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Peace groups
(*()RT1.ANI) (AIM — Orvgun peace group*,
joined Tuesday to urge President Bill Clinton
to avoid military intervention in Bosnia and
offer stronger support for struggling demot
rain groups in the former Yugoslavia
"We don't believe we re at the point when*
violem e must U> met with violent e." Rosanne
Rover, executive dinx.tor of the Oregon Pent <•
Institute, said at a news confereni w
Rover, who is of mixed Serbian and ( mil
tinn descent, blamed both ethnit groups for
the < onflict resulting from the breakup of
Yugoslavia
Thousands have been killed in "ethnic
cleansing" in Bosnia -Hnrzegov inn. populat
ed by Serbs. Croatian* and Muslims
But Rover said jreace movements an* spong
ing up all over the region and are siruggling
request help fc
lo communicate with eat h other Shi- urged
the Clinton administration and the media to
offer wavs for the different peat e groups lo
talk
Right now they're having to use a phone
'bridge' through Austria," Royer said "Tele
phone Iiiu-s have Ireen cut. but they're trying
to talk "
Rover said [>ea< e groups also were trying
to communicate through computerized elw
Ironic mail, hut that also relies on telephone
lines
Royer said the peace movement can he
helped by appealing to people of mixed eth
nic heritage to come forward and renew their
ties to the minority populations in their areas
"If you're half Serbian and half Croatian,
you’d never admit urn had anv Serbian her
>r Yugoslavia
itage if you live in Croatia,'' Royer said
Royer said peace demonstrations are dis
couraged or banned in the former Yugosla
vian republics. Encouragement of public
demonstrations against ethnic violent* would
force political leaders to back down from mil
itary threats
Rover predu ted U.S. military intervention,
such as air strikes, would kill many innocent
people, polarize political groups and start a
major war.
Don Handelman. a spokesman for Portland
PeaceWorks. compared the situation to the
outbreak of World War II.
The Oregon groups plan to start a petition
drive to send Clinton and Congress a message
demanding an international effort to force
negotiations.
Fires continue in Southern, Central Oregon
(.RANTS PASS (AP) - A win
ter of nliovi>-«vi*rage rain* didn't
stop forest and iirush fires from
burning Tuesday in Southern find
Central Oregon
"You’d think with the winter
we had that everything is pretty
wet. hut w ith tlie kinds of winds
we've had, the fires just took off."
said Chris Friend, spokesman for
the Applegate Ranger f)islrii.t on
tlie Rogue River National Forest
"If we have BO-degree temper
atures. low humidity and winds
for the next two weeks. we might
see fire season dec lared m dif
ferent parts of the state," Doug
Dot ker. spokesman for the Ore
gon Department of f orestry, said
from Salem
Fire t rews i untamed the too
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ing in (he central Cascade Range
Pushed by winds gust mg to 30
mph Monday afternoon, the fire
tame within a quarter-mile of the
town of Chemult before about 60
firefighters checked its spread,
using a Southern Pacific railroad
line to bolster fire lines, said
Department of Forestry spokes
woman Mindy Sherrieb from Kla
math Falls
The fin- started about 1:30 p m
when a slash burn got away in
strong winds, said Bill Hofstrand,
dispatch coordinator at Kingsley
Air Field in Klamath Falls.
Two prescntied hums blow out
of control in Southern Oregon,
alrout M) miles south of the small
town of Kui h Both were uxptN t
‘You’d think with
the weather we
had that everything
is pretty wet, but
with the kinds of
winds we’ve had,
the fires just took
off
Chris Friend.
spokesman,
Applegate Ranger District
ed to l>e contained Wednesday,
said Rogue River National Forest
spokesman Tom I-avagmno.
The largest ol the two. the
Ranch fine was reported 10 per
cent contained Tuesday after
burning 100 acres of brush and
timber. The Flying Apple fire in
the same area covered about 60
acres and was 40 percent con
tained
After six to eight years of
drought. Oregon saw above-aver
age rain and snow last winter.
"We talk about a double-edged
sword." Decker said. "It defi
nitely helps. But it also means the
grass and brush, those things we
call flashy fuels: those tilings
grow more than they would oth
erwise."
Depending on the weather. Fire
season could lie declared as soon
as the end of May in parts of Ore
gon, Decker said.
Couple tractoring around the world
I IK ^ IJr.N, Wash lAn — A New /.ealanu couple
aro (teeing the world at 12 mph — aboard a blue
1<)H0 Fort! tractor
Ian Begg and Pam Crawford drove their tractor
over Blewett Pass to Cashmere in recent days,
pulling a small trailer they call home
The trai tor has New Zealand license plates and
a sign reading “Round the World by Tractor .”
“I used to drive tractor all the time on the farm,
and I thought it would be nice to take a cruise on
it sometime." Itegg said. He owns a 3,000-at re
sheep farm near Cromwell.
“I thought about it about 20 years ago but I
didn't have the time or the money." he said "This
year I thought I'd better do it before I got too old
and too stupid."
They plan a 21.700-mile trek at ross the United
. t.anaoa, r.urope. Australia aim rsew
Zealand. Thai would beat the Guinness world
record of 14.200 miles set in 1991 for the longest
tractor trip.
So far. Begg and Crawford have traveled about
1,550 miles.
They shipped their tractor and trailer by boat
from New Zealand to San Francisco, where they
officially began their journey. From San Francisco,
they traveled north to Washington and over the
Cascade Range
Begg, 47. and Crawford, 45, plan to travel to Vir
ginia. then ship the tra< tor to Europe.
At a top speed of 12.5 mph and averaging only
50 miles per day. it's a slow way to see the world.
Begg said The two said they will l>e home by Jan
uary 1995.
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Betty Turulja
Belly Turulja is a native Bosnian
who recently came from Bosnia
_ a lecture on
The Pattern of Genocide
in Bosnia
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