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Oregon Daily Tree Time Pines: Tree farmers prepare for the demands of the holiday season Suzanne Marta Qr&gi Oinfy ( nwtakJ The trees are wet with dew, the cold ,iir blows the aroma of fresh pint) and your feet sink 1 to 3 inches into sticky mud. The fog on these tree-lined hills is thick and limits the view of the cow pastures in the distance of the Willamette Valley For Tony St rod a and the many other farmers in the area who produce the largest supply of Christmas trt*es in the nation, this scenario is how days begin between Nov, 1 and lbs: 25 “Some days it can be really miserable."said Strode, wearing a flannel shirt and pants covered in mud. "It’ll be 35 degrees, cold and windy ” Strodn and his brothers Kirk and Kelley own the Stroda Brothers farm and raise Christmas trees in the fail when their regular peppermint and grass seed crops have ended. The three brothers expanded their business to include Christmas trees 15 years ago when they took over the family's BO-year-old farm “We saw an opportunity to utilize some hilly ground and work during the off-season," Stroda said. Stroda ln<gins his day by dispatching his cutting and slinging crews armed with chain saws and rope to harvest the Christmas tree crop and then coordinates up to three helicopters at a time to pick up the bundles of trees As many as seven trucks trans|>«rt the trees to a shipping lot where specific orders are filled and sent out. The crews work from 7 a.m. to 5 p m . hut the Strode brothers work sometimes from 5 a.m. to us late as H p.m. to keep their business going "Sometimes our energy runs out,” Stroda said “It’s really a challenge Some years we lose money.” Many Christmas tree harvesters are using helicopters to transport the trees from the fields to the trucks The helicopters pi< k up bundles of up to 1.000 pounds, between eight ami 25 Turn to CHRISTMAS. Page 12 OAKY CiMASS.t '*a>au Stay* Clark (above) hooka a bundle of Christ mas trees to be flown down the hill and loaded onto a truck. Harold Larsen (left) cuts trees In Monroe, Or ■ GOOD MORNING ► The Eugene fire department responded to an apartment tire that off) ctals said caused an estimated $8,000 worth ot damage last mght The apartment, located at 642 E 1 ?th Ave *C4. is rented by University student Many a Solos. Solos was not in the apartment at the time ot the tire A neighbor noticed the smoke and telephoned authorities at 7 52 pm Fourteen firefighters and five pieces ot lire equipment responded to the scene Tim Burr, public information officer lor Eugene city Department of Public Safe ty. said the bla/e was contained by 8 05 pm Officials said the lire appears to be the result ol a stove that was left on ■The (tames were confined to the kitchen," said Burr. He said the estimated tire damage included, $6,000 m structural damage and $2,000 damage to the contents of the apartment. ► CINCINNATI (AP) — A jury awarded nearly $3.5 million to a former Cincinnati Zoo animal keeper whose forearm was chewed off and swallowed by a polar bear. Laurie Stober, 30, was attacked in 1990 by Icee, an 800-poi md hear that grabbed her lingers with his teeth and chewed his way up to her elbow The zoo said that it had lollowod prop er procedures and that Stober had stuck her lingers ms»de the cage in violation of zoo policy Stober, however, said the bear poked through the bars of the cage and bit her fingertips as she offered it a grape She said the zoo made the animat hostile by confining it in a small, poorly lighted and ventilated cage. "It's never been about money to me It's been about working conditions,” Sto ber said after the verdict Wednesday Study projects urban sprawl, growth trend for local area Findings: More traffic and higher housing costs also expected In next 20 years Jim Bottortf f tX Pht# {1&Jy t Eugene resident l lt> id Ri>< hon fondly remembers a time when tu< ( ould retreat to his favorite spot in the wood.*) lust hist month, tie pulled on his I toots ■ltd i nrefully loaded his rifle into his trui k I he sun had yet to slide over the horizon in the east Rodion sipped his Coffee ns he drove his truck deeper into the countryside 15 miles northeast of Springfield Paved roads bo< am® logging roads as his four-wheel-drive Toyota eased up a forested hill to within a him dred wirds of his destination Km hon. JH. had been to this place in the woods ninny times He looked forward to parking lus trm k at the road s end where he would finish his coffee and climb out of Ins true k into the i nsp. cold Novemher morning As dawn was break ing he would sjmji deer on an adjacent hill through his binoculars Yet today when he rounds the last curve in the rough road and his destina tion comes into view, something else is in the place of these trees "A subdivision," Rodion said "Right there in the middle of nowhere This story, ami others like it, have bei ome ln« rensingly common, according Turn to RESULTS. Page 4 Culture clash will be focus of anthology Misunderstandings: Incorrect translations result in memorable meetings between people from different countries Jamla Pope for i'n> Oregon CW> t nvsM An international student adviser at the University is writing a humorous anthology consisting of essays written by University students, faculty and staff. The theme of l)r. Magid Shirzadegan's anthology consists of what Shir/adognn refers to ns “close encounters of a second kind." “I started to work on this protect last year," Shirzadegnii said “The reason why 1 started it was because I hud read a lot of funny stories about people's experiences traveling abroad and people who were new to the United States " Shirzadegun said the anthology will point out the misunderstandings that people of various nationalities have when they communicate with each other. Shirzadegan said these misunderstandings often occur when words are not used appropriately or when the translation of one language to another is incorrect “An American student wrote about a mis translation experience that took plat a Turn to ENCOUNTERS, Pago 4