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| Wrecked train blocks 1-84
MOSIt'K. Ore (Al>) — A lane
of Interstate 84 remained closed
Wednesday as workers tried to
| remove a derailed freight train
from the south side of the high
way.
Eight rairs and two engines in
the 36-car Union Pacific train
jumped tho tracks shortly be
fore 8 p.m. Tuesday.
No one was injured.
I One derailed freight car car
ried wood pulp, anothnr car
ried lumber and a third carried
I steel. The other five derailed
curs want empty, said railroad
spokesman Alex Tice.
About 200 gallons of diesel
fuel spilled from one of tho en
gines when it overturned and
caught fire, said Cliff VValkey of
the state Department of Envi
ronmental Quality in Bend. He
said most of the fuel was
cleaned up. and tho railroad
had hired a company to remove
the contaminated soil.
Damage to the train was esti
mated at more than $200,000.
The cause of the wreck was un
der Investigation.
Women artists display
work at Kems center
By Daralyn Trappe
Emerald Assocaie Editor
"Women's Struggles, Wom
en's Visions," an exhibition
opening Saturday at the Maude
Kerns Art Center, features
works by more than 35 female
artists. Including never-before
seen paintings by the late Uni
versity professor for whom the
gallery Is named.
The exhibition's opening day
was organized to coincide with
Kerns' 116th birthday The art
ist was the department head at
tho University's School of Art
Education for 26 years, begin
ning In 1921.
Several of Kerns' paintings,
39 on paper and six on canvas,
were recently restored to their
original condition and will be
on view and up for sale begin
ning Saturday evening from
4:30 to 6:30. Admission Is free,
but a $2 donation Is suggested.
Clare Feighan. administrative
director of the galiory, said the
paintings, done while Korns
was in her 60s, are difficult to
define.
“She began doing abstract
artwork late In her life and
these paintings are from that
time," Feighan said. "She be
gan her works on paper, did
most of design and color there
and then did some on canvas.”
In 1950, Kerns was a found
ing member, along with about
15 other artists, of the Eugene
Arts Center. The center moved
into a building at 1920 E. 15th
Ave in 1963 when Kerns put
the down payment on it. She
died two years later and the
gallery was renamod In her
honor.
Along with the restored
paintings by Kerns, the latest
exhibit features works of acryl
ic, oil, bronze, watorcolor,
print, photography, sculpture
and quilting by contemporary
artists from across the country.
Some are quite unique, such
as the full-body cast of a preg
nant woman, and several are
abstract But there is an over
riding theme. Interim director
Martha Snyder said, of the de
piction of women’s struggles
and visions.
The showing of this artwork
will be from 7 to 9 p m. Satur
day and will include birthday
cake and a celebration of Kerns'
life.
The exhibit will run through
Sept. 30 and during the two
month period, many work
shops and panel discussions on
women and art are planned.
Topics include women artists
responding to war, art as thera
py, feminist art criticism and
many others.
For moro information, pick
up a flier at the gallery or call
345-1571. Regular hours are
Tuesday through Friday, 10
a m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday
and Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m.
DOE includes Oregon in
Hanford emergency plan
mam
SALEM (AP) — Oregon finally has been in
cluded in U S. Department of Energy emer
gency plans for accidents at the Hanford nu
clear reservation in southeastern Washington.
The major concern is possible contamina
tion of water and crops In the food chain. Bill
Sanderson. a stain energy Department spokesman, saia 1 uesaay.
Typically, plans for a nuclear accident cover SO miles around a
nuclear plant. Although the Oregon border is only 35 miles away
from Hanford, federal officials long have believed a range of hills
and prevailing winds would prevent any contamination in Oregon
A 1900 study showed that Oregon could face slight danger. San
derson said.
"At 10 miles you evacuate people. At 50 miles you talk about
airborne fallout on crops, pasture land, where contamination could
be taken up Into the food chain." he said.
Parts of Morrow and Umatilla counties in northeastern Oregon,
including the cities of Hermlston, Umatilla and Boardman. are
within a 50-mile radius and will be included in federal plans.
Oregon officials are chlofly concerned about the potential for an
explosion inside one of 177 underground waste tanks containing
high-level nuclear and toxic chemical waste at Hanford. The waste
was produced from 1944 to 1988 by nine military weapons reactors
and several chemical factories that purified plutonium for nuclear
bombs.
"We agree with experts who say it is possible that a single lank
could explode." said Mary Lou Blazek. a Hanford expert with the
Oregon Energy Department.
Others, including Son)a Anderson, a former Hanford chemical
engineer, believe an accldont involving more than one tank is pos
sible. Blazek said she has seen no evidence to support Anderson's
theory.
Federal officials at Hanford say the risk of an explosion in some
of the tanks is extremely low and that the risk is even lower that ra
dioactivity could reach Oregon.
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