Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, March 28, 1994, Page 10A, Image 10

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The Environmental Issues Committee
is seeking nominations for
University Environmental
Citizen of the Year*
to be presented during Earth Week Send written n< '’-mas
to Pat Dover at Office of Public Safety by April 1. 1994
•6 awards contm.t 3-16-lb?9
Brochures inform about river safety
i’OR I t AND (AIM !'he drowrung death of a
Russian bos in an Oregon river has led to the pub
lii at ion of .1 series of broc hures that explain riser
s,ifetv to immigrant i.omimmities in their native
languages
The idea that i hildren were walking into the
water arid being swept awa\ simply hei alise they
didn't know bm dangerous Northwest risers
roiild fie nagged at Rlc hard K larvis news direi
tor for Portland's KA I I T\
It siauned like basic knowledge f oiild present
that lie said
So |ar\ is approar la d tin < )r: U iter Safe! \
Coiitu.il for help in prodm mg .1 hroi.hure that
-plaint) desc ribes ri ver safe! \ in Russian The
hroi hurt? has begun to c in ulate among Russian
immigrants through their 1 him he , refugee groups
and s< bools
The same broc Imre is lieing printed in four oth
er languages Vietnamese. Spanish. I aotian and
khllier for ( imhodiall* It Ises simple images alid'
short, 1 tear phriises to.dev rd>e sjms do river dan
gers sin h as underwater ledges and strong c ur
rents
Iw o Russian buys Sergei \ ( heri.henko H
and ll\a P kryshtai, 10 were wading ill the
Columbia'Slough in the summer of luuj when
tiles stepped off .1 shelf and drow ned in the strong
current
A month *\irlM*r Damn! Vn tor kashuhmn, U». a
Kiissi.it. ;ttitnik.;r.1 fit. swam in the U dlametle Riser
near the Interstate gir> bridge and drowned The
Willamette .iis<i < laimeil another Russian youth
Anatoly C.hesnokov. 14 last August, as he was
wailing and stepped off a ledge into deep water
We don ! want to see any more said Don
pram is i t in environmental advocate who
lielped |arvis with the brochure project
Hi- said other immigrant pnputfltinns an> just as
i ii merahie to the problem as Russian refugi-rs are
,About '* > peri enl.of the 4a.000 refugees m Ore
gun ne : tin Cortland area said Paul Kinh
Duong i n-i hairuian of the Refugee f orum I lie
state has become home tor about 1H .<100 Viet
: iu:cm ' I Mio Russians, r.litHI i.aottans ami -4,000
Cambodian si he said
Hie brochures w ill help inform these and the
additional got) refugees w ho move into the area
eat h month that the risers are no! as safe as they
seem. Duong said
1 he tiroi Imres are printed by the Port ol Port
land I he W ater Safety ( ouncil. a nonprofit i on
sortiulii of organizations, has helped sponsor the
profei ! and sees it as a model lor the region. I ran
i is said
( opies of the brot htin- are .lvnilahle lor distrib
ution through the Atiiern an Red ( toss
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You are invited to attend a public forum to discuss the
ACMC's report to the University Assembly
(March 8 minutes) and the proposed legislation which
will be introduced at the April assembly meeting.
When?
Where?
Thursday, March 31 from 12-2pm
Walllllt Room, K\11 (Across 1‘roni I lie Tost Office)
I host- accommodations for a disability should call 346-3013
Please bring ideas, comments, and criticisms.
■nmsored by the Assembly Committee on Multicultural Curriculum
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