Fatal accident, lawsuit, concert leave mark on summer
Here is a recap of the top com
munity stories during the sum
mer months:
Fatal accident
Three people were killed in
stantly on Aug 2 when a car hit
them as they walked along
Franklin Boulevard.
Killed were Simon and
Beatrice (affc, of West Palm
Beach, Fla., and their niece.
Ronnie Lynn Selikson. of Seat
tle. Wash.
The driver of the car, Wendy
Cook. 16. has since been charg
ed with driving carelessly and
driving without a license Each
charge carries a maximum fine
of $100.
Eugene police department of
ficials said no criminal charges
were filed because of the ap
parent lack of intent on C.ook's
part.
The vehicle left the road and
hopped the sidewalk on the
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north side of Franklin
Boulevard about 50
yards west of Onyx
Street The three vic
tim* had been strolling
west on their wav to
breakfast when they
were struck from
behind.
After the cmr hit the
victims, it skidded into
the center divider and
struck a tree, coming to
rest on the westbound
side of Franklin
Boulevard.
Neither Cook nor her
passenger, Jeffery
Rankins. 11. were in
jured in the accident
Tests revealed that
alcohol or drugs were
not involved in the
accident.
Nuclear tree
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Eugene police investigate the scene of a fatal accident on Franklin
Houlevard which claimed the lives of three pedestrians in August. The
vehicle involved in the accident (left) came to rest facing oncoming
traffic.
In July, members of a Eugene
citizen's group charged that a
task force appointed by the city
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was attempting to dilute provi
sions of the Eugene Nuclear
Free Zone ordinance approved
by voters in November. 1986.
The group, Keep Eugene
Nuclear Free, presented over
1.000 letters signed by Eugene
voters protesting any tampering
with the ordinance. The letters
acknowledged the Nuclear Free
Zone Task Force's redrafting of
the ordinance to clarify legal
issues but asked that the
substance of the ordinance not
be changed.
“The task force members
would like to remove from the
ordinance any substantial
limitation on the nuclear in
dustry. It's precisely this
substantial limitation on
nuclear weapons technology
that the people of Eugene voted
to support last November," said
Barbara Keller, a Keep Eugene
Nuclear Free spokeswoman.
"The mayor (Brian Obie) ap
pointed a task force that was ob
viously split from the beginn
ing. They were chosen because
they were in opposition." said
Deborah George, a member of
the citizen's group.
It s sort ot like appointing
prostitutes and drug pushers to
a task force to discuss how to
clean up downtown,” Keller
added.
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Keep Eugene Nuclear Free
presented more than 1,000
letters to the City Council.
The ordinance passed with 59
percent of the vote during the
November, 1986 general elec
tion. allowing Eugene to
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