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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 17, 1981)
Legislature ponders pot, meat packaging By GREG WASSON Of the Emerald SALEM — Three legislative proposals aimed at restricting the sale and possession of mar ijuana paraphernalia have little “political chance this session,” says Rep. Tom Mason, D-Port r land, chairer of the House Judiciary Committee. The committee will begin hearings on the bills Wednes day. One bill outlaws the sale of paraphernalia to minors but al lows those over 21 years old to grow three marijuana plants. The second has similar anti paraphernalia provisions but lacks the cultivation allowance. It also makes it a crime to allow a minor on the premises where the devices are sold. The third makes it illegal for anyone to It isn’t everyday somebody asks your opinion... and then listens During this month, Lane Transit District is holding a series of public workshops . . . The purpose of these workshops is simple: We'd like to hear your ideas for making bus service in Eugene-Springfield even better than it is today . . , It's an opportunity to work with LTD: and to make the bus system work for you. This is an open invitation . . . everybody is welcome. Bring your family ... or a friend. And let's work together for an effective mass transit program in Eugene-Springfield. Northeast Eugene Sector Date: 2/10/81 Place: Campbell Center, 155 High Street. Time: 12:30-2:30 pm Date: 2/11/81 Place: Cal Young Junior High Cafeteria, 2555 Gilham Road. Time: 7-9 pm Thurston Sector Date: 2/26/81 Place: Thurston Middle School, 6300 Thurston Rd. Time: 3-5 pm Date: 2/26/81 Place: Thurston High School, 333 N. 58th. Time: 7-9 pm Southeast Eugene Sector Date: 2/19/81 Place: Amazon Community Center, 2700 Hilyard. Time: 1-3 pm Date: 2/19/81 Place: Roosevelt Junior High Library, 24th 8c Hilyard. Time: 7-9 pm Bethel/Danebo Sector Date: 2/25/81 Place: Petersen Park Barn, 870 Bertzen. Time: 1-3 pm Date: 2/25/81 Place: Petersen Park Barn, 870 Bertzen. Time: 7:30-9:30 pm Springfield Sector Date: 2/11/81 Place: Farwest Federal, 1570 Mohawk. Time: 7-9 pm Date: 2/12/81 Place: Willamalane Senior Center, "C" 8c Water. Time: 1:30-3:30 pm Southwest Eugene Sector Date: 2/18/81 Place: Eugene Public Library, 13th 8c Olive. Time: 1-3 pm Date: 2/18/81 Place: Eugene Public Library, 13th 8c Olive. Time: 7-9 pm Take it easy... take the bus. For information call 687-5555 LANE TRANSIT DISTRICT Pocket schedules, tokens and passes are available at LTD Customer Service at 10th 8c Willamette, participating 7-Eleven® Food Stores, and other area outlets. possess paraphernalia. "This might be a phony is sue," Mason says, noting that the Legislature decriminalized marijuana possession several sessions ago. "I think it’s bizarre that you would outlaw more stringently the devices used to smoke a substance that you've only made a violation.” The Senate ratified a consti tutional amendment that would give Washington, D C. one representative and two senators Monday. Congress approved the amendment and sent it to the states for ratification in 1978. The resolution now moves to the House, which must approve it if Oregon is to join the eight states that have accepted the change Supporters of the amendment repeated the classic American motto of "no taxation without representation." But a more compelling motto is "no death without represen tation," says Rep. Gratten Kearns, D-Eugene. "The people of the District of Columbia have been called upon to defend this nation in each of the wars of the last century, yet they've never been allowed a voice in the national legislature which decides the Vnroersity of California, Santa Cruz HAWAII BACKPACKING QUARTER 15 units • Natural History • Geology • Tropical ecology Spring Quarter, April 8 - June 5 Phone (408) 429-2822 or write HAWAIIAN FIELD STUDIES Cardiff House University of California, Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, Ca 95064 V. policy and must declare that the United States will be engaged in armed conflict. "It’s the worst kind of inequity to be called on to defend freedom when you don't have it yourself.” Sen. Mike Thorne, D-Pendle ton, was one of the six senators who voted against the measure. A legislative issues "I felt for some time that the District of Columbia was estab lished to create a neutral zone. Granted, it’s not a clear issue — there’s a lot of people living there now where there wasn’t years and years ago when the zone was established. But I think the principle has to be upheld.” A similar measure was in troduced last session but passed the two bodies in differ ent forms. The House wanted to refer the issue to the people for an advisory vote, but the Senate refused. The bill died in confer ence committee. Like any constitutional amendment, the D.C. voting rights measure must be ap proved by three-fourths of the - states, meaning that 29 more must ratify it before the 1985 deadline. Not every bill considered by the Legislature is monumental. Some are aimed at mundane aspects of life. Rep. Glen Whallon's “pork chop” bill is a good example. The legislation would require meat to be sold in a clear wrap per. Whallon, D-Milwaulkie, labelled the measure a “truth in-packing” bill. “For example, a package of pork chops might have two per fect specimens showing, but when you get the meat home you discover the three chops on the bottom — the ones that were hidden from view — are full of bone and fat.” 11—111»—il I r—11 n=n I m 11 m 11 i^rTl I r—11 fr—»11i—l1 &—«111—11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 H m 11 m Basket Bonanza! All imaginable shapes and sizes to choose from. Your choice — Only $3.99 uo BOOKSTORE 13th & Kincaid Mon-Fri 8:15-5:30 Sat 10:00-2:00 tSfl Textbooks 686-3520 • General Books 676-3510 • Supplies 686-4331 m M
