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The Great SUMMER P7 BIKE CLEARANCE Savings from $60-$119! Cross & Mountain bikes lor city commuting to avid oil road uses • 92 HARO & ROCKY MOUNTAIN • 92 & 93 MONGOOSE & WHEELER CYZZLE-3/t mmPAmm m cycimm ( | *4 *#*»»» /M« IMm 20% Discount 1340 WILLAMETTE _ 687 0288 _ j MUSEUM Wio/kVi' i UWIVIIMTT v <HkJCOM 1680 E. 15th Avc. 1'Aigrnr 546-1809 Open 12 - 5:00 f.M. Wed. - Sun. -1 I _ . 1 _—_J EWEB makes going solar easy By Lie Salclccia f or rfrr Ortffjon Ontly f The Kugene Water and Kite irii Board jus! made acquiring solar energy a little easier KVVKB will now give as nun h as $400 in rebates to homeown ers who buy solar water heaters to replat e their current olectrii water heaters. With energy costs on the rise because of a 14 percent to Ifi port ent increase In the Bon neville Power Administration, many believe that now is the time and that Kugene is the place to go solar The amount of the rebate is based upon 'the performance of the system and how much elet trie energy it saves in Kilowatt hours per year." said Don Spiek of KWKB Tax i redits are also available to < onsumers vs ishing to install solar water heating systems The credits are measured "directly against state income taxes owed per year up to $1,500 based on the perfor mance of the sy stem They offer til) cents per kilowatt hour saved every year." Spiek said. "That means if the homeowner saved 2,000 kilowatt hours a year they would give you credit in the amount of $1,200." he said The American Solar Network is a solar company that has just Courts*y pooio Paul Israel (left), owner of the American Solar Network, sits atop the roof of client Ken Naness with a flat EPDM panel. moved to Eugene. "Utilities across the country are looking to solar water-heater companies." to join forces arid offer solar water heating to homeowners, owner Paul Israel said. Installing systems such as his "Skylite" water heater will save money for the consumer, cutting 30 percent to 60 percent of the total year of water heating costs, depending on the size of the sys tem, Israel said. Senate to debate gay rights bill SALEM (AP) — A lull to blot k enactment of tin* Oregon Citizens Alliance's local anti-gay rights measures is headed for a vote in the Oregon Sen ate The Judiciary Committee voted Tuesday to send HB3500-A to the full Senate for debate. If approved there, the bill will go to Gov Barbara Roberts Hackers say the hill would bring about a truce in Oregon’s war over gay rights by heading off enforcement of anti-gay rights ordinances like those the (X^A is trying to pass in various < ities and counties " This gives me nothing more than what I've had m the past," said Rep. George Eighrney, a Portland Demur rat who is a homosexual "It only say s. 'Let's stop passing hills that take rights away from me.”’ But (X)A Chairman Lon Mahon, who testified before the |udu lary Committee, said the Legisla ture is trying to usurp the initiative process by pre venting local voters from enacting anti-gay rights measures. "This is a political maneuver to stop our local campaigns because we art* storting to rack up vic tories." Mabon said. "1 think it stinks." Voters in four counties and two cities adopted OCA measures in mail balloting June 2‘t. Earlier, a similar measure was adopted in Cornelius. Votes in other counties and cities are expec ted in Sep tember and November. The bill represents a political compromise that was worked out after the House snubbed an earli er bill that would have outlawed discrimination against homosexuals in housing, employment and public accommodations The majority Republicans refused to let SB34 out of committee, saving it would confer "special rights" on homosexuals Instead, they cleared the wav for HB3500-A to emerge from the House as a way to block the (KIA's local anti-gay rights efforts. Governor to sign anti-stalking law SALKM (AP) — A lull making stalking a crime is on its way to Gov. Barbara Roberts for her sig nature The House voted 59-0 Tues day for SB833, which makes stalking a misdemeanor punish able by up to a s oar in jail and a 52.500 fine A repeat conviction would tie a felons punishable by up to five years in prison and a $100,000 fine. The bill defines stalking as knowingly making repeated, unwanted contact with people for no legitimate reason Under the bill, police ret eiv mg complaints could order a suspect to stay away from an alleged victim Victims also could go directly to court to seek, an order against a stalker A leading proponent of anti stalkmg legislation. Rep. Kevin Mannix, D-Salem. said it took a lot of work to come up with a law to protect the victims of stalkers while respecting civil liberties. "Wo could have pul out some sc block m laundry. February or March and said,'(a-e, wo passed an anti stalking bill ' Instead, we worked at it and worked at it," he said. "We worked with the legiti mate concerns of civil libertari ans but we also especially worked at it from the perspec tive of the victims and came up with the best possible law you could pass in the United States." OFF VANS WKX coupon Va*d M 57 w BroodMy LocMMn LAZAR'S BAZAR 57 W. 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