Dana Carvey's zaniest role ever, only on Extra. This is Creme 2 News at 6. Idaho tourism chooses sides in the anti-gay rights initiative campaign. A big name makes a decision. And on the campaign trail for the 5th district house seats, supporters are changing sides. A decision on that North Spokane compost stick. Halloween is alcohol taking the fun out of Halloween. Some say it is. Good evening everyone, I'm Nadine Woodward. I'm Charles Brode. Here's what's new at 6. Folks fighting for gay rights in North Idaho have picked up a powerful supporter. Today Creme 2 News Learn resort owner Dwayne Hagadon is bankrolling the vote no on Proposition 1 campaign. Creme 2's Jeff Humphrey has more on this unlikely alliance between Hagadon and homosexuals. Last week the Lake Coeur d'Alene Resort hosted 50 delegates from the Western State Arts Federation. They had a great time in North Idaho and were ready to reschedule another convention here. That's until they found out about Proposition 1, a move to make it legal to discriminate against homosexuals. This group came for the first time to Coeur d'Alene. They loved it. They thought Idaho was beautiful. And then they passed a resolution saying that if Proposition 1 passed, they would not come back because they felt that it was discriminatory against any of the people that they represent. In other states that have already passed anti-gay laws, the promise of boycotts have become painful realities. Colorado lost 32 conventions and $60 million in visitor spending. I think that these ways of telling people that things were important to the majority of people in this country are a legitimate weapon. Apparently Hagadon wanted no part of a boycott. His $1,000 contribution is now bankrolling the vote no on Proposition 1 campaign. That's your money they're talking about. $25 million just to administer Proposition 1 even more. His contributions are funding television ads like this one. Ironically it warns a yes vote could also cost taxpayer money. The sign of Proposition that began as a moral question for voters has now become an issue of economics. Reporting in Coeur d'Alene, Jeff Humphrey from 2 News. The Idaho Travel Council has come out against Proposition 1, but supporters say North Idaho tourism could actually benefit if the initiative passes. They feel many conservative convention groups would then single out Idaho for its anti-gay position. Sponsors of Idaho's Proposition 1 are on their way to North Idaho. They're bringing with them literally tons of literature to hand out including more than 100,000 voter guides. They say North Idaho is traditionally a democratic region and they're expecting opposition like an upcoming debate in Moscow. We claim the town of Moscow for conservative values. With the election just around the corner now, the Idaho Citizens Alliance considers this their last chance to leave a lasting impression. And during First News Live at 5, we asked you what you thought about anti-gay rights measures. Here's what some of you had to say. I think that any proposition which limits anyone's civil rights is a blow against the basic idea of what America stands for. I don't think gays should have special rights. I think they should have equal rights. When you start adding special rights, then everybody else is going to want special rights and it's taking away from the hardworking citizens that have limited rights as it is. What is all of this leading to? Why should they have special rights for their lifestyle? I just don't understand it and I've never heard a good explanation for their lifestyle. Now if you haven't contacted us yet, we would still like to hear from you tonight. If you are online, you can contact the CREM II Interactive Data Center at CompuServe 751-43-2526 in Prodigy, BYGV-238. America Online, CREM II News. You can also fax us at 448-NEWS or leave a voicemail message at 838-7366. And we will have more of your responses tonight at 11 on CREM II News Nightwatch. And as we head into the final two weeks of the red hot 5th District Congressional race, candidates Tom Foley and George Nethercut are battling for votes, interest group by interest group. And tonight the battle cry from the Foley campaign is echoing from the halls of labor. CREM II's Tracy Vetter joins us live now from the Hitter State Fairgrounds. She is at a labor rally. The candidates are taking their campaign messages anywhere they'll be heard. The band just struck up here so it got a lot livelier in just the past couple of minutes. Labor as you might expect is a sure endorsement for Foley. This year gave him a very strong measure of support when he spoke just a few minutes ago. But west of here in the heartland of the 5th District, this race is turning up some surprising signs. This is the breadbasket of the 5th District. Ritzville, Odessa, Reardon, small towns with small town values, hopes and dreams. And until lately, small towns believe to support Tom Foley. Most of the wheat growers are Republican. It's going to be real hard for them to make a decision because they are giving up a lot to vote for Nethercutt leaving Foley out. I don't know which way most wheat growers should go. It's going to be a hard decision for a lot of the wheat growers. The Washington Wheat Growers Association doesn't endorse candidates and doesn't tell its members how to vote. But the streets of Ritzville tell their own story. George Nethercutt signs mark yards throughout town, but there is not a single Foley yard sign to be found. The association meeting Foley had plenty of examples of how his influence, past and future, helps the 5th District. I absolutely disagree with the suggestion of Secretary Babbitt that he wants to be the first secretary to provide for the tearing down of the dams in the Pacific Northwest. Not on my watch, ladies and gentlemen. I'm not going to support or countenance any destruction of dams. Nethercutt isn't even trying to compete with that influence, saying his philosophy is different. We have a lot of farmers who are helping me be prepared for whatever issues may come before us. And again, it's not how much time you spend in Washington, D.C. learning about process. It's what kind of a philosophy do you bring to Congress. And I bring a different philosophy than Tom does. Now, there are some very important agricultural issues on the front burner. The 1995 Farm Bill, the GATT trade agreement, the Canadian wheat imports, just to name a few. With all of that and still not a single Foley yard sign showing up anywhere in a very prominent farming community that says something. Charles Nadine? Well, Tracy, I heard the other day Mr. Foley say that one of his main priorities is supporting farmers. When you talk to those farmers, any more reasons why they would support Nethercutt? Well, yes, and there is definitely a reluctance to say that they're supporting Nethercutt, at least from some people. But they are truly saying that it's not so much a question of what Foley or anyone who represents this district brings home to this district so much as thinking more of the good of the whole. As a matter of fact, I talked to a farmer today, a working farmer who said, we'd rather work in the free market system. We'd rather get rid of the price supports. We'd be happier working on an equal level with everybody else. And I think that's a very important point. We'd be happier working on an equal level with everybody else. And in that respect, they would rather see a Nethercutt than a Foley in Congress. Well, we'll see how that vote comes in on November 8th. Thanks, Tracy. Well, Slade Gordon got caught with his hand in the cookie jar and he'll get spanked on November 8th. That's according to his opponent, Ron Sims. The Senate candidate made those charges this afternoon standing outside Gordon's Spokane campaign office. Sims is accusing Gordon of taking 32 trips all over the country and abroad from lobbyists and special interests. Today Gordon announced he will refuse the trips if reelected, but Sims says that's not good enough. When I called him a junket junkie, he dismissed it. Oh, I'm taking trips. But now he has remorse and he has remorse because he caught him 32 times. He's an insider. Slade Gordon's office campaign worker said Slade Gordon's travel plans aren't an issue. Rather I think the issue is a desperate politician who finds himself many points down in the polls and is grasping at straws to do whatever he can to boost his numbers. Now Ron Sims says he never has and never will take any special interest funded trips, even though the Gordon campaign contends he already has. An investigation is underway tonight in Ponderay County. The body of an unidentified 72 year old man was discovered last night near Newport. He was apparently stabbed to death in his home and may have been dead for several days. Deputies were reportedly called to the travel trailer by a concerned friend. When they arrived, they discovered it chained and locked from the outside. An autopsy is now being conducted in Spokane. From our North Idaho newsroom, deputies are investigating a robbery and assault on two disabled men in the Moon Gulch area near Kellogg. It happened Monday morning and the Shoshone County deputies say two or three men entered the home, beat the victims and then burglarized the house. It's the third time those victims have been robbed. Tonight deputies are looking for two men in connection with that incident. They are 24 year old Brent W. Atkinson of Post Falls and 23 year old Chad D. Emmett of Coeur d'Alene. Please ask if you have information about that case, give them a call. Well did you know the average American has 10 credit cards? That can give us 10 times the opportunity to get into debt. Well our Two on Your Side report will take a look at getting out of debt. And we visit another decorated Spokane area, Halloween House. And wind and rain is what we're going to talk about in the forecast. I'll give you the details coming up next. Before you vote, know the facts. In the race for District Court Position 7, Assistant Public Defender Scott Mason talks a lot about sentencing. Instead of jail time for convicted criminals, Scott Mason will implement work crews, work camps and community service. He wants to keep convicted criminals out of jail? In the sense, reelect Judge Donna Wilson. She gets the job done. Paid for by the committee to reelect Judge Donna Wilson. Louise Hanson, Treasurer. Ron Sims was born in Spokane. He understands the people of Eastern Washington and I think he'd make a great man in the US Senate. You know I want to protect our communities that depend on fishing, our communities that depend on timber, our farming communities, our rural communities. I want to be a Senator that the farming community can say, hey, he's standing behind us and he's fighting for us. Well, that's what we need in the US Senate and that's exactly why you'll get my vote. Thank you. Tom Foley has fought to protect your Medicare and to protect Social Security from raids to make up the budget deficit. George Nethercutt has signed a contract with his party's leaders in Congress to vote for a huge tax cut for the wealthy. The contract Nethercutt signed would cost a trillion dollars over five years, could result in a Social Security cut of $170 a month for the average senior in Washington State or a 31% cut in Medicare. Don't let Nethercutt sign away your Social Security. Wow it is roomy inside. This must be the cab four design I read about. How's it handled? Well, to demonstrate I'll only be driving this Eagle Vision from the back seat. Hit it, Lynn. This Eagle Vision has everything. Take a left here, Lynn. Okay. It's got a cool CD player, dual airbags. Take a right here. It's even got these cooling and heating vents in the back. Left here. It handles just like a sports coupe, right? Right? No, no, left, left! Lynn? Test drive a Vision at your Jeep and Eagle dealer or call us. I fall to pieces Each time I see you again You walk by and I fall to pieces Watch for falling prices at Walmart. All over the store. Always low prices. Always Walmart. This is Creme 2 News at 6. A little crowded here in the newsroom, but we're making do. Well those ghosts and goblins are coming out in force around the inner Northwest. And boy they are. With Halloween getting closer, more and more yards are sprouting spooky sights like this ghoulish graveyard in East Spokane. It should be quite scary when those little trick-or-treaters come around. Oh boy, that does look scary. Only six more haunting nights until Halloween. And as we get closer to Halloween, Tom Sherry honing in on that Halloween forecast for us. Right now it's looking pretty dry for Monday, but it's looking wet for tomorrow, Thursday and possibly on into Friday. But boy was the sunshine just outstanding today. Gonna show you some great, well I guess we're not. We're gonna show you today's high temperature, 58 degrees with the overnight low of 36. Normals are 54 and 34. A little bit later on I'm gonna show you some pictures of a shot in Manitou Park. Okay, let's talk again about temperatures across, well we'll show you that right now. Well, you know what I say happens, and this is, is that gorgeous or what? Oh that's beautiful. We have one of the finest parks in the inland Northwest, heck and the whole nation, and during fall it is absolutely spectacular. And I tell you, this is the time when you have the sun shining like that and it's low on the horizon and those leaves are changing, it is absolutely beautiful. Do yourself a favor and go and check them out. There you see today's, or the record high temperature of 71 in 1966. And show you the record low in 1919, we had 12 degrees. 57 right now, northeasterly breeze at 10 miles an hour. Coeur d'Alene has 49 degrees. Look at the wind though. Out of the northeast at 14 miles per hour and it's gonna get a whole lot windier, especially through tomorrow. Well there's the system, we've actually got two. The first frontal system moving onto the coast of Washington and now beginning to move into eastern Washington. As we speak we're already seeing some increased cloud cover. And then a second stronger system. So I'm thinking we'll get a pretty good dose of rain out of this thing through tomorrow and maybe even into Thursday. Maybe some scattered showers on Friday. Now across Alberta you're gonna see, you'll get one more break in this actually. You'll see mostly sunny skies in Edmonton and Calgary, but showers developing across southern British Columbia. Across central Washington we'll see rain and we'll look for 58 in Moses Lake. 61 in Wenatchee, so central Washington picks up some much needed precipitation. Now the farther north you head to northern Idaho, the more rain you'll see and then we'll just see showers or scattered showers across Moscow, Pullman and down into Lewiston. Lewiston's high right around 60. Tonight I'm gonna call for increasing clouds and because of that increased cloud cover, look for the overnight low, not to be as low as on a clear night. So 40 is what I'm gonna call for. And then for tomorrow we'll look for showers and 56, but that wind too out of the southwest at 15 to 25 miles an hour is really gonna make things feel much cooler. I'm gonna call for showers on Thursday, maybe a little bit of shower activity Friday morning and then clearing out Saturday and Sunday as some higher pressure begins to build in. Beautiful fall weather, temperatures in the low 50s and right now Monday, Halloween, looking pretty good. Looking dry, huh? Yeah. Just the way it should look. You bet. Ghosts and goblins don't like to get wet. No, not at all. Nope. Thanks. The North Spokane Council makes a decision on that North Spokane compost facility. We'll tell you about that decision. And the group in Washington DC is howling about Halloween beer ads. They say if taxpayers have to pay the fees over Proposition 1, so be it. That's your money they're talking about. $25 million just to administer Proposition 1 even more for legal fees. They don't care what it costs. They don't care that it's unconstitutional. And they don't care that it means more government than less freedom for you. But you can say no to them. Vote no on Proposition 1. It's too much government and not enough Idaho. October is car care month at your neighborhood Parts Plus Auto Store. Come on in for special car care values like these. If it's time to replace your car's belts, play it safe. Use quality Gates V-Belts and V-Rib belts. Gates, the world's most trusted name in belts and hoses. Changing your car's filters can keep it running longer. Parts Plus carries the full line of quality Wix filters for all your filter needs. These and other great values are available now at your participating Parts Plus Auto Stores in Spokane. Presenting the trouble with money. Exotic pets. Sit Milton, sit. Milton sit. Does Milton want an apple? Sit Milton. Expensive home electronics. My program's on dear. Change the channel. That's not it. That's not it. Wrong again. We never said being a millionaire was gonna be easy. I'm very thankful for Walmart, Cedar Works and the opportunity to live in this beautiful area. Walmart's Buy America philosophy has made the difference in Adams County. We have 225 jobs because we keep building, keep adding. Due to Walmart. They've given a lot of people in this area jobs and this area really needs jobs. When you got a product like we put out, we can compete with anybody. Bringing it home sure helps our hometown. When I see Walmart trucks rolling down the road, I know that they're carrying American products. Helen Chenoweth says she talks straight with Idaho on protecting salmon. Salmon aren't endangered when you can buy a can off the shelf at Albertsons on education for our kids. Abolish the Department of Education. I'd like to see states and local government pick up the funding on mining the sawtooth recreation area. We can't get to it because we're playing on it. Imagine if Helen Chenoweth's words became reality. Devastating for Idaho. The compost facility in North Spokane will reopen after all. Last night, the Spokane City Council decided it should be reopened at least for the fall season. Area residents though are not happy with that decision. Council members say they understand residents concerns, but they have to have a place to dump those fall leaves. We apologize for not having more on that story. Officials plan to study possible health risks before reopening in the spring. Mayor Jack Garrity promised to shut down that facility immediately if the smell does return. Well, North Idaho is testing new ways to make its railroad crossings safer. So far this year, six people have died in local train accidents. So experts are trying to make rail crossings more visible. The answer may be this new type of sign. The roadside markers are placed at an angle so the headlight of an approaching train makes it easier to see that sign, especially at night. Also today, Idaho transportation officials announced the rail crossing at Beck Road near Houser Lake is getting new safety equipment sooner than expected. A deadly crossing will get warning lights and crossing arms sometime next year. That's where four people have died in car train collisions during the past 12 months. From the Creme 2 Washington, D.C. newsroom, as Halloween approaches, one group is claiming that beer makers are playing a mean trick on America's children through advertising like this. The Hands Off Halloween Coalition says the beer industry has turned Halloween into a drinker's holiday. They say the ads seem to be aimed at teens and children under the legal, that is the legal drinking age. The organization is made up of about a dozen health, children's, and religious groups. They're urging beer makers to voluntarily stop using Halloween symbols in their promotions. It's immoral and we stand here today to ask the beer companies to stop. Leave our children alone this Halloween, next Halloween, and any Halloween. The Beer Institute says Halloween is not exclusively a children's holiday and there's nothing inappropriate about seasonal advertising. And with the holiday season arriving fast, we're talking about Christmas. Tonight we take a look at credit card debt in our Two on Your Side report. Credit card debt in this country is the worst in history. We owe over $360 billion in consumer debt. And if you think your debt is getting out of hand, experts tell us there are a few steps you can take. First, always pay more than the minimum balance. If you only pay the minimum, you may never make a dent in the principal you owe. Second, transfer your debt to one card with a low interest rate. Then be sure to contact the credit bureaus to make sure they know you have canceled your other cards. Extra cards can hurt your credit even if you don't use them. And if you're really in over your head, well there are some nonprofit services like consumer credit counseling to help you out. Good luck. And if you've ever bought a major appliance and financed it through the Whirlpool Acceptance Corporation, you better listen up. 75,000 people in the state of Washington could benefit from a $4 million lawsuit settlement with Whirlpool. A Tenascut couple brought that suit saying they were charged too much interest by the company. A final ruling on the settlement is expected in January. Budding basketball stars in the Spokane area will now have more places to practice thanks to HoopFest. Money from the nonprofit basketball tournament paid for this new basketball court. This is Harmon Park off Market Street. It's the first in a series of new and renovated courts HoopFest will build throughout the city. And the director of HoopFest says it's the perfect donation for the community. We feel at HoopFest that we give a lot of money to charity. Our donations to charities are over $200,000 now. But we wanted to give back not only with cash contributions but also with contributions to the physical site so players can play basketball year-round in the parks. HoopFest hopes to build other courts in Hoopless parks throughout the city. Good idea. Yes indeed. Speaking of sports, you know, if that darn strike wasn't underway, we'd be in the World Series right now. We would. How about that, Jim? You know, and the question is, what do you do with all the baseballs you would have used? That's what we're talking about. Welcome back in sports, what to do with those baseballs. The Two on Your Side Report is sponsored by Kaiser & Douglas, Attorneys at Law. We're here to help. Hello, I'm Bruce Kaiser from the law firm of Kaiser & Douglas. You've seen our commercial, the Adjuster Academy. If you've been injured in an accident, knowing what to do can be very frustrating. Hello, I'm Keith Douglas. We've also seen our workers' compensation commercial. These laws are complicated, but we will help you maximize your benefits. We know real life isn't a cartoon. Insurance companies can be intimidating. Our commitment to you is to answer your questions and guide you through the legal maze. Kaiser & Douglas, we're here to help. Bill Clinton said he was a fiscal conservative. So did Mike Lowry. Now, Ron Simms says he's a fiscal conservative. But look at the public record. 21 times in just 8 years, Councilman Ron Simms voted to raise your taxes. 21 times. Since Ron Simms took office, King County spending has doubled. Doubled. Ron Simms opposes the balanced budget amendment, but supported the 1993 Clinton tax hike, including higher taxes on Social Security. Fiscal conservatives, how much more can we afford? In 1892, union miners in Warden, Idaho were fed up with the mill walking mining company. Remember the Gem and Frisco mine? They felt the company was using unfair labor tactics. So they decided to strike. Hard. Just a reminder that when news happens in North Idaho, we've got all the explosive coverage. The Spokesman Review. Always been here, always will. Is that Earl? Yep. Now, what's a chicken farmer doing with a fancy limousine? Nothing to do with new Revelations glazing sauces. What's that? They glaze us. And you wait, fix chicken. It's got everyone eating chicken a lot more, making Earl a very rich man. Introducing new Revelations glazing sauces. Just pour on and it bakes into a perfect glaze for chicken that tastes light and fresh. Revelations, recommended by Earl. They make Revelations for poor. Just chicken. Sure. From great peaks that inspire performance to country roads that lead to stardom. From sweeping sands on the Atlantic shore to great straight pathways blazing through the heartland. From the mountains to the sea, there's Conoco. With thousands of stations across America, gasolines and motor oils of exceptional quality and the spirit of hospitality so many have come to count on. It's no wonder Conoco is the hottest brand going. There is something in the Bible about going to the desert and finding yourself. Now, I'm not saying it was of biblical proportions, but down in the Arizona desert Saturday night, the Washington State offense definitely found itself. Chad Davis and the Cougar offense stepping out of the shadow of the nationally ranked Washington State defense. They put three touchdowns on the board, their best game of the season, and hopefully Coach Mike Price has set some up for this game down in Berkeley this week. If I could have written a script, I couldn't have written it any better to be honest with you because I think it's going to prepare us for this game even more because our players are bound and determined to play 60 minutes instead of 52 minutes and it's going to make better practices this week and more emphasis on, you know, that we know that we have to play hard every down. Okay, ice was the issue at a meeting of the Spokane Sports, Entertainment, Arts and Convention Board today. The city has trouble keeping ice on the floor of the soon to be demolished Boone Street Barn and last week that caused cancellation of two Spokane Chief hockey games. Well, team owner Bobby Brett has talked to a Wisconsin company that can bring in a temporary floor. City officials today talked pros and cons. The advantages then of a temporary system are a reliable ice sheet. The disadvantages are it takes four or five days to install ice once you go through the initial original installation. And three or four days to remove ice. It requires raising the players boxes and the penalty boxes on one side. Many events lose desirable seating on the south side and no seating available outside the dashers. Gross potentials are affected. It's time consuming to remove a dashboard to do normal setups and the cost as of this writing was unknown. On the issue, the main issue of course is money. It was being discussed in privates in a word yet if the city will foot the bill. Of course, the big drawback would be they'd lose seating. The Seattle Supersonics roaring and snorting through the NBA exhibition season are in Vancouver B.C. tonight. They play the L.A. Lakers there. Coach George Carl is getting things set for the season opener just over a week away. You know, we got three exhibition games left and I would think we'll be very close to our normal rotation. We have some injuries. You know, Carl Ray won't play tonight. Sheffler isn't here so he won't be in. Sam Perkins will play a lot tonight but he hasn't played in exhibition season. So you'll see Sam play definitely 30 minutes a year. How deep do the wounds of the playoffs go with you? Well, it's over now. I mean, we're not thinking about it. It's over. You know, you try. You try to do it. You lose. Another thing that you can do is go back and try it all over again. Okay, baseball fans do not have a World Series this year but they can have World Series souvenir baseballs. Dan Lucy explains for us. World Series baseball may be out of sight this fall but it's definitely not out of mind especially in Little Licking, Missouri. Licking's home to a Rawlings plant and over the weekend they had a baseball celebration. Wood was shaved into bats and leather wove its way into gloves but the stars of the show were these rare beauties, 1994 World Series baseballs. Rawlings made only about 5,000 of these balls for the series that never was and they were up for auction. $265 to number 22, 22 to buy. Thank you. You heard right, $265 for a $7 baseball. I'm going to give it to my son for Christmas present and then whenever he gets through it, he can hand it to my grandson. Just wanted a World Series ball that there's not going to be any World Series. I'm going to put it in plastic and hold it for a few years and sell it. In addition to the series balls, autographed photos, balls and bats were also sold to help Licking pay for its newest civic project, the newly painted water tower. It seems only appropriate that a baseball is the biggest thing in town. I think those folks' pocketbooks took a licking. One guy who won't be using one of those baseballs is Kansas City's David Cohn. He however was named Cy Young Award winner in the American League. I agree with you. Well coming up on Krem 2 News Nightwatch, mobile home parks catering to seniors may soon be required to provide extended care facilities but is housing and urban development foreseen, unneeded and unwanted regulations on the parks? We'll have the story tonight at 11 on Krem 2 News Nightwatch. That's it for now. We'll see you back here at 11 on the Nightwatch. Have a great evening. Good night. Good night. Right now, only on Extra. Your party is in full swish. The exclusive first look at what Roseanne will wear for Halloween. Wherever he goes, whatever he does, Prince Charles is hated. See what happens today. Dana Carvey is so funny on the road to Wellville but he has a lot more on his mind. Why don't men have orgasms in movies? Ha ha ha. Plus Seinfeld tells NBC I'm a man.