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.