News Digest
Court reverses Boise Cascade
award in owl logging case
1 SALEM — The Oregon Court
of Appeals on Wednesday
overturned a $2 million damage
award to Boise Cascade and
against the state involving a tem
porary logging ban on company
land inhabited by northern spot
ted owls.
The court said the trial court
erred in excluding the state’s de
fense that the company had not
sought a so-called incidental take
permit from the federal govern
ment.
The permit would have given
the state leeway to allow some
logging jdespite die owl’s status as
an endangered species.
Portland attorney Phillip
Chadsey said the company will
appeal to the Oregon Supreme
Court.
State Department of Forestry
rules banned logging on a 56-acre
company timber parcel in Clat
sop County to protect owls that
were nesting on the site.
Boise Cascade sought the dam
ages on grounds the prohibition
deprived it of income and
amounted to a taking of property
that entided it to compensation.
The state argued that the case
was prematurely in court because
Boise Cascade hadn’t tried to get
the federal permit.
The permit would have al
lowed, but not required, the state
to grant an exception to require
ments for protecting owl nesting
sites.
The court didn’t allow the state
to make that defense, and a jury in
1997 decided the restrictions de
stroyed the company’s ability to
make a profit from its land.
S.C. governor offers holiday
if NAACP calls off boycott
2 COLUMBIA, S.C. — Gov. Jim
Hodges has a deal for the
NAACP — back off a boycott of
South Carolina to force the re
moval of the Confederate flag
from the Statehouse dome and he
will push for a Rev. Martin
Luther King Jr. holiday.
Hodges made the proposal
Wednesday during a speech at an
Equal Opportunity Day banquet.
“The governor is either very
ill-informed or insulting in his
intent,” said Rev. Joe Darby, pas
tor of the state’s largest African
Methodist Episcopalian congre
gation, Charleston’s Morris
Brown AME Church.
Black leaders have for years
called on the state to remove the
Confederate battle flag, which
many consider a symbol of
racism and slavery, but state law
makers — who would have to
vote to remove the flag — have
rejected all attempts.
To press the issue, the NAACP
called for a tourism boycott of the
state to begin Jan. 1. So far, at
least 80 groups have canceled
meetings in the state.
Hodges said the creation of a
King holiday would be a first step
toward the mutual respect need
ed for discussions to bring down
the flag.
“The more strident the
rhetoric, the more shrill head
lines, the less likely we can make
progress toward a final resolu
tion,” he said.
Charges dismissed against
Swiss boy accused of incest
3 GOLDEN, Colo. — A Swiss
American boy accused of mo
lesting his sister was freed
Wednesday by a judge who said
the 11-year-old’s right to a speedy
trial was violated.
Raoul Wuthrich planned to
leave for Switzerland as soon as
possible to join his parents, who
left the United States with the al
leged victim and their two other
children after the boy’s Aug. 30
arrest.
“Raoul is thrilled,” lawyer Dar
by Moses said.
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Calendar
Thursday, Nov. 11
■ Music Student Forum Lecture:
Acclaimed pianist Robert Levin,
Harvard, discusses “Who Cares
If Classical Music Dies?” Noon,
Beall Concert Hall. Free admis
sion. For information, browse
musicl.uoregon.edu or call 346
5678.
■ Spanish Civil War Panel: Dis
cussion of Spanish Civil War po
etry and prose as part of this
fall’s interdisciplinary and com
munity event, “Looking Back:
The Spanish Civil War.” 7 p.m.
EMU Ben Linder Room. Free ad
mission. For information, call
Bonnie Roos, 346-0522.
■ Reading/Book Signing: Au
thor Chuck Palahniuk reads
from his new novel, “Invisible
Monsters.” 7:30 p.m. Browsing
Room, Knight Library. For infor
mation, call Tom Gerald at 346
4331.
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