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
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