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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.
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(( We will
move for
ward now
with a full
and
accurate
count...
Al Gore
Vice President
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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,”
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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
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very social
animals.
Like many
birds,
they’ll
imprint to
humans.
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Turkey
Farmer yy