Logging town
to give Watt
his own day
By Brooks Oareff
Of the Emerald
Far from the crowds of
Washington, D.C., life in the little
town of Forks, Wash., goes on.
While Senate democrats work
tor a speedy vote on a resolution
urging the dismissal of Interior
Secretary James Watt, and ad
ministration officials move to
block a floor vote before the one
week Columbus Day recess. Forks
residents are going ahead with
plans to honor Watt on Oct. 15 —
whatever, or whenever, his fate.
Forks residents invited Watt to
James Watt Appreciation Day, but
Maris says Watt won't be able to
attend because of previous
engagements.
Comments made by Watt about
the composition of a coal leasing
commission the week of Oct.
17-23 have prompted Flouse and
Senate clamor for his dismissal.
Much of the castigation of Watt
— whose supf>ort in the Senate
would not allegedly survive an of
ficial vote — is being leveled by
senators from the West, the
region where sits the vast majority
of federal land, and is therefore
the region most affected by In
terior Department policies. Of the
24 senators in 12 Western States,
only 10 are voicing support for
Watt, according to an Associated
Press survey conducted late last
week.
But in Forks, support for Watt is
unwavering, says John Maris, hus
band of Lorraine Maris, the
publisher of the Forks Forum and
Peninsula Herald. James Watt Ap
preciation Day will go on as
scheduled during the annual
Hickory Shirts Days, a logging
festival which lasts four or five
days.
Maris objects to suggestions he
says were made in an Associated
Press story, that the day was plan
ned as a reaction to Watt's current
trouble. Plans were initiated about
five months ago, "long before the
media picked up on it," he says.
The day has been planned as an
appreciation for the im
provements the government has
made on trails in Olympic Na
tional Park, Maris says. These im
provements have made areas like
the beach more accessible to
everyone, including the handicap
ped. "He's improved tourism a
whole bunch," Maris says of Watt.
Logging and tourism are Forks'
major industries.
Hickory Shirts Days, the oftictai
weekend celebration, will feature
a parade and various logging
related competitions, such as axe
throwing, saw bucking, log rolling
and tree climbing.
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issue over rosy 'magicards'
By |im Moore
Of the Emerald
A logo featuring two clasped hands with a
rose in the background has turned into a
thorny issue for the current ASUO
government.
University student Dave Ridenour has fil
ed a complaint with the ASUO Constitution
Court charging the student government
with violating a campaign rule by using the
logo, that of Students for a Progressive
Agenda, on the 'Magicard.'
The Magicard' is a plastic wallet-sized
card, similar to a credit card, with a list of
merchants on the back. Those merchants
will give purchase discounts to the holder of
a card.
Ridenour, chair of the University College
Republicans, says the SPA-dominated ASUO
has spent ASUO money to further their own
goals.
"The reason I brought this case up is I feel
the student government is using student
money for their own purposes," Ridenour
says.
The SPA was formed to elect 'progressive'
candidates and so constitutes a political par
ty. Therefore, the ASUO has violated an
ASUO election rule that states "no ASUO
funded resources will be used in any cam
paign. Candidates, as well as programs, will
be held accountable for adherence to this
rule," Ridenour says.
But ASUO's coordinator of student events,
Bill Snyder, says no incidental fee monies
were spent on the cards. The ASUO did the
work themselves and the merchants involv
ed in the promotion absorbed the costs.
In his complaint, Ridenour recommended
to the Court that "the student government
be required to cease in the distribution of
the 'Magicards' and use the means
necessary to obtain those already in
circulation."
Further, "the person(s) responsible should
be required to pay compensation for the
funds expended in the production of these
magicards'," he stated.
No date has been set to hear the case by
the Court, which has final authority on ques
tions of interpretation of the ASUO Con
stitution, and the case may not even come to
court, says Constitution Court Chair Alan
Contreras.
Hearing officers are now used to deter
mine if a rule violation has occurred, and
Contreras says he will recommend to the
Court that they assign someone to review
the complaint and make a determination.
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