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Friday, September 1,200(1
THE BATTALION
Houston makes bid
News in Brief
Air Force pilots
City to vote on funds for 2012 Olympics
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HOUSTON (AP) — Voters will
decide if a trust fund should be creat
ed to cover any financial shortfall in
the budget for the 2012 Summer
Olympic Games if they are held in
Houston.
The Houston City Council on
Wednesday unanimously called a
Nov. 7 ballot referendum on whether
the create the trust fund, which would
only be enacted if Houston were cho
sen as the host city.
The ballot question will appear
only on ballots within the city of
Houston.
“Obviously, we’d like it to pass by
as large a margin as possible,”
George A. DeMontrond III. Houston
2012 Foundation chairman, told the
Houston Chronicle for its Thursday
editions.
The referendum asks voters to al
low the state comptroller’s office to
divert sales tax directly attributable to
Olympic spending — such as a visi
tor’s stay in a hotel room during the
Games — into an account not to ex
ceed $100 million. If the Games do
not lose money, the sales tax would be
refunded to the city and state, which
normally would have received it
immediately.
This mechanism was the Texas
Legislature’s answer to a requirement
by the United States Olympic Com
mittee that there be an independent
party, typically a government, finan
cially backing the Games.
Houston is one of eight U.S. cities
bidding to become the USOC’s can
didate city for the 2012 Summer
Games.
From the U.S. city and a deep pool
of foreign candidates, the Internation
al Olympic Committee would ulti
mately select a host in 2005.
Promoters of Houston’s bid to host
the Olympic Games say if the vote is
successful it would give the city a leg
up over most of its competitors, in
cluding Dallas, by clearly showing
community support.
Meanwhile, Dallas is pursuing the
purchase of a sort of $100 million in
surance policy to cover the city in case
of a shortfall. Dallas officials said their
approach is more appealing because it
does not rely on public money.
survive crash
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — An Air
Force pilot and co-pilot ejected
from a military training plane
before it crashed into a field On
the South side of San Antonio
•Thursday afternoon.
The crew members were con
ducting a training mission when
the plane went down. They were
transported by ambulance to
Wilford Hall USAF Medical Cen
ter in San Antonio where they
were listed in good condition
Friday. September
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Cheerleaders lose
reinstatement
FORT WORTH (AP) — Eleven
Colleyville Heritage High School
cheerleaders have lost their fight
for reinstatement to the squad.
The Grapevine-Colleyville
school board on Thursday up
held the girls' suspension for vi
olating a no-drinking pledge
while at an off-canipus ctier-
rleading camp. The board also
supported the school principal's
decision ordering the teens to
spend six weeks in the district's
alternative education program.
Golfer allowed to ride cart
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AUSTIN (AP) — A
former teaching pro with a
progressive muscle dis
ease will be allowed to use
a cart in all U.S. Senior
Open Golf tournaments, a
federal judge has ruled.
JaRo Jones of Baytown,
filed a lawsuit against the
United States Golf Associ
ation, saying denying him
a cart violates the Ameri
cans with Disabilities Act.
U.S. District Judge
James R. Nowlin agreed
Wednesday, issuing a
permanent injunction that
allows Jones to use a cart
in all U.S. Senior Open
tournaments.
"This is just super.”
Jones said. “This is what 1
hoped for from the very be
ginning. All this does is lev
el the playing Held to allow
me to play at that level.”
"Nothing in
the rules of
golf
requires
walking."
— James R. Nowlin
U.S. District Judge
The USGA will appeal
the injunction, spokesman
Marty Parkes said.
“The USGA has felt all
along that rules in a nation
al golf championship
should apply equally to all
players and that special
provisions should not be
made for all players."
Parkes said.
In his ruling, Nowlin
said allowing Jones the use
of a cart i s a reasonable ac
commodation. '
"Nothing in the rules of
golf requires walking,”
Nowlin wrote.
The judge noted that
the USGA allows com
petitors to use cartsdurinj
the U.S. Senior Amaiea
Championship and ik
U.S. Senior Women's Ait
ateur Championship,
The Senior PGA Toe
also permits players ii
ride carts during qualify
ing rounds and Senir
Tournaments.
“First, nothing in tk
rules of golf prohibits tk
use of a cart," Nouir
wrote. “Second, mo-
players choose to wall
even when given the op
portunity to ride becatR
they feel walking gives
them an advantage ®
riding."
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