Unpasteurized milk recalled after outbreak of E. coli
NORTHWEST
PORTI-AND (AP) — Unpnsteur
izod milk was removed from
grocery stores after six people
became ill with a virulent strain of
K. coli bacteria. health officials said
Wednesday.
The Dragon Deportment of Agriculture rei oiled raw
milk produced by Thomas Jorsoy Dairy in suburban
Tigard. department spokesman Hruc« Pokamey said
The strain of E. coll is the same one that contaminated
mayonnaise at two Oregon Sizz.ler restaurants in Man h
The botieria can cause bloody diarrhea and hemolytic
uremic syndrome, a severe kidney complication
Two people were hospitalized in mid-April after
drinking the milk, but have been released, said Dr Kat
rina Hedberg, deputy state epidemiologist
The ages of the victims ranged from 'i to t>2 One < asst
was reported in Decant bar. another in Man h and four in
April, she said
The (a sea were linked Tuesday, when the Agriculture
Department issued the recall order and took samples
from milk < onlainers and the HU c ows at the family-oj>er
ated dairy.
John Thomas, the dairy's owner, said the results of
tests taken at ins farm will not Im- available until Friday.
"Without finding it was definitely the milk, they
shouldn’t condemn me, because we serve milk to sever
al thousand |»eople." Thomas said
"You spend 4.1 years doing something vou believe in,
you don’t like to have it destroyed in 24 hours." he said.
Thomas said he distributes about 350 gallons of unpas
leurized milk a day and probably will not divert his
product for pasteurization, who h heats the milk to kill
bac teria and prevent disease Instead, the milk will
remain at his farm pending the outcome of the investi
gation.
The stale has suggested the pasteurization until it
locates which i attle are contaminated. Pokarney said.
The infection spread when the milk came into contact
with contaminated cattle feces, Hedberg said
"We recommend that people refrain from drinking
unpasteurized milk." Hedberg said "It’s considered to
Ik* a health food, but as far as we’re concerned, there’s no
nutritional value "
Pokarney said there ure no plans lo stiut down the
dairy during testing
The milk was pulled from the shelves of Portland-area
stores including Tred Meyer. Safeway, f ood for Less.
Thrift way and Nature’s l-resh Northwest.
The dairv'is the only supplier of raw milk in the Port
land area, but there are nine distributors in the state
The state regularly tests distributors of raw milk for
contamination, but no specific test is requited to detect
E. cob. Pokamey said
Since January, three other cases of the E. coli strain
have (wen confirmed but have not been linked to a
source. Hedberg said
"More cattle ore being infected." she said. "We're
going to continue to see more outbreaks and more cases
of this illness."
Consumption of undercooked meat that has come in
contact with cattle feces has been the most commonly
identified source of the infection.
In mid-March, dor^nsof people were infected with the
same strain of E. coli — 0157:117 — after enting at two
Sizzktr restaurants in Grants Pass and North Bend It was
traced to salad dressing and sauces containing mayon
naise that had been contaminated by meat.
A different strain of E. coli bacteria killed two children
and made hundreds of people sick in Washington last
January after they ate at Jack in the Box restaurants.
A third child also died after being infected with that
strain of E. coli. but the death could not be specifically
linked to the outbreak.
Coastal eccentric uses appliances for street art
CANNON HKAOI (Al') —
"Sometimes he’d take perfectly
good electric appliant es. wash
ing machines, portable fans, vac
mini cleaners — that kind of
thing— and just drop them off in
the middle of Mum Street He'd
walk off u ways, and torn around
and watch them. I don't know
what he expected them to do Hut
that was John."
— Possible eulogy at the funer
al of John Fraser, who is still
alive.
Such ii reinembronco might
please Fraser, part-tlmo busi
nessman ond civic leader, and
full-time practitioner of imprac
tical jokes artci the art of Dada.
Around the mirth coast. Frus
er is perhaps most widely known
as the driver of THE VAN — a
piece of modern art in progress,
festooned as it is with plastic
cows, stem iled Elvis mugs, lai -
oner-covered French fries, and
the tail-end of a surf board
In Cannon Bench, his home of
1 !i years. Fraser is also known ns
the owner of Once Upon A
Breeze Kile Shop; publisher of
the san aslu newsletter, "The
Rocker;" perpetrator of innu
merable weird pranks; and. at
least a little ini ongruously, the
former holder of two ek* led lo< al
offices.
"I don't know what you're
going to make of this,'' Fraser siiid
with a laugh, at the conclusion of
a recent interview.
Hard enough to make sense of
someone who ads with apparent
purpose. But what do you make
of a guy who once blanketed the
town with a fine layer of plastic
tree frogs' And then was award
ed a handsome, wooden plaque
for his yours of dedicated com
munity service?
"'1110 first few years I was here.
1 was a mime." notes Fraser "So
people knew I had a little wack
iness in me" before the election.
Tending business at his kite
shop, located in an out-of-sight
mail just behind the boutiques
that front Main Street, Fraser
looks the part of a less-serious
businessman.
On a Tuesday afternoon, he
wore sweat pants anti an un
tucked rugby slurt On his feet
were i anvas Converse sneakers
— one bla< k. one white llis hair,
graying at the temples, hung well
below the collar line.
In the sunlit back room of the
kite shop, Fraser sot back in a
director's chair and prepared for
on interview. About him was a
mass of unconnec ted do-dads. A
‘There were things
that just didn’t
make any sense at
all—things like
baby dolls impaled
with carrots.’
—- John Fraser.
Cannon Beach resident
white diamond-shaped Wile fea
turing the mug of Mad Maga
zine's Alfred K. Neuman hung in
front of a window. A cartoon
greeting cart! featuring two peo
ple inspecting a cadaver was
tacked to a Tiling cabinet. A wide
eyed Mattel doll wearing a nun's
habit sat on a shelf.
Fraser pointed out an item sit
ting on the window sill — a piece
of art he's been working on. he
said.
It's u pink plastic flower pot
with n rock in it. A black sheet of
cardboard bisects the pot verti
cally. and on this are two block
and white photos of o Kiri's face
The one on top shows her with a
ln>y in her mouth. The one below
features a normal, smiling pose.
A broken, ceramic flute lies
.11 ross the pot. beneath the pic
turns, and a plastic travel alarm
dm k is taped to the pot's brim.
Fraser said he's been working
on the piece for some time, and
it's apparent that he's proud of
its progress.
The piece is an example of the
kind of art Fraser likes best —
nonsense art
He had studied all the major
genres, but the one that (.aptivat
ed him was Dada. a French
movement earlier this century
"There were things that just
didn't make any sense at all —
things like baby dolls impaled
with carrots." F'raser said.
In Cannon Beach, Fraser takes
the theory of Dacia to the streets
once every two or three months.
His art-in-the-crosswalk series
involves nothing but leaving an
occasional electrical appliance in
the middle of the street in front
of Osborne's Grocery Store.
Often, the fun is just seeing
how long the thing will remain
there, before some tourist — or
the police — come along and
remove it
Last Cinco de Mayo — the
Mexican celebration May 5 —
Fraser lined up five jars of may
onnaise along the road's median.
He was pleased to find out that a
few people got the joke.
Prmiut rJ tn fHtfl through th< grm tout
t unsuUrattan i*f KLL'CiKtX'O A M
4P
89 7FM • EUGENE
Nttond Putw Radio
ucoainiKmin
Robinson Theatre
X 00 p ut.
April 22. 23. 24. 30.
and May I. IW
Matinee 2:00 p.m. April 25
Box office, 15031.3464111
The University Theatre Presents
Chimera
A theatre piece influenced
by the culture of Balif*
Colonial Jnn Sie&tawumt
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sunday Breakfast Special $1.95
Daily (AH You Can Eat) Buffet - $5.00
LIVE MUSIC
M ■ Country
W/Sot. • Jau
f OomPoaPoo
Bunquftt
• - Mh
AtfOBObkl
1626 Willamette St 1 lam - 1 am
343-7645
$
[nido'sr
w"
Not Just For The
Over 21 Crowd!
“You don't have
to he 21 to enjov
our food."
Open 11 am to 10 pm
to all ages for food service
13th <& Alder • On Campus • 343-0681
Two more
charged with
killing teens
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) —
A team of stale and federal law
enforcement officers arrested
two young men Wednesday in
the shooting deaths of two
Oregon teen-agers, officials
said.
Richard Ayala and Steven
Bowen, both 22 and of Okla
homa City, were taken into
custody without incident, said
Mark Crawford, a U S, Mar
shal’s Service spokesman.
The arrests bring to seven
the number of people taken
into custody. All have been
charged with first-degree mur
der in the Feb. 2fi deaths of
Nicie Clark, lfi, and Teresa
Beasley, 17. Both victims were
from Portland.
The bullet-riddled !>odios of
Clark and Beasley were found
on a dirt road at the edge of
Lake Hefner in northwest
Oklahoma City
One man arrested earlier in
the case. Steve Lorence
Thames, told authorities that
several people planned to rob.
kidnap and kill the victims, an
affidavit said.
Thames said a woman who
picked up Beasley at the bus
station told him the teen-ager
had 3 kilograms of cocaine
possibly worth $900,000. A
plot then developed to steal
the cot aine, the affidavit said
last week. Chandra Denise
Griham and Frederick N
Blackmon were arrested in
Oklahoma City. California
authorities picked up (arreu
Moore. 21. of G>s Angeles, and
Camille Wallace was appre
hended in Chandler.
RIDE
SHARE
Traveling soon?
Need a ride?
Offering a ride?
Rule Share brings
together people needing
ami offering rides any
where in Oregon or
throughout the country.
For more information
call 3*15-7600.