Timber may get federal reprieve
WASHINGTON (AT)
Northwest lawmakers said
Thursday night they were near
agreement with other congres
sional negotiators on legisla
lion to give the Northwest tim
her industry a temporary re
prieve in the battle over the
spotted owl
"It's gone beyond the 50-SO
stage." Kep l,es AuGoin. H
Ore . said when the meeting
ended But he warned that tin
less those who threatened a
House floor fight over the old
growth issue back down, any
compromise would !ir m |eop
a rdy
"We’ve got some promising
com epls hut loops have to lie
closed on all of them Aut loin
added
"We have a broad outline hut
there < an still he dillit ulties in
the details,' said Kep Norm
Du ks. I) Wash
lawmakers were scare hing
for .1 wav to ensure Northwest
mills ol .1 stead\ supph of tim
her from the region's old
growth forests over the next
year while the 1' S l-’isli and
Celebration
Continued from P.im1 4
Take Beltline to Springfield.
42nd Street exit, and turn left
12-5 p.m. Hike race will start
and finish at Second Avenue
and High Street
12 p.m. Bed races on Kighth
Avenue between Willamette
and Park Streets.
2 p.m. Trike-cathalon. same
location as bed races
:t p.m. Waiter Waitress com
petition, same location as lied
races.
4 p.m. Bucket Brigade same
location as bed races.
Shows and Demonstrations
10 a m -5 p.m. Albany Street
Rods Show on Willamette
Street between 10th and 1 1th
Avenues
1 I .10 a.m.-5 p m So< lets for
Creative Ana< hronism See S.it
urii.i\
l-airs. Carnivals and Markets
Ida m 5 p in Salimhn Mar
ket and fanner's Markrl.
10 a in r» p in (aiuntry
Knots
12 a p in. Youth Fair.
12-0 p m Midway
Knlertainment
1 1 p in Dance Ahilitv Work
shop for thn disabled and non
disabled, in the Hull Center s
Studio ()ne
1- 5 p in 'Celebrating Diver
sitv" at the Downtown I'min
tain Stage shows ases tolkt.des
and innsu from mam i ultures
2- 5 p in (classic a I ( aimer
I 10 p in Sandunga at the
I lull Pla/.a Stage
5 p in The I lob Squad at the
Kighth and Willamette Stage
Wildlife Service decides
whether to protei t the northern
spotted owl .is .in endangered
spei les
Kep ( het Atkins. 1) Mass
and \nk Ashmore an aide to
House Speaker Tom I'olev.
joined Du ks and Aut loin in the
late night talks
lawmakers refused to dis
i uss specific s I hev said uu
inerous people must lie i onsult
ed I'riday morning liefore am
agreement is as taken to .1
House Senate conference com
mittee meeting si heduled later
m the da\
f-'nley , Kep Sidney Yates I)
III. who chairs the I louse iuteri
or appropriations subenmmit
lee. members of the ()regon and
Washington congressional del
• •gallons and critics of Senate
passed legislation were among
those u ho still must he i onsult
ed Dicks and Autdoin said
A floor tight is possible it no
compromise can he presented
to the i onferem e i ommittee
and Northwest lawmakers tear
they could lose stu h a light
Autaiin said earlier that un
solved issues uu luded the lev
el ol timber sales in the North
nest s federal forests ovei the
nest 1^ months, the definition
of old-growth forest and how
mm h spotted ow I habitat
should he preserved
Probe, pressure grows
in caucus leader fiasco
S. \ I I \1 | A I’) Oregon House Democrats lat ed with a
w 111<■ 11111wt probe ot their finant i.il rot ord keeping •mil tilt? res
ignatinn nt then i aut us administrator, suit ml support I Inirs
ilas night tor House Majority l.eatlei David I)i\
lor Ins part. l)i\ announced several steps the House
Democrats would take in the wake ol continuing questions
about reporting ol political contributions to House Demo
crals
lie saul a three memlier tommittee would pull together
the various financial records of the t aut us and turn them
over to the set retarv ol state's auditors by the end ol nevt
vv eek
Alter that a t ertified public accountant will he hired to
handle the tmant ial matters ol the t aut us the hiigenc Demo
t rat saul
Div tailed Thursday night's meet mu to give t aut us
members an update in the wake of this week s resignation ol
cant us administrator ( .irI \\ lederaenders
VViederaentlers tpnt alter it was (list losetl that he took a
page from a t aut us finant ial report he \\ ,is examining m the
set retarv ol states off it e
Set retarv of State Barbara Roberts has asked the state po
lit e to investigate whether anv laws were broken She said
Tuesday it appeared the missing page hail been torn from the
file
!)l\ S«U<! ht* nHh’V'tvs \\ irtlrMt'imr! s took I III* (locil Mli'ln
bv mistake and that In- returned tin* page tn the se< retarv n!
state's offu c immediately after lie disi nvered V\ leder.ienders
had walked aw av w ith it
The caucus has i nine under scrutiny Inr apparently not
reporting some contnhutions. including one lor $10,000
from state Kep lleds Rijken. I) Newport
I he page U iederaenders look from the seeretarv ol
state's nffii •• showed Ktjken's donation hadn't heen listed in
the ( am us financ nil report
Besides the stale police investigation ol \Y leder.ienders
.it lions the sei rclarv ol slate's nttii e also is auditing the i an
i us and two othei Deuux rat it i ampaign hinds
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