Groups plan alcoholism action seminars at LCC
More than an estimated 16,000
Lane County citizens are afflicted
with the nation’s number one
health disease and four civic
groups plan to take action against
it.
Alcoholism, according to David
Pratt, executive director of Seren
ity Lane, an alcoholism treatment
center, is the disease and fewer
than five per cent of the 16,000 will
receive alcoholism treatment.
Serenity Lane and three other
local and national groups will
sponsor a seminar on alcoholism
and its treatment today at 2 p.m. in
the Forum Building at Lane Com
munity College.
The seminar, “Alcoholism — A
Treatable Disease,” is sponsored
by Lane County’s Council on Al
coholism and Mental Health Divi
sion, and Ambassador Interna
tional Cultural Foundation, an af
filiate of Ambassador College,
Pasadena, Calif.
Five speakers are scheduled
for the meeting, with a panel dis
cussion following the presenta
tions. Sam Graves, director of
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These three swimmers took time out from diving
and sun-bathing over the weekend to give a little
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Board calls for timber plan
The Oregon Board of Forestry
should require individuals and
companies engaged in commer
cial timber cutting to submit a
Timber Harvest Plan, the Oregon
Student Public Interest Research
Group, (OSPIRG), recommended
Wednesday.
Randal OToole, OSPIRG rep
resentative, said the timber har
vest plan should describe man
agement practices that would be
used to control water quality prob
lems, and the potential for una
voidable water pollution. OToole
suggested the timber plans
should be approved by licensed
foresters and soil scientists and
should be open for public review.
The OSPIRG proposal was
made before the Northwest Reg
ional Forest Practice Committee
meeting in Salem, Wednesday.
Section 208 of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act
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protect water quality from “non
point" pollution sources, such as
timber harvesting activities. The
report, by George Brown, Ph D.,
Oregon State University School
of forestry, was commissioned by
the state with $20,000 in federal
funds.
O'Toole told the committee that
Brown's report does not address
the question of whether or not
Oregon's Forest Practices Act is
protecting forest lands and
streams. He said OSPIRG does
not believe the rules are specific
enough to meet best manage
ment standards.
The OSPIRG representative
noted that California's Forest
Practice Rules are stricter and
more specific than Oregon's pre
sent rules. "The lack of specificity
is the greatest failing of Oregon's
rules," O'Toole pointed out.
OSPIRG said that conclusions
of the Brown report simply reiter
ated his testimony before a com
mittee of the Oregon State Legis
lature in 1975. ' Brown gave us his
opinion for free in 1975. Why did
U S. taxpayers pay $20,000just to
hear it again in 1977?” asked
O'Toole.
“The Federal Water Pollution
Control Act requires that alterna
tive management practices be
examined. George Brown has
failed to look at these alternatives.
In fact, his entire report is a
whitewash,” O'Toole said.
“Oregon Forest Practice Rules
will need significant changes if
they are to meet best man
agement practice standards."
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counseling at Serenity Lane, will
outline the problem and leading
area alcoholism specialist Lowell
Grabau will lecture on the symp
toms and the illness concept of the
disease. Dale Hampton, a noted
recovered alcoholic, will speak on
the life of an alcoholic.
According to Pratt, the seminar
is designed to provide an educa
tional program for the public. “Al
coholism is no longer a stigma, it is
a disease and it should be treated
as such,” Pratt said.
Though the success ratio of
those treated for alcoholism is as
high as 80 per cent, 35 or more
people annually will die with it, ac
cording to Serenity Lane statis
tics.
Pratt is expecting at least 200
people at today’s seminar, al
though similar programs have
drawn only light attendance.
More community education
programs on alcoholism and its
treatment are planned for the next
few months, he said.
Programs still open for recreation
It's not too late for adults to join
summer recreation programs at
Amazon Village Community
Center, 2700 Hilyard Street.
For physical activity, there’s a
free jogging program and a low
cost yoga class. Beginning callig
raphy, basketry and intermediate
pottery are crafts classes with
space for new participants.
Children ages three-and-one
half to five can still be part of the
Amazon Anklebiters play experi
ence. The program, which is held
at Roosevelt Junior High, meets
Tuesdays and Thursdays for
games, crafts, and activities of all
kinds.
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