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—Q—o h e w e b www.dailyemerald.com Wednesday An independent newspaper KocKy Mountain High f The men’s hoops team survives a scare in the alti tude of Denver to move to 2-0 on the year. PAGE 5 Poise with a purpose University junior Endia Abrante will compete Nov. 26 in the Miss USA preliminary pageant. PAGE 4 Since 1900 University of 0 regon Eugene, Oregon November 22,2000 Volume 102, Issue 61 Have a safe holiday The Emerald is tak ing a short break until Nov. 27. Read Monday’s is sue for a complete update on the recount results in Florida. Court rules show must go on in Florida Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris must accept hand-counted ballots until Sunday, at the earliest By Linda Deutsch AP Special Correspondent TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday night that manual recounts may continue in the state’s contested presidential election until Sunday or Monday, when a final statewide vote must be certified. The 42-page ruling was a set back for Republican George W. Bush, who holds a 930-vote lead in the state that stands to settle the race for the White House. It also gave hope to Al Gore, who is slow ly eroding his rival’s lead as re counts continue in three counties at the Democrat’s initiative. “We will move forward now with a full, fair and accurate count of the ballots in question,” the vice president said a short while after the ruling was issued. “I don’t know what those ballots will show. I don’t know whether Gov ernor Bush or I will prevail.” There was no immediate reac tion from the Bush campaign. In its ruling, the court rejected Florida Secretary of State Kather ine Harris’ insistence that a dead line fixed in state law prevented her from accepting amended re turns after Nov. 14. “Twenty-five years ago, this court commented that the will of the people, not a hyper-technical reliance upon statutory provi sions, should be our guiding prin ciple in election cases,” the court ruled. “We consistently have adhered to the principle that the will of the people is the paramount consider ation.” While the ruling clarified one is sue — that the recounts may con tinue at least until Sunday, it touched on other questions with out resolving them. These includ ed the standards by which imper fectly marked ballots should be counted; the fate of more than 1,000 overseas ballots thrown out last week, and the question of how a challenge might proceed to Har ris’ eventual certification of a win ner in the state that stands to pick the next president. Turn to Elections page 4 (( We will move for ward now with a full and accurate count... Al Gore Vice President yy Sterling Wallis (left), owner of Momma Ida’s Southern Grill in Springfield, and Gee McKeegan majoring in culinary arts at LCC, prepare turkeys for the Whiteaker Thanksgiving community dinner. Sharing food and thanks community dinners provide common ground and good food by Micnaei j. Kieckner Oregon Daily Emerald Thanksgiving weekend usually finds students boarding planes and trains to go visit relatives. But for those staying in Eu gene and feeling orphaned, free dinners in the Whiteaker neighborhood and in Springfield offer a chance to participate in a different sense of family. Volunteer positions helping to serve the dinners are full, but as Beverly Farfan, the organizer for the 13th Annual Whiteaker Community Dinner said, just sitting and eating with others is highly valued. “The most important thing,” Farfan said, “is people coming together — com munity coming together.” The dinner’s theme, as always, is Neighbors Helping Neighbors. The event, held in the Whiteaker Elementary School at 21 N. Grand St., serves nearly 2,000 people every year. Farfan said food isn’t the only thing offered: Clothing, blankets and sundries are also given to those in need. Toiletries are especially needed, and Farfan suggests that people who want to help bring soap, shampoo or toothpaste. For more information on do nations and volunteering, call 485-8179. Donation or not, anyone is welcome, regardless of need. The event runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. A varied cross-section of community members enjoys the meal, said Farfan, and more than 500 volunteers donate their time. “You might be serving or sitting down to eat next to someone who is homeless,” Turn to Dinner, page 4 Some people get their turkey fix year round ■ To some, gobblers mean much more than just a tasty seasonal treat By Monica Hande Oregon Daily Emerald As Thanksgiving approaches, turkey is on the minds of many individuals who plan to partake in the annual feast. But to some people, a turkey means more than a succu lent meal. Bob Bush is one such person. He misses his pet turkey, Tina, which he recently had to put to sleep because it be came sick. Bush and his family, who live just outside of Eugene, hadn’t had any experience raising fowl before they took in Tina. The Bushes’ neighbor raised turkeys, and the fam ily ended up raising one when it roamed onto their prop erty. Dawn Wrigley, manager of the City Center Cat and Bird Clinic downtown, said it’s not incredibly uncommon to see turkeys as pets. She said she sees many of them in the clinic. Although most of the turkeys that visit the clinic are from farms, the clinic regularly sees two turkeys that are pets. Few people actually seek a pet turkey though, Wrigley said. “I don’t know anybody who wakes up in the morning and says, ‘I want a turkey as a pet,”’ she said, and added that most pet turkey owners just happen upon them and end up becoming emotionally attached to them. Such was the case with Bush. Although he didn’t seek Tina out, Bush said he was happy he did come across his pet. Fortunately, he said, Tina fit into his family pretty well. The bird got along nicely with his children and even with his Labrador. “They used to chase each other around,” Bush said of his dog and his turkey. In fact, he said, they kind of be came friends. Actually, Tina was pretty friendly with everyone in the family. “She would allow anyone to pet her,” Bush said, even during the laying season, when turkeys are usually rather antisocial. Tina would even chase an apple or a ball when it was thrown for her. “Basically, she was just a people turkey,” he said. Steve Rose, who raises turkeys on his Alpine farm, agreed that the birds are very congenial. “They’re very social animals,” he said. “Like many birds, they’ll imprint to humans.” Rose’s favorite turkey breed is the Bourbon Red, which has brownish to dark red plumage and white in the wings. Rose said the Bourbon Red is a very sociable turkey, as op Turn to Turkey, page 3 it They’re very social animals. Like many birds, they’ll imprint to humans. Steve Rose Turkey Farmer yy
