—Letters
Packaging
I’r.ish It puds up m landfill
i mil.imm.ill's our groundwater,
litters our highways ,ind when
incinerated pollutes our .01
with to\ii i hen 1 ii ids The ,iver
age Oregonian produces about
1 o(lO pounds ot trash per vent
T hat's almost a ton
I ash mysell "\\ hat i an I
do? Well I could start by e\
ambling the 1 untents ot im gat
huge can How much ot this
stub 1 an be let vi led or reused ’
T he glass applesaui e jar 1 an be
ret vt led I could even use
those plastic vogurt containers
to store leftovers in the Iridge
T hen 1 ash myself Hut what
am I supposed to do with all ot
this other stuff that t an t be re
cycled or reused?" Well. I
t otiltl stop buying packages ot
intliv itluallv wrapped t heese
slit es. and 1 t 11111d bu\ peanut
flutter in glass jars rather than
plastic 1 ontainers
As I'm leaving my favorite
supermarket, an an individual
asks me to sign a petition
which will put the Oregon He
1 vt lmg At t on the ballot 1 am
informed that packaging is the
largest type of solid waste
Milt h of this pat kaging is used
for aesthete purposes, anil is
discarded soon after the prod
lit t is bought II voted into law .
the OKA would require this
pat kaging be reusable, ret \t ta
ble or made out of ret \ 1 Table
materials
"Wow what a great idea!
Why hasn't someone thought of
this before?" I enthusiastically
sign the petition and go home,
where I start squashing all
those soup cans I've been
meaning to ret vt le
Steve Melhner
Student
Stop it
Rob Ifftrison's 11• 11»*i [()!')}’
April 12) si mm ns to h.ivt* i.imir .it
qnili1 .in opportune time Oil
the front page ot the /roera/if
ssns .111 .irtiile desi rilling the
lingerie Springfield Nolidarils
Network, i movement attempt
mg to firing environment.ilists
.mil working people in the ton
her mdustrs together in .1 light
to save our mit:in 1 .mil erologi
c.il environment The light is
not between the environinent.il
ists anil workers. Init between
the people ami the tat i .its run
ning the timher industr\
There has been a 2 > pen ent
increase in the amount ot wood
prodiK Is ini and prm essed
hum Oregon lands Irom turn
to lttfiti contrast that with a Iff
pen ent dei lease in the number
it Oregon workers needed to
int and phii ess these products
in the same time This is due to
automation and raw log e\
ports
This doesn't sound like the
spotted ow I taking johs Irom
Oregon workers hut ralhei the
greed of Ament a s powerful
classes abusing the working
i lass This time though there
is the added tom h ol another
interest group being involved
the environmentalists The tim
her mdustrv uses this to divert
the worker’s anger Irinn them
selves to somebods else, mak
mg the environmentalists the
si apegoat
letferson feels the old growth
issue is a loi al matter and onlv
local people should have a sa\
in it These abused lands are
national forests, land that is
owned bv all the people of
America not lust timber inter
ests \\ ith onls a pen ent of om
native forests left it is high
time the Amerii an people put a
stiqi to the rlestnu I ion oi out
puhlii land
Urian Margolin
I S i ili/en
No respect
In response to Sen Mill Hind
luirs s letter endorsing Sen
!'eg lolin [OUl April 18), I do
mil doubt she is prodtu live.
il»'i isive and dependable
ihose ari‘ respet table traits in a
|nilitii tail
Ilimi'Vi'r. I lost all respect tot
her win'll shi' public Iv slati'il
slio thinks owls lielong hi trs
mg pans" (Kegisfe/ (ilhiril
\pril .'8 1 ‘»H**) Misiltri't tin#
peoples frustrations toward
owls was not only irresponsi
bit-. but downright reprehensi
lilt', i onsidering it was made at
a time when owl killings wen'
being reported
)olin is elec ted h\ logging
communities So liet stain e on
the old growth issue is under
stnnduble Hut it she (and otbei
politic Mils] truly light loi
those w ho elec ted lie! she
would i one entrate more energy
on advocating job retraining
banning log exports added y a I
ue manufacturing (finishing
out tile prodlll t to ( iillipete ill
lei nationally) and better sil
V if lilt lire plat tic es
111 the long run these repre
hensible measures not cutting
clown the last ot the old growth
or blaming owls, y\ ill best serve
the interests of all Oregon till
/ells
jac k le ( onlay
I aw
Verses
In response to Hert I'ryiia's
letter ((>! >1 \pr11 IH) I would
like to point out some prob
leliis The so ( ailed ( 111 Is
times he clesc lilies persecute
atheists by making plank
phone calls, vandalizing prop
erty harassing co w oi kers etc
Well in all truth. these pen
pie are not I diristiaiis Among
hundreds oi verses proving
this here is one
"Dear children, let us not
love yxitll words oi tongue but
yy ilh ai turns and in truth |l
)oiin. t 18)
I here are many who appai
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cntlv judge im i d her m lusw
cil by those who meiely (l.iilii
lo follow Him The Bible s.iys
Not everyone who s.iys to me.
I old I inil will enter the
kingdom ot lle.ivmi, hut only
lie w ho does the Will of m\ hi
tin r who is in he,wen (Nt.it
I hew 7 J11
I ("iinni.it individii.dlv judge
these people hut then ,u tions
re veil I th.it they .ire not obeying
t.od's word M.itlhew " in |H
s.ws ih their fruit \ou will
lei ngni/e them I ryli.i point
is th.it sun e t iod does not disi i
pline his i hildren lie olivi
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punishes evervolie Ilf .111 epts
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