra tio n s i t e in N o rth P o rtla n d is o n e o f a h a lf d o z e n lo c a tio n s A b a se b a ll stad iu m plan w on b e in g c o n s id e r e d fo r a n e w s ta d iu m in th e city. final le g isla tiv e ap p ro v al M o n T he bill w o u ld pay fo r a new day, a m a jo r step to w ard luring a p p ro v e an a m en d e d v ersio n o f W a sh in g to n , D .C . an d N o rth ern th e bill th at p assed in the S en ate V irg in ia to g et the E x p o s, a team stad iu m u sin g the in co m e tax es the M o n treal E x p o s to O reg o n . m a jo r le ag u e b aseb all h o p e s to o f fu tu re team p lay ers and ex e c u Final actio n cam e as the H ouse, late S a tu rd ay . tiv e s. 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