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PHOTO FINISHING Coupon Specials! 344-2691 AGATE VIDEO (corner of 19th & Agate) Coupon expires 5/3/87 1495 E. 19th 110-126 12 Exp. Developed & Printed S-|99 I Second Set j of Print* At ! The Time of First Processing EACH 1135-24 I Developed j & Printed TUUH CHOICE j 4x6 or 3x5 j Developed | & Printed I 135-36 S $549 { i YOUR CHOICE I 4x6 or 3x5 ! 135-12 * Developed \ & Printed University Theatre Presents * Waiting For Godot by Samuel Bcckeit April 10-11, 16-18, 24-25 Robinson Theatre 8:(X) pm Tickets $3.50, $4.50, $5.50 For Reservations Call 686 4191 Spraying ban reversed by board By Sarah Kitchen Of the Kmrrald A four-year-old ban on her bicide spraying along county roads was reversed yesterday by the Ixine County Board of Commissioners. The original proposal, presented by the Line County Public Works Department, re quested that a herbicide for mula. consisting of 13 different chemicals, be used to spray areas along the 1,500 miles of county roads. Spraying was to be forbidden in residential areas, in the presence of runn ing water, where the wind velocity exceeded 7 m.p.li., and on school grounds when schools were in session. The amended version states that the spraying must be done in conjunction with the recom mendations of an Integrated Pest Management specialist who is to decide where and if herbicide spraying is needed, and what the alternatives are. The public works department will not start spraying until Oc tober if by then an IPM specialist has not been hired, tlie department may spray if it Ii^t('n to KZAM tor dt‘t<iils Friday 6pm Sunday 7 pm "A to Z" /fwxcU, Voffbr^zc^/ KZAM 95'Jfm 10imw WIN PORTABLE CD PLAYER & BEATLES CDs follows the restrictions outlined by the Board of County Com missioners Restrictions include not using a chemical called Car con. not spraying into still bodies of water, and not spray ing at any time outside schools. Since the ban on her bicide spraying, vegetation has accumulated along the road sides causing damage to the roads, said John Goodson. public works director. By controlling the vegetation growth, the roads will suffer less damage due to poor drainage caused by overgrown ditches, and less accumulation of water on tin? surface of the road caused by grass growing too close to the side. The ero sion under the road surface will be minimized when the excess water has a place to drain, ac cording to a public works department presentation. While the department has at tempted to maintain the road sides by using manual labor, the process is not cost-effective, Goodson said. "We did not have sufficient equipment to make up for tin; loss of the herbicides." Ik* said. Norma Grier, the director of the Northwest Coalition For Alternatives to Pesticides, was one of the members of the public who spoke of the impor tance of an IPM specialist to work with tin; county. Not only would the specialist recommend alternatives to spraying, but he could also dec ide whether or not the ero sion was actually caused by vegetation or by ‘road slump ing,’ a condition caused by heavy vehicles driving over a road surface causing indenta tions that trap water. “An IPM would avoid toxic herbicides and use them only as a last resort, and only where other techniques had been eliminated. The use of her bicides in future sprayings could also be eliminated.” she said. Other menjbers of the au dience had specific concerns about the use of herbicides, in cluding the use of chemicals near organic farms located along road sides, as well as the problem of chemicals con taminating water that would eventually drain into ponds or spread into nearby wells. Several people warned that lawsuits may arise as a result of herbicides c o n t a m i n a ting private property. Due to these concerns, the commissioners decided to allow# residents to petition having areas surrounding their proper ty sprayed. Lane County Commissioner Bill Rogers said the use of her bicides will be a “well controll ed operation." In HiH.'l tin; use of herbicides on county roads was banned largely because of tin; U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ban on chemical use in surroun ding forests. IFC ( ontimuni from Page 1 t lit u rt?. "We do not want to have i reated a monster we can't keep up with." lit; said. Once the committee decided on amounts, the voting went quickly- In the end. the subsidy program reeeved $80,000 for its budget Another $850 went into the ASIK) Kxecutive's budget for advertising The committee, following a suggestion from Baldwin, also will request University Presi dent Paul Olum to allocate $20,000 lrom the overrealized fees account to the subsidy pro gram for subsidies only upon re quest of the Kxecutive or the task force. 11 any of this money is left at the end of tin? next fiscal year, it will revert back to the overrealized account. Correction In an April 0 Kmerald story Ruth Briggs, a Kugene elec trologist performing spider vein removals, was reported as having completed training in the fall Briggs completed her training March JO, 1087 and began performing spider vein removals after that time. She did not do anv vein removals in I'ebruary as printed. 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