COMMUNITY
DeFazio unveils new timber plan
By Tim Ne«
t merakt Assonal#! ei' *
Hep I’eter Del-ii/.io L) Springfield uitnouiu ed
Wednesday that in' is preparing legislation lo
seek alternative forest management pr.nines and
provide assistant e lo IiiiiImT workers and i oiiunu
(lilies
The proposal would i reale a s< lentific panel on
lores! e< osyslems. which would In given three
years lo recommend a long term forestry manage
menl strategy [or federal forest lands in Western
Oregon and Washington The hill would also use
timber sale receipts to aid communities hurt hy
logging reslrii lions
' This will revolutionl/e forest practues." lie
l a/io said during .1 press 1 onferent e It will sus
lain old growth timlwr and the spotted owl and
will sustain the timber supply from puhln
lands
An interim system ol old growth reserves, bio
logical management diversity an is and 1 ritual
lie est.il
watershed management .<r<-.is w Id
iisi.i 11 ivhlit- tilt- s< lenlifit panel th \ < ■ i|>s ,i I<mg
term management strategy
The interim system would supers' de environ
mont.il laws sut h .is tho Kndangered Spot tes At !
I ii.it element ol the lull has drawn strong ro.it
lion's, from environmental groups I)oi .1/10 s.od
iinv t rill* ism of tho uncompleted lull is prema
ture
" There have boon iiltompls to poison tho well
bidoro it is produced." Deia/10 said this bill
has boon mis t harm tori/od
Dt l .i/io salt) (ho biological divorsitv munago
moot aro.is established by I ho bill would provide
adequate protot lion for old-growth and endan
gered spot it s During the interim period, the
an .is would bo testing grounds for now forestry
management practices
Once new management plans are in place, the
appeals pro* ess would be streamlined (’.our!
cases over forestry prat tit os would bo brought di
rectly to the highlit 1 S ( artnit Canirt of Appeals
Wheelchair Ducks roll to raise awareness
By Mope Nealson
{moriitti RopoMirf
I hr Orison baskrtball Iimihs
will takr thr (Hurl tonight .it 7
n in in Mi Arthur ( ourt for thr
thini annual Dm ks on .1 Roll
whrrli hair haskrth.ill t ontrst
Mi inlirrs of f*>lh thr nu ll *>
ami womrn s Uiskclball trains
will (ilav against Sat r * «i Urart \
women s Rolling Thumlrr ami
men’s Orrgon Rrh.ihilitation
(innlrr how Kith rs
John Smith to or gani/rr of
thr event, saiti thr gamrs are
pattrrmd afh r a similar at li\ 1
t\ at thr 1 ffliViTMt \ of \l 1/.OIM
Smith salt! tin gamrs are a
rirmnnst ration < >1 aht I it \
I hc purpose is Id (<« tis un
tin abilities of wlleell hflir us
ers, ini reuse awureness about
wheelchair sports .mil raise
mom v to support the Umvcrst
tv Disabled Students Asm* i.i
lion and the OKI Sports Pro
gram, lie said
Last year. met l.fitKl people
a I te tided t lo event, vs h h h
raised vnuti for the l niversilv
Serve es lor Students with 1)is
.ill) titles
Ihiik sophomore guard Or
lumlo W dll.mis partii ipated in
the es ent last \ i ,ir and will he
one of the plus us in the ev ent
tomorrow Williams said plus
mg huskelball in a win elr hair
gave him a different perspet
live
U ■ r«• 11 si1 ci In 'walking
uround anil this gives us ,1
t hum e In appriM late what We
have, he said
I lit e\ ent is ill start with a
match helm en the Hulling
Thunder and the women's has
kethal I team, followed h v a
uuad rughi exhibition and door
prizes
Dili ks oil a Hull provides
funds lor tlx ()H< sports pro
gram and University Services
to Students s\ith Disabilities
whit h helps to inn I the sper lal
needs of user ..'UO students With
mobility, visual, hearing and
learning disabilities who attend
the 1 am ersit \
Petition urges higher tax
on commercial lands
By Gerrit Koeppmg
Er'w.i.;) Beportiv
Taxpayers on Wednesday
witnessed a rally on lax fair
ness a?- they w'alked into the
Eugene main post office to
mail tholr lax returns before
the midnight deadline
The afternoon rally was
put on by Oregon !;uir Share,
a group that is organizing a
statewide initiative petition
that would ask voters in No
vember to limit the damage
of Measure r> by shifting a
heavier tax burden on rom
men tal property owners
David ftri« kett. president
of Lane County l air Share,
said !>() percent of tax relief
under Measure fi goes to
people who own income
producing properties not
homeowners
After Measure r> lakes full
effei t. t here will be over
Soot) million in relief that
goes to common ial property
owners. I)ro< kett said Of
that. Hro< kett said that $-lr>()
million will go to out-of
state i ommercia! property
ow ners
tinder the initiative peti
tion which l air Share is
supporting, property taxes
would still be reduced but
not .is severely1 as under
Measure r> If the initiative
passed, increased funds
would bo r.list'd In higher
tuxes on common ial proper
ty. and at the same time the
initiative would lessen the
tax rate on residential prop
erty that the owner lives on
On a national level, the or
gani/.ution opposes Bush's
attempt tit cutting the t apdal
gains t.ix th.it helps the
wealthy, Brackett said
"We are opposed to I’resi
dent Hush s attempt to give
more tax breaks to the rich,"
he said
"The bottom line is .liter
12 years ol the Kengan-Bush
revolution, there is only one
group of Americans paying
more taxes than in and
that is the middle-class,
working family," Rep Peter
Delazio, D-Springfield, said
.it the rally
Brocket! said it is hypo
critu al of Hush to ask the
middle (lass to shoulder
more of a tax burden, while
he i luims Texas residency as
a wav to dodge state income
tax
Hush claims residency in
an apartment in Texas,
which has no state income
tax. instead of claiming res
idcnr v in his vacation home
in Maine that has a state in
come lax Over the last dec
ade Hush has avoided pay
mg S 105,000 in Maine taxes,
Hnx kett said.
EASTER SERVICES
AT THE HULT CENTER
Sunday, April 19, 1992
8:30 and 11:00 am
Ninety Minute Services
EASTER BUS SHUTTLE
front the l Innvrsitu of ('frogon
first Second
Shuttle Stop Pick-up Return Pick-up
Agate St. Crosswalk 7:55 10:15 10:20
Covered tennis courts? 57 in 22
IRth and University 8:00 10:25
Alpha Omega House 8:03 10 30
(1332 Kincaid)
NCC Dorms 807 10:32
(12th and Kincaid)
Return
12:45
All scats arc complimentary. Free parking in the Halt
Center garages. For more in formation call 345-0341
Collegiate Christian Fellowship
MUSIC
The Choir, Orchestra, Soloists,
Narrator and Children's Choir
of First Baptist Church
MESSAGE
"A Heart Filled with Hope ''
Pastor Kimball Hodge