Oregon
HATTY EMERALD
Thursday. January 10. 1991Uugcnc, Oregon Volume 92, Issue 76
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Quinn Seiffert, 1. attended a candlelight vigil with his mother Wednesday evening to urge law
makers to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in the Middle hast.
Vigil initiated; calls
for peaceful solution
By Rene DeCair
fcmeraid Reporter
Aliout 50 people gathered at
the Federal building \\’edni*s
day night to initiate a candle
light vigil urging lawmakers to
find a peaceful solution to the
(iulf conflict
The 24-houra-dav caudle
light vigil, organized by Ku
gene IVaceworks and the No
Gulf War (amlition, will i ontin
ue until |an 15 the deadline
President Hush has given Sad
dam Hussein to withdraw Ins
troops from Kuwait
"I'm here because I'm afraid
and I'm scared and I don't want
any more soldiers coming back
in body bags," said Shirley
Gauthier, mother ot .1 20-year
old soldier stationed at a Saudi
Arabia port
Gauthier and Cathy Coulson.
mother of a son who is in the
Air Force and stationed at .111
island off of Saudi Arabia, said
they have stood outside the
lrdrr.il building euch day
since |an I to protest the gov
erninent's reasons for being in
the Culf and the government's
hurried move toward war
"We didn't raise our sons to
defend oil." Cnnlsun said
"This is not a security prob
lem We could grow oil in
Kansas (using corn).'’
The two women said they
support the soldiers hut not the
actions of the president
"We need to let the sum lions
work." Goulson said "It
doesn't matter if it takes years.
Why .ire Americans so impa
tient?"
Other community members
.it the vigil who did not have
sons in the Gulf said they were
there to show support for a
peaceful solution Some ol
those who attended held pint
arils that read "Tell Gongress
Turn to VIGIL Page 6
Families of those in Saudi Arabia find support
Red Cross sponsors local, non-political meetings
By June Russell
Emerald Reportei
Twice eii< h month, the Red Cross ot
ters a chance for family and friends of
military personnel deployed in Opera
tion Desert Shield to question military
lepresentatives and gam practical infor
mation on mailing problems, regula
tions and other common com erns
The meetings also offer friends and
family members something else a
source of valuable emotional support,
and the feeling that they .ire not alone in
their concerns
"It's good to sit down and talk with
people who know exactly what you're
feeling." said Caryn Grossman, wife of
a Marine Corps corporal who has been
in Saudi Arabia since August.
"Representatives from the different
branches are invited to every meeting to
answer questions about mail and what
they thought would happen over
there," she said. "There's real concerns
with morns that their sons aren't going
to come home.
"Most of our support group gets to
gether to share things and talk Gist
week vve shared pictures You find that
a lot of people are exponent ing the
same problems It makes you feel better
to know tlicit you're not the only one
feeling that wa\
Mike Pentei ost w hose daughter is an
ottu er with an arnn unit stationed w ilh
Operation Desert Shield since late Au
gust, began attending the meetings last
month The group, Pentecost said, of
fers support and a chain e to discuss
mutual concerns
"A lot of us have the same concerns
about it becoming another Vietnam."
Pentecost said "lust being able to talk
helps relieve our frustrations and con
cerns We re all worried about the pros
peel of open conflict. We all want our
husbands, daughters, sons and wives
tmek
"The group also helps by giving us
insight into some of the other parents’
lives." he added. "It gives us the feel
ing that we're not alone, that others are
just as angry and just as scared "
The Red Cross began holding the
meetings in November, in response to a
growing need for information and sup
port as the number of personnel de
rhirtii b> Nmlfr Karuei i
Carve Grossman, with 5-year-old daughter Sadianne and :t-nwnth-old son Ste
phen, finds support with a local Red Cross Rroup. Her husband, a Marine
Corps corporal, has been in Saudi Arabia since August.
ployed to Saudi Arabia increased and
the situation dragged on, said Red Truss
spokesman (airy McKIroy
"The National Red Cross encourages
support groups like this in times of di
saster, and the Red Cross does label war
or conflict a disaster." McKIroy said
"We also trv to stress that the Ked Cross
is non-political We re lettniK people
know that if they want to discuss Un
political aspects they need to take it
somewhere else "
Turn to SUPPORT. Page 6
Representatives from both
a building firm and U.S.
Bank of Oregon told the Eu
gene City Council Wednes
day that they are very inter
ested in working with the
city to construct and occupy
a large office building in
downtown Eugene.
A representative of the
Seattle firm Lorig and Asso
ciates said his company is
ready to proceed with con
struction plans for an 80.000
to 100.000 square-foot office
building an the comer of
Eighth Ave. and Willamette
St., if its construction pro
posal is approved by the
city.
Sm Story. Page ■
A one cent tax on carbon
ated beverages and addition
al funding to stale programs
were among the recommen
dations made Wednesday by
the State Task Force on Hun
ger following an 18-month
investigation of the hunger
problem in Oregon
The task force found that
in 1989 more than 380.000
Oregonians — 14 percent of
the state population — ac
cessed the emergency food
system. Almost 50 percent
of these people are children
under the age of twelve, said
task force c hairman Steve
McGoid.
See story. Page 4
GENEVA (AP) ~ Secre
tary of State lames A Maker
and Iraqi f oreign Minister
Tariq Aziz met tor six hours
on Wednesday but failed to
defuse the Persian Gulf cri
sis that threatens war in the
Middle East "The time for
talk is running out." Maker
said.
President Mush, in Wash
ington. accused the Iraqis of
"a total stiff-arm. a total re
buff.'' ami refuser! to rule
out launching the first attack
if lru(| doesn't withdraw
from Kuwait by next Tues
day's deadline set bv the
foiled Nations.
Aziz blamed the United
Stales for the crisis and said.
"We will not yield to
threats" demanding Iraqi
withdrawal from Kuwait.
See alary. Page 8
Division l-A football pro
grams will have one less
full-time assistant coach for
the Hi;>2 season.
The decision, reached at
the NCAA Convention in
Nashville. Tenn. Monday,
means colleges and universi
ties will lie allowed to have
only eight full-time mac hes
instead of nine
That includes Oregon,
where Coach Rich Drunks
will lie forced to decide
what to do to trim his staff
hv August the dale set
at the convention.
See story. Page 11