SHORT TAKES : Canceled Concerts Pay Off

A food bank and a youth symphony will be getting $32,500 each thanks to a court settlement stemming from a series of concerts that Michael Jackson canceled.

Attorneys Thomas Wampold and Aaron Haleva will also get a hefty $35,000 for their work representing ticket-buyers who sued over the canceled concerts in October and November 1988. Jackson said he was ill when he canceled the shows.

Jackson, the company handling ticket sales for the concerts and the city of Tacoma agreed Wednesday to contribute $32,500 to both Northwest Harvest and the Seattle Youth Symphony.

The plaintiffs picked the Seattle Youth Symphony for the contribution, and the defendants agreed on Northwest Harvest.

Ticketmaster Inc., which had been accused in the lawsuit of improperly withholding $2.25 to $3.25 in service fees it charged for each ticket sold, acknowledged no wrongdoing as part of the settlement.