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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 24, 1978)
Emily Candidate says ecology top concern By ANN TRENEMAN Of the Emerald Emily Ashworth, Democratic gubernatorial candi date, says she’s got an opinion on everything and on Friday, her environmental stands jived with the University crowd. Ashworth’s speech touched on everything from fishing estuaries to decommissioning Trojan nuclear plant to land-use planning, and she was frequently interrupted by applause as she set forth her pro environmental stands. Ashworth spoke at noon Friday in the EMU Forum as a part of Earth Week. “I have always been an activist,’’ the 45-year-old candidate said, “and whether I’m governor or not, I see the next 25 years of my life devoted to environ mental politics.” She spoke out against privately owned utilities, saying, “I’d like to go from a highly centrallized energy distribution to public power districts generat ing energy on a locai level.” She favors petitioning to take the cost of work in progress out of the utility rates. “If that happens, I’m pretty sure Portland General Electric will go bankrupt... and then we’ll have to take them over as a public power,” she said. Currently, the cost of building nuclear power plants is included in utility rates. She said she favors decommissioning the Trojan plant and will be involved with the occupation plan ned for August, saying, "It’s not enough to just pay lip service to these views. “Everyone who is concerned should kick ass.” She spoke out against herbicides, saying if she were governor she would simply "ban those things until they’re proven safe, and in my view they’ll never be safe.” Her stand on field burning is equally adamant. "No one has the right to pollute the air. We have a Clean Air Act and it should be enforced.” Ashworth said she strongly favors equal rights. "Poor women should have the right of abortion,” she said. "My first executive order as governor would be one saying there will be no discrimination for housing and jobs on the basis of race, religion, sex or sexual orientation.” Reforesting Oregon’s timber lands is another primary concern to Ashworth, who said energy, time and money must be put into reforesting Oregon. “Anything we put in the land will reap benefits untold. “When I’m not out politicking and raising hell, I’m a life-science teacher and I’m teaching kids they can make a change...” she said, promoting the salva tion of whales and animals, and outlawing the de compression chamber to kill dogs. Ashworth also came out for fishing estuaries, and she feels strongly about the positive results of land use planning. She urged the audience to "face reality” and realize, "all these decisions (about environmental issues) are made on the political level, not the reg ulatory one,” and also urged the audience to become registered democrats. She said Gov. Bob Straub is responsible for Oregon’s current energy policies, but adds her opin ion that Glenn Jackson, chairer of the Oregon Trans portation Commission and a newspaper publisher, has actually been telling the governor what to think for years. In closing, she again urged for votes and said "You know if there’s a choice between Bob or Tom, you still got Glenn Jackson. Symphony plays tonight The University Symphony Or chestra will perform a concert at 8 tonight in Beall Concert Hall. Several student soloists will be featured in the program. The program will be Vivaldi’s Center offers reading course Residents of the Eugene Springfield area are eligible to sign-up for a six-week speed reading course to be offered at the University beginning today. The class, especially designed for the general public by the staff of the University’s Learning Re sources Center, will meet at 7p.m. Mondays in Room 265, Condon Hall. Registration costs, covering instruction and materials, is $30. Persons wishing to register for the course can do so by contact ing the Learning Resource Center at 686-3226. Concerto in F Major for oboe and strings, featuring student soloist Tom Nugent; Franck’s Symphonic Variations for Piano and Or chestra, with soloist Chris Schin dler and Dvorak’s Concerto in B minor for cello and orchestra, featuring soloist Ken Finch. The symphony is conducted by Lawrence Maves, University music professor. The concert is free and the pub lic is invited. PSYCHIC | Advises on business, love & personal direction.] amil P.0. Box 10154 Eugene, Oregon 97401 Phone anytime: 342-2210 484-2441 Photo by Patrick SuMvan Gubernatorial candidate Emily Ashworth Peace Corps ~ \S1STA. 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