Education plan receives federal support
SAI.KM (AP) — Bai ker* of Ongon'i con
troveraiel education reform act brought in
U S Education S« rotary Richard Rtley and
U S. Sen Mark Hatfield on Monday to
drum up support for the plait
Proposals are being considered by the
Republican-controlled l egislature to alter
or repeal the law passed during the 1091
session
Riley and Hatfield. R-Ofw . spoke at an education forum at
Willamette University sponsored In state education and business
coalitions.
The two also met with student leaders from across the stale and
met with Gov John kitzhaber and several business leaders
"Oregon is indeed in the forefront of education in this country."
Riley said "We can honestly snv we are starting to turn the corner
from a nation at risk to being a nation on the move, and I am swung
that here."
Ri lev said Oregon’s plan for edu< a I ion reform vs as the first to gain
approval for federal financing from his office The slate will get $4 l
million to retrain teai hers and upgrade technology
Riley said Oregon also was the first of six states t hosen for a pro
gram allowing mow flexibility in spending federal education aid.
'I think that Oregon is headed in the right direction." Rilev said
"A promise not to leave anybody behind yvitl put Oregon ahead in
the 21st century."
Republican leaders tn both the House and Senate said they intend
to continue effort* to at least modify the law Kitchaber ha* said he
would veto any effort to overturn it
"You don't throw it out. but you i rrtainly r*»* ogttize that there are
time changes or improvements that need to be made," said House
Speaker Bev ('.larno, K Bend
If this isn't to be repealed on a statewide ballot, I think we ought
to work diligently to trv to reform it until it enjoys public support."
said Senate President Gordon Smith. R-Pend let on.
The House sulx ommittee on education next week w ill Ixigin work
on several hills to revise the law
The reform act emphasises abilities and • reative thinking over tra
ditional grades and credit hours High si hool students must earn a
i ertifii ale of initial mastery and a i ertificate of advnnt ed mastery
to graduate
Hai kers say the plan will prepare students to i omjiete for jobs on
a global level Opponents argue the (dan waters down traditional
si hool curriculum and will take away lex al control of m hoots
Replacements may face ban from Kinqdome
OLYMPIA (AP) — Ken Griffey
Jr. and fellow Seattle Mariners
lay Buhner and Jeff Nelson Irav
eled to the state capital Monday
to hack two hills aimed at keep
ing replacement baseball players
out of Seattle's Kingdoms
“Who do the fans want to see.
do they want to see Ken Griffey
Ir.. or old former softball play
ers?” Nelson told a news confer
ence attended by his two
teammates and former Mariners
David Henderson of the Kansas
City Royals and Krii Hansen of
the Cincinnati Reds The event
was staged by the Service
Employees Union.
House Bill lH iH. sponsored bv
Rep ken Jacobsen. I) Seattle,
would ban replacement players
outright at the kingdom**
"The American people own
the game of baseball and
replacement players are a com
plate travesty." Jacobsen told
reporters
The second hill. SBS7B6,
would roquire what sponsoring
Son Mike Heaves. D-Seattle,
t ails "truth in advertising "
Under hi* measure, a team
could not advertise it is playing
major league baseball unless ?.r>
percent of the player* were
members of a major-league team
on Aug t •!. 1904. the unv play
ers went on strike
I he Seattle Mariners should
not be allowed to pass replace
ment games as major league
baseball." Heavey said
Griffey told the gathering that
baseball owners art' "trying to
break the players union
He said the players tie fore him
have fought for current players’
rights, and he and others should
fight for the rights of future play
ers
Griffey said the owners are
not bargaining in gosxl faith.
"I mean the president of the
United States could not settle
the strike,' he said
Flooding causes slides, recedes in Washington
SEATTLE (AF) — Hood
warnings remained in effect
Mondav for five Puget Sound
area rivers and the Yakima
River, imt the worst of this
round of flooding was over.
"It looks like the waters are
going down," said spokesman
Mark Stewart with the state
Emergency Management Divi
sion.
"We got a lot of rainfall, hut it
could have been worse," Stew
art said Monday.
A Mason County shelter for
evacuees was closed Monday
after two or thrift nights of oper
ation. Stewart said. The
Skokomish River, which hod
threatened homes there, was
expected to crest by the end of
the day as were other swollen
rivers on the west side of the
state. the National Weather Sor
vice said.
In addition, county emer
gency operations (.enters were
closed in Snohomish and King
counties, Stewart said
Rivers across the Puget Sound
region spilled over their banks
Sunday, driven by heavy rain
and unseasonably high tempera
tures that melted mountain
snow pat ks
Hast of the mountains, the
Yakima River was expected to
continue rising until Wednes
day, said National Weather Ser
vice forecaster Doug McDonnal
There was minor flooding
Monday on Ahtanurn Creek just
south of Yakima and along Top
penish Creek in the lower Yaki
ina Valley. !he weather service
said Some road closure were
reported and a few homes wore
threatened hv the rising waters
On the w est side of the state,
“most of the rivers are already
falling. We're just kind of wait
ing for them to fall lielow flood
stage," when flood warnings
w ill he lifted M<.Donnal said
While rain was expen ted to
continue, precipitation was not
expected to be significant "ns far
as the rivers go."
And temperatures were drop
ping as a weak cold front
entered the state s northwest
comer and begun making its
way east, he said Freezing lev
els in the Casi ade and Qlympii
mountains — which rose as high
as 10,000 feel over the weekend.
swelling area rivers with melt
ml snow were coming down
and expm ted to nint h 5,(MM) feet
b\ ruesduv. Mi I Minimi said
Flood w arnings were canceled
Monday for the Cedar and
Nkookumchuck rivers, for the
( hnhalis River in lewis ( ounlv,
and for Hangman Creek in
Spokane (bounty
In addition to the Skokornish.
flood warnings remained in
effect but were expm ted to be
lifted by the end of the day at
The Snohomish River in
Snohomish County
The Snoqualmie River in
Ring County
— The Chehahs River in
I hurslon and Grays Harbor
counties
The Klickitat River in
Kin kitat County.
HEALTH
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least four i>®op!» who had
more than one sax partner
last year
Knox said many college
students follow what he
t ails "serial monogamy."
"They think they are in
a monogamous relation*
ship, but the relationship
may only last six months.
Then they enter another
monogamous relationship
for another six months,
and so on." he said.
“In reality, they have a
few sex partners each
year,” Knox said. "They
just tend to forget about
the other relationships
they have been in."
The study showed that
men reported more sex
partners: 51 percent
claimed six or more, com
pared with 25 percent of
women And 2H percent of
men reported at least 11
sex partners, compared to
it) percent of woman
Yet 25 percent of those
surveyed said they did not
know their partner's sexu
al history, a key factor in
determining risk And
those who think they
know may lx< wrong. The
survey found that only 1H
percent of women under
age 30 believe their part
ner has had sex with five
other people, while 42
percent of men that age
claim they have
The survey concluded
that 02 percent of men and
half of the women polled
are at moderate or high
risk of catching a sexually
transmitted disease But
75 percent said they
weren't worried about it.
02 percent said they know
very little about such dis
eases and 46 percent of
those at highest risk said
they never use a condom.
Knox said the health
center's peer education
department also tries to
emphasize how drugs nod
alcohol affect sexual deci
sion making, and can con
tribute to higher risk
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