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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1982)
Canines make best jogging partners Clinic tonight to cover running safely with pets By David Brown Of the Emerald Four-footed jogging partners are convenient No special arrangements need to be made and they are always ' gung-ho,” says Janna Moskovitz, ve terinary technical assistant Moskovitz jogged with Budweiser, her afghan, for most of his 10 years But their routine ran into trouble recently. "We found out he has a really bad heart problem,” she says. She noticed the ailment when Bud weiser could no longer keep up For joggers such as Budweiser and his companion, the Eugene Animal Foundation is presenting a clinic to night from 7-9 p.m at the Eugene Pub lic Library. Three speakers will offer advice on problems covering health, obedience and even awareness of assault while jogging Canine jogging partners probably decrease the likelihood of assault, but “the most you can do is increase your awareness.” says Marcia Morgan, former crime prevention specialist for the Lane County Sheriff's Office Morgan plans to speak about recog nizing and responding to the approach of a rapist She recalls an incident in which a Eugene woman's dog deserted when a man attempted to rape her The woman had sensed the danger when she first saw the man but decided not to alter her jogging route, Morgan says Running with Budweiser — who weighs 58 pounds — ‘ gives me a sense of safety," says Moskovitz. a slender woman She says she also sticks to well-lighted, well-populated trails Janet Moskovitz, a dedicated jogger, works out with her Photo Jay Bob Baker canine partner on a Eugene bike path. The dog s saftey can also be threat ened by health problems Many people are unaware of their canine partner s problems Moscovitz says Dogs often just run until they drop from exhaustion rather than heed signs of excessive exertion, she says Finding the dog's weak spots is im portant, says Dr Barklay Slocum, who will speak at the clinic Each dog is an individual, he says Many problems such as hip dis placement can be detected and cor rected during puppyhood, says Slocum, a veterinary surgeon specializing in gait problems But allowing a dog to run around with untreated displacement can result in permanent crippling damage, he says “The purpose to having a dog is having a friend,“ reasons Slocum. Nobody wants to cause health troubles for a friend, he says A dog should work up to a jogging routine "at the same rate as people," Slocum says Foot pads, which are similar to calluses, can be cut or burnt by rough terrain or hot pavement and peeled off if the dog suddenly begins a strenuous routine, he says. Introductory conditioning also in volves obedience. "If you’re trying to drag your dog along behind you, it won’t work," Slocum says Harold Hanson, owner of a dog obedience school, plans to offer some solutions to obedience problems at the clinic. A well-trained, fit dog is the best dog to jog with, says Moskovitz. Budweiser no longer accompanies Moskovitz regularly She says she misses the daily routine However, she has her eye on an a replacement, an Irish Wolfhound. Environmentalists oppose land developers By Rich Burr CH th* Enwak* A reggae dance wouldn't usually be important to the Sur vival Center, but such an event is a big project for the ASUO funded program The Oct 23 dance is being sponsored by the Survival Center, an environmental education and advocacy group, to raise money to stop the development of Big Creek, says director Jack Kapuscinski Big Creek is a waterway 14 miles east of Florence that has been opened to land developers, he says The Big Creek area is the lar gest stretch of undeveloped Florence waterway on ‘save’ agenda coastland in Oregon, adds Jan Flaharty, Survival Center assis tant director The dance is being funded by some of the program's inciden tal fee money and all money taken in will pay for dance ex penses Any additional profits will go to help stop development of Big Creek, Flaharty says. Another center project is the Northwest Regional Energy Symposium, which starts Thursday Energy programs af fect the environment greatly, making energy a major concern of the program, Kapuscinski says The Wah Chang metals com pany is an example of energy repercussions affecting the en vironment, he says The com pany has dumped low-level radioactive waste within 400 feet of the Willamette River, Kapuscinski says ‘‘That's crazy. That's just in sane,” he says The radioactive waste is stored on a flood plain and is not securely sealed, so it could seep into the water table and destroy much of the wildlife and drink ing water in the area witin 10 to 15 years, according to Kapus cinski. He says the Center wants the waste removed to a safer area, such as Eastern Oregon. The program has a legislative coordinator who lobbies for bills and educates students on en vironmental bills in the legisla ture, Kapuscinski says. The Oregon Student Lobby and the ASUO Executive offices are the other ASUO-funded organiza tions which receive funding for such a position. Besides the legislative coor dinator, the group also educates students with its monthly newspaper, The Ad vocate, Kapuscinski says. The first issue is due out Oct. 26. The Survival Center is also coordinating the Nov 8 campus visit by consumer advocate Ralph Nader Kapuscinski ex pects Nader to address local environmental concerns in his speech. The Survival Center library also educates students on en vironmental concerns and developments. Earth Week, a program-sponsored event in April, “tackles" environmental issues, Kapuscinski adds. The group also does some community service by donating recycled newspapers to the Eugene Mission Energy conclave set this week Environmental and economic issues regarding energy will be the focus of thQ Northwest Regional Energy Symposium Thursday and Friday in the EMU The symposium, sponsored by the Survival Center, will fea ture guest speakers on hy droelectric energy, nuclear en ergy and radioactive waste The symposium will deal with separate subjects each day Thursday’s speech, which begins at 7 p.m., will be “Econ omic and Environmental Im plications of North West Energy Resources’’ Mark Reis, the director of the Northwest Conservation Act Coalition, will speak on the inef ficiency of energy conservation methods, says Jack Kapuscins ki, Survival Center director. Reis has planned a model for a more ‘efficient" way of con serving energy. Anti-nuclear activist Lloyd Marbett will also speak. He will speak in opposition to the Wah Chang nuclear plant in Wash ington and nuclear power in Oregon, Kapuscinski says. Other Thursday speakers in clude University political science professor Dan Gol drich, speaking on “Political Economy of Northwest Energy," and Mike Grainey, deputy director of the Oregon Department of Energy. Grainey will address the "State Energy Perspective." The topic Friday will be low head hydropower. At noon, Lou Fredd from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will speak on "Environmental Effects on Ana dromous Fish.” Peter Fazio from the Oregon energy depart ment will speak on "Back ground to Legal Aspects of Low-Head Hydro." ASUO adds press Doss The ASUO has added a press officer to its staff, ASUO Pres. C.J. Balfe said Tuesday Dane Claussen, a journalism junior, will receive three ES CAPE credits as compensation for his unpaid position, Balfe said. There was no room in the ASUO Executive budget for an other paid employee, he added Claussen will act as a liaison between the ASUO office and the media, publicize ASUO Ex ecutive and program events, investigate reasons for poor media coverage and administer the ASUO Executive's advertis ing budget. Claussen was ASUO As sociate Editor for the Oregon Daily Emerald last year. "It has become clear that students can get the most out of their incidental fee dollars only if they are aware of, and thus have opportunity to experience, ac tivities produced or sponsored by the ASUO Executive and/or ASUO programs," Claussen said. “I think it's time the ASUO Executive and ASUO programs got the publicity that they need and deserve," he added.
