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Smith’s gubernatorial campaign stops in Eugene
Denny Smith
By Meg Dedolph
OreQOt' OeMy Enwv&kl
Increased school funding, stricter
crime laws and more support for Ore
gon's timber industry were some of
gubernatorial candidate Denny
Smith's campaign promises in a
speech made in Kugone on Sunday
at the Ass, dated Oregon Loggers
annual convention
"We havu a non-user-fnendh stati*
government." Smith said All of us
are in a position now to know we
need a new direction and new oppor
tunities for our children
In support of the timber industry,
Smith criticized the federal govern
ment’s management of Oregon lands.
”VVe need to have a federal gov
ernment that owns 56 percent of this
state treating us like responsible prop
ertv owners." he said, referring to the
money the government makes from
timber sales on federally managed
Oregon lands
"I'm frustrated because non-Ore
gonians tell us what to do with our
Samis." ho said
Smith said ho would like to uso
timber revenues front those federal
ly managed lands to increase fund
ing to schools
Ho said the state currently locks a
goal in managing the limiter indus
try. and promised direction lor "new
and (letter opportunities for (the tim
Iter) industry "
Smith, who helped pass a ballot
measure that gave stricter sentoiu es
to second-time offenders, said that if
elected governor, ho would build
more prison hods nml make prison
sentences stru ter
He also said 14-year-olds should
he allowed to hold jobs hoi ause it
would "keep them off the street and
make them productive members of
society
"We need to have a lietter deal for
Oregon." he said "We don't need the
same train on the same trm k with a
different engineer."
Smith is the first |>ersoii to formally
announce < andidacv for governor.
OPS has plans to deal
with earthquake crisis
By John Flelschll
tor ttw Oregon Dotty L merotd
The earthquake that hit Los
Angelas last week as well as dis
coveries of fault lines off the
Oregon coast have caused Ore
gonians to reconsider the possi
bility of such a catastrophe hap
pening here.
If an earthquake were to hit
during classes on campus, sev
eral University departments
have plans for dealing with such
a disaster.
"We have plans to cover all
disasters, including earth
quakes," said Carey Drayton,
director of the University Office
of Public Safety. "If an earth
quake were to hit. local hospi
tals, the health center and the
physical plant would come
together to deal with the crisis "
In addition to the general
alarm that would break out on
campus, dangerous leaks of
radioactive materials or breaks
in gas lines could result. OPS
would he one of the first teams
to react and would respond to
the crisis by going where the
most relief is needed.
"We would immediately go to
potentially hazardous areas, for
example the chemical stores and
the physical plant, to assess
what needs to be done.” Drayton
said.
According to Keith Haggs.
code analyst for the City of
Eugene building department,
some thought to structural
integrity has gone into the con
struction of buildings on cam
pus.
"The city of Eugene has had a
building code for a long time,
probably as long as since the
1930s,” Haggs wild However, he
said when a state building code
was passed by the Legislature in
1976, it took precedence over
the i.ity code.
Haggs said that in 1993. the
seism a /.one that the Universi
ty lies in had been upgraded
from a zone 2 to a zone 3. For
comparison, Los Angeles is a
zone 4 The state code was
updated to reflect the new find
ings on the probability of quakes
happening in Oregon However,
older buildings have not been
retrofitted to take these changes
into account
"The building code is less
restrictive for Oregon than for
L.A.," Haggs said.
COMMUNITY UPDATE
• The United Way needs vol
unteers for tlie following posi
tions public relations person for
I.oran Unicorn Program, three
hours per week; put therapy vol
unteer at Green Hill Humane
Society, three hours per week,
social service assistant at St
Vincent de Paul, six hours per
week: enrollment clerk for Head
Start of Lane County, six hours
per week; gym supervisor for
Roosevelt Middle School, two
hours per w'eek. For more infor
mation, call the Volunteer Con
nection. 683-9000.
• Herb Wisner, a retired
ornithologist, will show slides
of birds and other wildlife in
East Africa Tuesday. The pro
gram is sponsored by the Lane
County Audubon Society and
liegins at 7:30 p m. at the Eugene
Garden Club, lf>4r> High St.
• "Pattern of u Journey: Quilts
of the Oregon Trail" is the newest
exhibit at the l.ane Counts His
torical Museum, 740 W t ttii Ave
The exhibit lusts through Feb 20
and features quilts and quilt
blocks made lor, during or alter
the trip on the Oregon Frail
• Klderhelp needs volunteers
to work with senior citizens Vol
unteers help with errands and
other small tasks, hut primarily
provide companionship Volun
teers are asked to commit three
hours per week for a minimum
of six months
• Mckenzie-Willamette Hos
pital is offering a free education
al program to help teen-agers and
young adults develop sound rela
tionship skills Wednesday at (i
p in in the hospital's Umpqua
Room. For more information, tall
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