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Candidate prepares to seek re-election
■ The Eugene Democrat wishes to continue working in
her community and making a difference for students
By Darren Freeman
Oregon Daily Emerald
Rep. Vicki Walker, D-Eugene,
filed Tuesday to seek re-election to
the post, which represents much
of the Eugene, Springfield and
Coburg area.
Walker will be unopposed in
May’s primary election, but Re
publican Wes Collins, a Eugene
construction supervisor, has filed
to challenge Walker in the Novem
ber general election.
A member of the State House of
Representatives since 1998, Walk
er said she hopes to serve another
term and continue tackling the is
sues facing her district.
Collins declined to discuss his
candidacy, saying it is too early in
the race.
Walker, who has served on the
House Interim Transportation,
Trade and Economic Develop
ment and Legislative Counsel
committees, said she has worked
closely with state university stu
dents on such issues as higher ed
ucation funding, financial aid and
cultural diversity.
“She’s very understanding of
the issues facing students, and
she’s been a strong advocate,”
ASUO state affairs coordinator Ar
lie Adkins said. Both of Walker’s
children attend college. Her son,
Adam, attends the University.
Walker said she plans to soon
meet with University President
Dave Frohnmayer to discuss facul
ty salaries. She said the Oregon leg
islature boosted Uhiversity funding
last year, and she would like to see
that money used to pay faculty.
“I’d hate to lose good instructors
to other states and colleges,” said
Walker, a 1978 University graduate.
Campus issues Walker hopes to
address include diversity, provid
ing affordable day care services for
children of students and boosting
student voter turnouts.
In the community at large,
Walker said that if she were re
elected, she would continue
working to create and improve
suicide prevention programs and
increasing awareness of and re
strictions on the use of pesticides
in the state.
After graduating from the Uni
versity, Walker completed a court
reporting program at Lane Com
munity College and has worked as
a court reporter since 1983.
Dick Deers, who served with
Walker on the Cal Young Neighbor
hood Association, said Walker is
committed to meeting the needs of
her con
stituents.
“She’s re
sponsive and
able to work
toward the
goal of get
ting a project
done,” he
said.
Walker
said that she
has found
politics to be a way to make the
difference in society that she al
ways wanted to make.
“I love what I do. I’ve always en
joyed helping people, and this is the
perfect job to do it,” she said.
Firefighter’s motive in shooting still unknown
By Teresa M. Walker
The Associated Press
MEMPHIS, Tenn. —Memphis
was a city in mourning Thursday
— flags flew at half-staff, bou
quets of flowers were placed on
fire hall steps and firefighters and
law officers wore black bands
across their badges.
All were in memory of two fire
fighters and a sheriff’s deputy who
were slain Wednesday — alleged
ly by one of their comrades, fire
fighter Fred Williams — in a ram
page that has angered and
saddened this Mississippi River
city.
“It’s just so shocking,” said
Pam McFarlin, who took food to
firefighters at Fire Station No. 55
and brought a bouquet of flowers
to the home where the men were
shot. “We all just feel so bad.”
Williams, 41, ambushed the
firefighters as they arrived to fight
a blaze at his home, authorities
said. Williams’ wife, Stacey, was
found shot to death in the garage.
Investigators said they were
still looking for a motive. They
were trying to determine whether
Williams set the fire to lure fire
fighters to the home or to cover
up his wife’s death. It was also
unclear’whether Williams made
the 911 call to report the fire, Po
lice Director Walter Crews said.
Williams, a six-year veteran of
the fire department, was shot in
the groin by a police officer when
he refused to put down his
weapon, authorities said.
Williams was under police guard
at a hospital in critical condition.
Authorities plan to charge him
Friday but did not give specifics.
Witnesses said that when fire
fighters arrived at the burning
home, Williams ran out of the
garage firing a shotgun and
screaming, “Get away! Get
away!”
Killed were firefighter Lt, Javier
Lerma, 41, the son of a Memphis
firefighter who died battling a
blaze,in 1977, and Pvt. William
Blakemore, 48, a firefighter who
was working for a sick colleague,
possibly Williams, Crews said.
Williams did not work at the
same station as the men who were
killed, but they probably knew
each other. Firefighters often cover
shifts of sick comrades at other sta
tions, Fire Chief H.J. Pickett said.
Williams had returned to work
Monday after taking a leave of ab
sence for “employee assistance,”
Crews said, not providing details.
Williams left work early Monday,
claiming he was sick, and had not
returned for shifts Tuesday or
Wednesday.
The fire chief wouldn’t discuss
Williams’ work history or his
leave of absence.
Crews said the couple had mar
ried on Valentine’s Day and
Williams moved into the house
this week. He faced a court hearing
next week on a domestic violence
charge from October involving
Mrs. Williams, then his fiancee.
Details were not available.
Herman Harrison, Mrs.
Williams’ former husband, told
The New York Times that he was
trying to get custody of his 8-year
old son, who was living at the
house. The boy was in school
when the shooting occurred and
was taken to Harrison’s sister.
Neighbors had reported seeing
smoke coming from the house and
alerted Williams, but he said every
thing was fine, authorities said.
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