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The program is intended to match rural Oregon communities with graduate students who will be able to "help them diversify their economics and improve their environ mental conditions," said David Povey, a pro fessor of urban and regional planning at the | University and director of the community planning workshops "Our goal is to find out if there are other products in their areas for which there is a market value such as mushrooms in the for est which can be harvested without cutting the trees down," Povey said, Oregon's citizens have borne witness to the ongoing battle between environmental ists and those seeking to preserve jobs in the timber industry. According to the application provided to those interested in RARE. fiS percent of Oregonians employed in lumber and wood products manufacturing lived in rural por tions of the state. Additionally, 18 of 3f> Oregon counties have 20 percent or more of their private sec tor labor force employed in industries dependent on the use of these natural resources. Counties such as Ij»ke. Harney. Malheur. Crook and Jefferson have more than 30 per cent of their counties employed in the tim ber industry, according to Povey's research He concluded that these counties have relied for too long on a very limited number of "renewable resources" which no longer ap pear lo foe renewing themselves at a rate which allows the communities to sustain themselves. The objective of RARE is to help commu nities adjust and sustain by supplying them with n person who's full-time job is looking for new approaches to the communities' woes Communities that find themselves in a position of need are encouraged to apply. Ideally, two or throe communities in need would Iwnd together and apply, f’ovey said Judith St Claire, executive director of Ore gon Rural Development Council, said, "lack of capacity to hire a professional develop ment staff is one of the harriers rural com munities face when trying to diversify "One of the biggest < hallenges is that most of the efforts by these communities to diversify de pend largely on volunteer services. At first, volunteers expend a lot of time and energy, but they get burned out. RARE will bring vitality and invent now ways to help rural communities deal with their prob loim "It will give them a needed shot in the arm." St. Claire said ‘Hie Oregon Rural Development Council was established four years ago to help solve some of the same problems RARE par ticipants will lie trying to solve. In addition to finding new products to replace timber, a student sells ted to partici pate in RARE would help communities develop service industries such as "rural transportation systems," Povey said. An ex periment with such a system is being con ducted right now in Hood River. Like many other agricultural communi ties. Hood River is dealing with a heavy influx of migrant workers—-many of whom do not have vehicles yet still need to get to work. ''Rural transportation systems” will solve the problem of the migrant workers and provide a market niche for entrepre neurs who are looking for a way to diversify their business interests Interested students should have already completed one year of graduate work in Urban and Regional Planning or a related field, two terms of Community Planning Workshop, completed course work or be able to show evidence of skill and knowl edge in three or more of the following areas: planning analysis, legal issues in planning policy, public planning theory, DOS-based computer skills, project management, geo graphic information systems and grant writ ing Selected students will be paid $12,000 as well as $4,700 in educational cost. Interested communities need a survey of city administrators in their community so that specific skills of students can be matched to those lacking in the communi ty The communities also need some sort of strategy for diversifying as well as local con tacts with some resources to holp them ful fill their plan of diversification. The most important factor when selecting tiie communities will be need and willing ness to participate. Students chosen will be available for placement in October. RARK is funded by a $200,000 grant from the Corporation for National and Com munity Service. The U.S. Department of Education will provide an additional $87,000 to train and manage those selected for the program and to help implement com munity service projects. The grant money from the CN&CS will allow RARE to continue for at least throe years, at which time Povey hopes the suc cess of the program will entice public and private benefactors to contribute the funds necessary for the program to continue. Ini tially Povey will place 10 graduate students in rural communities in noed. Applications are due no later than Aug. 5. For more information, call 346-3812. j Colorado town remembers firefighters killed on duty GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — As wisps of white smoke drifted skyward from the ashy mountainside, mounters held hands, sang "Amazing Grace" and wept at a service for IS firefighters who dicw trying to stop a runaway wildfire that threatened this resort town. Fourteen chairs drafted with American flags and black and white ribbons stood before the stage as about 3,500 people gathered Sun day to honor the firefighters, who were bunted to death when the wildfire suddenly roared up Stonn King Mountain's steep, rocky slope on Wednesday. “We're glad they died doing what they liked to do,” Montana fire fighter Ted Murray said. Five helicoptors flew past in the missing man formation, with four leading and one bringing up the rear A 30 foot electric cross, high on nearby Red Mountain, was illuminated. Usually only lighted for Christmas, it will blaze for 14 days, one for each victim. The dead firefighters were veterans, highly skilled at the danger ous work of containing the wildfires that blow up across the hot. dry West each summer. Nine wore from Prineville, Ore.; others were from Montana, Idaho and elsewhere in Colorado. "These 14 are now part of Glenwood Springs," said Bob Zanella, mayor of this Rocky Mountain town of about 6,000. “They are ours. They will be remembered." Up the mountain's slope. blacJt skeletons of juniper stood out against the gray ash dusting the ground. "1’lease forgive this mountain, she couldn't control what happened up there," U.S. Rep. Scott Mclnnis told those gathered at Two Rivers Park, where the Colorado and Roaring Fork rivers meet. “It's truly a beautiful mountain. If it had emotions it would feel as deeply about this as we do.” The fire, which burned 1,656 acres, was surrounded Saturday by firelines dug into the ground. Crews dumping water from a giant buck et suspended from an Army helicopter assisted those on the ground, struggling to put out the remaining small, isolated blazes on Sunday. Couple fighting release of their granddaughter’s murderer EUGENE (AF) — The grand parents of a 2-year-old girl who was brutally beaten, sodomized and finally smothered by Jeffrey David Halladay are arguing against a possible parole. Halladay. now 34. was sen tenced to 30 years for the 1087 slaying of Reittn Hessey and the beating of the girl's brother. Charles Grossman, then 14 months old. But a good prison record has qualified Halladay for a July 28 parole hoard hearing that could cut his sentence by 20 percent, or si* years. Additional good behavior could earn him similar hearings and reductions ever) three years. Charles and Linda Bessey of Klkton find the possibility alarm ing “Wo do not hate him and we are no longer angry at him,” the Busseys wrote in a letter to the Oregon Parole Board “We just do not want to see him on the streets. Ever!" Coos County District Attorney Paul Burgett agrees. "Jeffrey David lialiaday is a monster who should never be allowed to set foot in free society," Burgett wrote in a letter to the parole board. "In my 13 years as Coos Coun ty district attorney, 1 have never had a case that approaches this in terms of sheer cruelty to a helpless victim. For the sake of our society and our children, don't release this man." On Oct. 17, 1987, police were called to an apartment in Coos Bay that Halladay shared w ith the children's mother, Marcia Gross man, daughter of Charles Bessey. Halladay was trying 10 revive Reitta. He told police a stereo speaker had fallen on her. The girl was dead on arrival at Bay Area Hospital. The cause of death was listed as "hattered child syndrome" and asphyxiation, from smothering. An autopsy showed numerous bruises and broken hones — inju ries that had been inflicted over several weeks. A doctor in Port land said Reitta had anal injuries "consistent with forceful painful sodomy." So severe wore her injuries, "she must have been in daily pain for several weeks,” Dr. Ian Hays wrote in a letter to the parole board. Charles Grossman also had suf fered numerous bruises and frac tures. Adopted by the Besseys, he now is a thriving 8-year-old. Halladay was charged with murder, sodomy and assault, but pleaded guilty to murder and as sault under a plea bargain. This Week s Luncheon Special Phad Thai $4.75 CHINA BUIE RESTAURANT Tty ou timers, to& Ml. 15th • upam. tmttouotooaton • 545-2552 • Takeout AvMrttfe CINDER CONE (Reg. $679) *639 This Moth Only 1st W. Ml MMW MMAMwtt Mt-4I» SUNDERLAND 5th STREET I PUBLIC MARKET 683-8464 -~) VIDEO ADVEI PLEASE RECYCLE!
