Oregon Daily
TUESDAY. JANUARY 17. 1995
EUGENE. OREGON
VOLUME 96. ISSUE 78
Flood danger ends, but rain continues
Weather: Rains flood
basements, cause two deaths
Marcelene Edwards arid Ban Moabius
Oregon Omfy [ matekl
Heavy rnins over the weekend kept
the manager of the Campus Cottage Bed
and Breakfast busy mopping up [xk>Is uf
water from her basement floor.
“It was a constant parade of towels
from the wet floor to the dryer then
back to the floor.” Melinda Olson said.
Water has been leaking into the base
ment of the bed and breakfast, located at
1138 E 19th Ave . nil weekend. Olson
said.
She tried to reroute the water from
her gutter to the street, but it still seeped
into the basement
"I think I've got it under control
now,” she said, "at least until the next
rain.”
If David Karmenter. from the Nation
al Weather Service, is correct in his
predictions. Olson may lie running wet
towels from water to dryer for a lot
longer.
Fnrmenter said Eugene residents
could expect more rain through the rest
of the week. The rivers an* going to stay
high. but there probably won't l>e much
more danger of flooding. He said the
flooding wasn't normal, but usually
happens about every 10 years.
The official rain level for Friday was
4 15 inches in the Eugene area, which
lx*at the previous record of 1,79 inches
in a 24-hour period, according to the
National Weather Service. The agency
reported .85 inches of rain on Saturday
and .70 inches on Sunday.
George Rimer, a journeyman plumber
for Roto-Rooter Plumbing and Repair
services, said lie responded to at least
eight calls related to flooding on Friday.
"The ground is so saturated it can't hold
anymore water," Rimer said. "So the
water is flooding basements '
Eugene escaped the widespread
flood-related problems felt in many
other areas in Oregon, said Tim Birr, a
Eugene public safety information offi
cer. Pools of water were reported on
Prairie Road in Eugene, but it caused
relatively few accidents in the area, he
said
Two deaths were reported in Oregon
because of flood-related conditions. A
16-year-old boy's body was pulled from
South Deer Creek on Sunday after he
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Benches and bike paths at Alton Baker were flooded as Eugene got its share of recent rain storms.
Committee
has forums
to evaluate
governance
Senate: The
University Assembly
may face changes
Pat Daly
on ; io>y i mama?
Balance of power
Iwlween students and fai
uIty on University deci
Mims will Ini among topics,
discussed this week in 11
series of open forums
Thu University Assent
hlv Committee on Cover
ttnitce Reform will hold
forums to seek ideas,
advice and opinions from
students ami lai ulty about
how to improve gover
nance at the University
Today's forum is from 7
to M p m in the KM11 ()ak
Room Two others will fol
low Jon )H in the Oak
Room from 11 a nt to 1
pm and Jan 10 in the
Walnut Room from t to ,r>
put
File University Senate
usually creates legislation
on academic issues like
curriculum, grading and
student conduct and
moves it to the larger
assembly for ratification
Students are currently rep
resented In both the Sen
ate and the Assembly by
If) Student Senators
i'he committee doubts,
however, the University
Assembly ( an remain as a
governing body. Some
have suggested to i rente a
stronger University Senate
with greater de< tsum mak
ing powers and possi
bly without the lit
students
"Most students I've
worked with are commit
ted and tiard working, and
that's not the issue." said a
t urn to DEBATE. Purje -l
■ GOOD MORNING
► PORTLAND, Maine (AP) —
The state of Marne is trying to
collect a few crumbs from the
Girl Scouts, slapping a 6 percent
"snack tan" on sales of Thin
Mints, Trefoils and Samoas.
The Girt Scouts say it's a
half-baked idea to tax a non
profit group
"We're just a bunch of girts
trying to raise money for our
organization, and we don't need
the tax people picking on us,“
said Julia Payne, 13.
The state imposed a snack
tax in 1991 on cookies, chips
and candy bars Initially, the
Bureau of Taxation wanted to
tax Girl Scout cookies on the
wholesale level but backed
down when challenged and
returned $100,000 to the group.
Now the state argues that the
Girl Scouts must pay taxes at
the retail level because they're
running a major retail enter
pnse, more than just a "casual
sale
"A casual sale is hit-or-miss,"
state tax assessor John
laFaver sad Sunday. "Maybe
they do it one year and not the
next It's unpredictable, like a
lawn sale type oI thing “
Jane Hartman, a lawyer (or
the Kennebec G*rl Scout Coun
cil, sad LaFaver is misinterpret
ing the law
The chips will fall Wednes
day, when Superior Court Jus
tice Donald Alexander is to rule
on the legality of the action.
University bookstore manager
gives campus cause to rejoice
Retailer: Discounts and the "Duck
Stop" are benefits offered to campus
Sean M Smith
For ttufi Oegon D&tty £trmf*kt
You're standing in a line that stretches bat k to
the Russian Literature section with 15 pounds of
hard-cover books in your little green Imsket As you
stand there grumbling about the cost of higher
education and fuming about your now-emptv Iwink
account you wonder "Who is the bookstore
bureaucrat lining his pockets with my hard-earned
cash?”
The answer is ... nobody.
The University Bookstore is an independent,
nonprofit corporation that channels its net income
into improved student servit es. increased student
and faculty discounts and improvement* to store
operations A board of dirt* tors, composed of night
students, two faculty tnemtwrs and a brxikstorn staff
member, control its operation.
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the
Ixtokstore, making it one of the oldest retailers In
Eugene. Store manager Jim Williams said University
students and faculty have many reasons to
celebrate.
Of the approximate 4.000 university bookstores
across the country, the University Itook.store is one
of fewer than 50 that provide student dis* mints on
textlxMiks, Williams said Many campus Ixxikstores
are owned by their universities and store profits
ore given to the universities rather than to the
students and faculty, he said.
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