Museum
collection
resurrected
The eclectic items
may he moved out
of storage at OSU
and into a new
building
The Associated Press
CORVALLIS — A popu
lar museum collection,
which counts among its
eclectic treasures one giant
stuffed moose, may finally
be moved out of the base
ment and back into the
public eye.
More than 60,000 arti
facts that make up the
Horner Museum have been
sealed in the Gill Coliseum
basement since 1995, a ca
sualty of tight budgets.
But Tuesday, Oregon
State University and the
Benton County Historical
Society signed an agree
ment transferring manage
ment and eventually own
ership of the collection over
to the society.
“It’s exciting to explore
the history thaf has been
locked away for the past
three years,” said Bill
Lewis, director of the Ben
ton County Historical Mu
seum and History Center.
Organizers selected Aug.
4 for the signing because it’s
the birthday of John
Horner, the collection’s
namesake. Born in 1856,
Horner wrote about local
history, taught classes at
OSU and collected artifacts.
Over the years the collec
tion grew into an eclectic
assortment of more than
60,000 pieces.
The historical society
plans to manage the collec
tion and raise money for a
new building to store the
artifacts. Once the building
is constructed, OSU will
give the collection to the so
ciety for display at its muse
um.
Until the storehouse is
built, people can view some
of the Homer pieces during
a special exhibition at the
history center. Titled “Trea
sures of the Homer Collec
tion,” the exhibition will be
on display through Novem
ber.
The exhibition’s curators
selected a variety of arti
facts to display, including
textiles, fossils and items
from the early Oregon set
tlement period and Native
American culture.
Keep it
Clean
Killer bees moving
farther into U.S.
Officials say the bees
have doubled their
California range during
the past four months
The Associated Press
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Reacting
to signs that so-called killer bees
have spread to the doorstep of
population centers in California
and Nevada, Riverside County au
thorities met Wednesday to talk
about defensive steps.
The agriculture commissioner
in San Diego County, meanwhile,
said Africanized honeybees had
colonized as far west as Campo, a
small town 40 miles east of the city
of San Diego.
“There have been stinging inci
dents in other parts of California,
Arizona and Texas," Commission
er Kathleen Thuner told residents
via press release. “Eventually we
will have the same problems.”
Recent sightings confirm that
Africanized honeybees have tak
en advantage of a wet spring and a
profusion of pollen sources to
surge north toward Las Vegas, to
flank the greater Los Angeles basin
with a push into the northern
deserts and to cover all the desert
areas of San Diego County.
In the past four months, the bees
have doubled their range in Cali
fornia and have now colonized at
least 12,810 square miles, accord
ing to agricultural authorities.
Hives may be found anywhere
from eastern San Diego County to
Henderson, Nev., and Barstow to
Yuma, Ariz.
“There seems to be a lot more
bee activity,” said Cal Kaminskas,
assistant agricultural commission
er for Riverside County, which
stretches from the Colorado River
to the eastern fringe of Los Ange
les. “We figured it was time to get
back to business.”
The task force, similar to one in
neighboring San Bernardino
County, helps local agencies re
spond to killer bees, warns of im
minent danger and ensures that
county employees take precau
tions.
Spreading northward from
Brazil in 1956 after they were in
troduced from Africa, the aggres
sive bees arrived in California in
1994. Deserts have confined them
to a sparsely populated area from
the Colorado near Blythe to El
Centro and parts of the Coachella
Valley.
Heavy rain and desert flowers
helped them expand this spring.
Swarms so far have killed six
people in Texas and Arizona.
Chemicals contained
after train derailment
The accident occurred in
a remote area of Eastern
Washington on Tuesday
The Associated Press
WASHTUCNA, Wash. — Work
crews picked up debris Wednes
day and began lifting 21 derailed
Burlington Northern Santa Fe
freight train cars, including one
that contained a hazardous chemi
cal.
A train derailment Tuesday sent
21 of 94 cars barreling off the track
near this Eastern Washington
town.
No injuries resulted from the
derailment, which left 15 freight
cars on their sides while six others
remained upright, Burlington
Northern spokesman Gus Mel
onas said.
The track, which was closed
late Tuesday, was expected to re
open late Thursday, Melonas said.
State hazardous chemical ex
perts were on the scene Wednes
day to supervise the cleanup of a
car carrying 17,000 gallons of tita
nium tetrachloride, said Jani
Gilbert, a spokeswoman with the
state Department of Ecology.
There was no chemical leakage,
although some steel pipes were
spilled and some of the sand, alu
minum and plastic that the train
was carrying might have escaped
or been damaged, Melonas said.
The chemical was to be
pumped from its original car and
transferred to another container
for disposal, Gilbert said.
Titanium tetrachloride, used to
make titanium metal and paint, is
a colorless to pale yellow liquid
with a strong odor. The chemical
is extremely irritating to skin, eyes
and lungs.
Union Pacific Railroad, which
owns the track, executed the
cleanup.
No previous derailments had
occurred at that location, said
Union Pacific spokesman Mike
Furtney.
The derailed train was one of
several that Burlington Northern
was running on Union Pacific
owned track while Burlington’s
own track was undergoing main
tenance, Melonas said.
The train derailed in a remote,
sparsely populated area along the
Snake River.
The cause of the derailment was
under investigation, Melonas said.
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