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LTD raises prices
You could ride a bus Saturday if
you have only a dollar. Try to ride
with a buck on Sunday, though, and
you might have to walk instead.
The Lane Transit District is rais
ing bus fares Sunday, but the
change shouldn't be too dramatic
for regular bus riders.
A regular adult fare will go up
from $1.00 to $1.25, while day
passes will increase from $2.00 to
$2.50. Youth and senior tickets will
increase from $.50 to $.60, while
youth and senior day passes will
increase from $1.00 to $1.20. Youth
tickets are for 5-18-year-olds, and
senior tickets are for ages 62-79.
LTD riders can still save money
on tokens, monthly passes and
three-month passes. Five-packs of
tokens still cost $4.25, monthly
passes cost $28.00 and three-month
passes cost $65.00. LTD will also
continue special iares for Medicare
recipients, children under four,
seniors over 80 and those with dis
abilities.
Free HIV testing, counseling
available today
The Lane County Public Health of
fice is offering free HIV testing and
counseling today at its office on 135
E. 6th Ave. Testing will be offered all
day and counseling will be available
from 9 to 11 a.m. The testing com
memorates National HIV Testing
Day, which was June 27.
Legislature passes
financial aid grants
As the two-year budget for state
universities moves closer to Gov.
John Kitzhaber’s desk, The Oregon
Legislature has passed two grants
that increase funding to help stu
dents relieve the burden of the up
coming fall tuition hike.
House Bill 5015 includes
$500,000 of federal money for the
Student Child Care Block Grant,
and the Human Resources Subcom
mittee allocated $1 million to the
Student Block Grant. Both will
come before the governor in the
coming weeks.
Emeralds rained out
For only the fourth time in more
than six years of Northwest base
ball, the Eugene Emeralds were
rained out at Civic Stadium Tues
day night.
The Ems, currently last in the
Northwest League’s West Division
with a 2-5 record, dropped their
first two home games to the Van
couver Canadians. Tuesday’s game
with the Canadians will be made
up in Vancouver Aug. 26.
Eugene will play three games at
Salem-Keizer starting tonight, then
return home for a five-game stand
against Yakima. That series con
cludes with the July Fourth fire
works show Wednesday.
Meditation music company sues Napster
By Andrew Kramer
The Associated Press
PORTLAND — A company that
sells meditation music has filed a
federal lawsuit against the file
swapping Internet site Napster, al
leging that a warning notice includ
ed with its product is omitted in the
Napster version.
The light and airy flute music,
with sounds of birds and running
water in the background, may pose
a danger to drivers or heavy ma
chinery operators who could fall
asleep from the mellow tracks, ac
cording to documents filed Mon
day in Portland’s U.S. District
Court.
The Beaverton-based Center
pointe Research Institute, which
specializes in meditation music
and materials, asks Napster for pro
tection against liability associated
with the downloaded files.
“Having Napster giving this out
for free puts us in a position of peo
ple using this who don’t know
what this will do,” said Bill Harris,
Centerpointe’s founder. “It’s not
just like listening to music.”
Napster declined Wednesday to
comment on the lawsuit.
The case was a new twist on
Napster’s legal troubles, which
have focused mostly on copyright
infringement, said Harris’ attorney
Robert Dorband.
“Having Napster giving this
out for free puts us in a
position of people using this
who don’t know what this
will do. It’s not just like
listening to music.”
Bill Harris
founder,
Centerpointe Research Institute
Napster, which is based in Red
wood City, Calif., is currently strik
ing deals with record companies
for legal music distribution.
The Portland lawsuit also seeks
losses from copyright abuse, and al
leges Napster used two registered
trademarks, Holosync and The
End, without permission. It also
claims Napster used the labels to
falsely identify meditation music
not made by Centerpointe.
Harris said he found copies of his
recordings “Immersion” and “The
Dive,” from a package of relaxation
music called “The Awakening Pro
logue,” swirling about on Napster’s
Web site last spring, and that Nap
ster did not remove the files when
he asked.
“The Awakening Prologue” sells
for $149 per cassette and $159 per
CD and includes instructions and
access to a telephone hot line for
meditation questions.
“I consider them giving this
away to people stealing,” Harris
said.
Harris said he first became inter
ested in meditation in the 1970s
and practiced the discipline with
friends. He said he designed the
music to ease stress and bring lis
teners into a mental state verging
on sleep for health benefits.
Harris said he was not aware of
accidents involving drivers who
were listening to “The Awakening
Prologue” since the recording went
on sale in 1990, but “for legal rea
sons, we have to say this takes you
out of your usual state of conscious
ness.”
News wire brief
Police find escaped prisoner
sleeping in Springfield home
SPRINGFIELD — Police found a
man who escaped from a mini
mum-security prison last week
sleeping in a house here.
Martin Elery Beal, 31, walked
away from a work site near Scio
Mill on Friday.
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Beal was charged with escape
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Police believe he may have helped
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Beal was serving time for burgla
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Police on Wednesday were still
investigating the car theft that led to
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