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C HALLENGING P EOPLE TO S HAPE A B ETTER F UTURE N OW
TATTOO EXPO
Griffey in
Hall of
Fame
Griffey honored by
Mariners as team’s
‘greatest player’
PHOTO BY SUSAN FRIED
By Tim Booth
AP Sports Writer
Derm F/X Tattoo artist Scotty Tague works on the arm of Seahawks Defensive Back Roy Lewis at the Seattle Tattoo Expo
Saturday, Aug. 10. The Expo, held at the Seattle Center Aug. 9-11, draws tattoo artists from around the world and
included tattoo contests, seminars and entertainment.
Take Our Financial Rights Quiz
Know your rights when dealing with financial products and services
By Helen Silvis
Of The Skanner News
I
t’s easy for ordinary people
to be ripped off by big cor-
porations, banks and finan-
cial profiteers. When you take
out a loan, sign up for a credit
card, send money across inter-
national borders, take out a
mortgage or deal with debt col-
lectors, you could be dealing
with a businesses operating on
the edge of the law –or outside
it. In fact, every time you sign a
contract, you take a risk. So who
is in your corner when it comes
to dealing with financial prod-
ucts and services? Do you know
your rights?
Protection Bureau
D. The General Services
Administration
________________________
1. Which federal agency is
charged with helping Americans
get a fair deal from banks, debt
collectors and reporting agen-
cies, loan, credit, and money
transfer companies?
A. The General Accounting
Office
B. The Securities and
Exchange Commission
C. The Consumer Financial
2. Federal law protects con-
sumers from “abusive, decep-
tive and unfair practices.”
Which of the following exam-
ples of debt collection are illegal
under that law?
A. A collection agent calls
you at all hours to recover a
debt, sometimes even at 2 a.m.
or 3 a.m.
B. A collection agent calls and
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says if you don’t pay your debt
you will be arrested and jailed.
C. Without your knowledge or
permission, a collection agent
calls your workplace and tells
your co-worker she is collecting
a debt from you.
D. You pay your debt install-
ment on time, but it takes a
week for the collection agency
to process it. It posts two days
after the due date. The agency
charges you a late fee.
E . All of the above
See QUIZ on page 3
SEATTLE (AP) — Ken Griffey Jr. kept
telling stories, continued to acknowledge
his appreciation to the fans and reminisced
about his career, even as the scheduled
game time came and went.
On this night, as the Seattle Mariners hon-
ored Griffey with induction into their Hall
of Fame, no one was going to stop the great-
est player to ever wear the team’s uniform.
Griffey became the seventh member of the
team’s Hall of Fame on Saturday night dur-
ing an emotional ceremony that’s likely just
a precursor for when he is inducted in Coop-
erstown in the future.
What was supposed to be a ceremony last-
ing about 30 minutes instead went on for
nearly an hour. Griffey spoke for nearly 25
minutes in an unscripted speech and nobody
seemed to mind its length.
Griffey joins late Hall of Fame broadcast-
er Dave Niehaus, and former teammates
Alvin Davis, Edgar Martinez, Jay Buhner,
Randy Johnson and Dan Wilson in being
honored by the team.
But Griffey is clearly the head of the class.
“I am truly honored and humbled to be
associated with these people here,’’ Griffey
said.
The current Mariners roster — coaches
and players — all stood on the railing of the
first base dugout for the ceremony with their
hats backward, a nod to the unique style
Griffey brought to baseball. Naughty by
Nature’s ``Hip Hop Hooray’’ — Griffey’s
walk-up music for much of his career in
Seattle — blared over the speakers and ‘24’
jerseys were worn throughout the stands.
There weren’t many surprises in the cere-
mony, except for his son Trey — a football
player at the University of Arizona — pop-
ping up on the screen for a message to his
dad that finally started the tears.
“I can’t be more proud of you and the way
you did it,’’ Trey Griffey said.
See GRIFFEY on page 3
Korean Political Prisoner with NW Ties
Kenneth Bae hospitalized as family fears he is a political pawn
By Gene Johnson
The Associated Press
SEATTLE (AP) — An American man
detained in North Korea for the past nine
months has been hospitalized after losing
more than 50 pounds, and the need to bring
him home is becoming more urgent, his sis-
ter said Sunday.
Kenneth Bae, a 45-year-old tour operator
and Christian missionary, was arrested in
November and accused of subversive activ-
ities against the authoritarian government.
He was sentenced in May to 15 years hard
labor, and in letters to his family in the Seat-
tle area he described working in the fields
weeding and planting beans and potatoes.
Bae’s sister, Terri Chung, of Edmonds,
said Sunday the family recently learned that
he has been transferred from the labor camp
to a hospital. Her brother suffers from dia-
betes, an enlarged heart, liver problems and
back pain, she said.
``He’s considerably weaker,’’ Chung said.
``There’s more urgency than ever to bring
him home.’’
A deputy ambassador from Sweden met
with Bae at the hospital Friday, Chung said.
See KOREA on page 3