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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 13, 1995)
Legislature may repeal law SAt.KM |AP) Boars and cougars UUu* the stage as the Ore gon I-egislature opens this niwk Lawmakers are considering a bill that would taka the unusual step of repeating a law passed by the voters just last November Hearings tiegin Monday before .1 House sub* ommittee on House Bill 25M, whit h would overturn the initiative measure that banned using bait to hunt bear and using dogs to hunt bear and cougar. Hunters from rural areas are angry about the ballot measure, which passed mostly bet ause of votes in urban areas Foes of the measure say meth ods such as bait and dogs are needed to control a growing Supporters of the new law s restrictions argue that hunting methods are unsporting Other bills on the subject also have been introduced. House Majority l oader K.is Baum, R la (Irindr, sponsored a bill that would detav implemen tation of the law for two years Another hill would refund » osts of state ixsir and cougar huttt tag* for hunters who want to turn them ba< i Sponsors of the initiative mea sure say the repeal dim tissicm in the lajgislature could cause more petitioners to put their measures on the ballot as proposed consti tutional amendments Constitutional provisions i an't t» ijian$rHi by the legislature and Wwd voter approval for revisions More petition signatures are needed to put a proposed t on• stitutfonai amendment on (he hal lot than a statutory law Other highlight* of the l.egis lature* coming week and sum mary of last week's maior >X lion band ! se The Senate Water and Ijmd Ua« Committee Mill condui t a hearing Tuesday on restricting the state’s authority to appeal local land- use deci sions Autos — The Senate judicia ry Committee will hold a hearing Tuesday on allow ing forfeiture of autos operated by drunken dri vers who have prior convictions for major traffic offenses Solvent found in city’s water SPRINGFIELD (AP) — Trai e amounts of n sol vent believed to have come from n Weyerhaeuser Co. mill have been found in the citv’s drinking water. The tiny amount found in a Rainbow Water Dis trict well is far below federal standards and poses no risk to the public, utility officials said Tim Hanley, superintendent of the Rainbow Water District, said tests in February showed con tamination of less than one part per billion. "That's like a penny in a $10 million hn\ stack.” Iianley said. Still. Weyerhaeuser said it will pay for all tests on the ground water and wells, and will pay the full cost of any necessary cleanup. "We want to make sure water quality is protect ed,” said Keith Kuhus. environmental manager for Weyerhaeuser in Springfield. "We re concerned about the drinking water supply By acting now, we can prevent potential impacts" The Rainbow district provides water to about 6.000 people in north and ww! Springfield and sells water lo the Springfield Utility Board, which serves another D.IXKIcuttomnn in Springfield Sieve Loveland, general manager of the Spring field I Itility Hoard. praised Weverhamis*«r (or (Hung very fortht oming in tor kling the problems Ground water t ontamination was first disoov •red at the sit*' of Weyerhaeuser's mill in June 1993. after the company drilled about 40 test wells as part of an environmental awareness program, bonus said A two-year monitoring program discovered oil. diesel fuel, cleaning solvents and pent.tt hlorophe nol, a highly toxic wood preservative Weyerhaeuser and most other timlier companies haven't us*nl since the late 19Ht)s The company closed its plywood mill in the mid 1980s and its old-growth sawmill four yearn ago. It operates a pulp and paper mill, a particleboard plant and some logging-related facilities on the 500-acre site. OCA survey reveals committee rift ROSKBURG (API — A survey of school board candidates views on abortion and homosex utility has revealed u rift in the Douglas County Republican Committee, with some members alleging the Oregon Citizens Alliance has taken over. The survey was written by Vice Chairwoman Opal Van Kornmer, who also serves as the (X .Vs county director, and was distributed to .10 candidates last month on behalf of the iot a! GOP Mary Ann Winters, a member of tlie GOP executive board, said Fridas that she knew nothing about it until questioned hs a reporter last week See what position you have put me into?” Winters told Van komnter 'I would not do this you." Board secretary Kim Free said she also was surprised that the survey went out without disc us sion or vote. ”! fuel like I'm very uninformed nlmut what is going cm with this hoard.” she said Chairman Gordon Coons declined to comment on whether some members are being excluded from the deci sion-makmg process "1 guess I fee! like that's Republican busi ness. and I'm not ready to air that laundry in a public newspa per," he said Last November, OCA bat Led c andidates won nine of the t.t spots on the party’s executive board. Since then, some GOP insiders say they 're concerned the OCA majority is trying to run the party on its own "There are a few people mak ing most of the d<* noons, and we are hearing about it after the Cm t." Winters said "For having a vote. I don't have as much of a voice " r Group revives, fights state’s land-use laws CAP) Rapid growth and an ail-mil legislative assault on the stat*? s tough land us** laws have 1***1 to a resurgent ** in a 20 veir-old watchdog group founded by former Gov Loin M* (sill Mi'inlw'rship tit 1000 Friends ttf Oregon lias nearly doubled to 3,700 in less than a year Credit also can bo given to the return of Rolatrl Liberty, the lawyer who in the t'lHOs helped the group win three quarters of th*> * a si's it took on Liberty, at. left in lflW to take on nonsuiting work, but missed the fight lie returned last April to take over ns exes u live direc tor tIngoa is on lb* road to Stn lose." ht Mya of Oregon's rapid growth Hut if tile Legislature gels its way on these land use hills, we ll lie on a freeway to San Jose " Supporters say Lihertv has revived the organization Until Knliert look over. 1000 Friends had very mu* h drift ed away from the limelight, especially outside the Portland area." vivs Mien Fodor. president of Friends of Fugene 15% I Student Discount i ".Jilting Satire!" 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