NEWS BRIEF
Kucinich will speak tonight
at Knight Law Center
Democratic presidential candidate
Dennis Kucinich will be on campus
today to meet the public and discuss
issues such as academic freedoms re
lating to the USA PATRIOT Act, health
care, education funding and the war
in Iraq.
At 5 p.m., Kucinich will be in the
EMU Skylight for a meet-and-greet
session, said Leandra Bell-Matson,
from the Eugene campaign for
Kucinich.
At 7 p.m., he'll speak in Knight Law
Center 175 about education,
women's rights, civil liberties, fair
trade, renewable energy and environ
mental protections. Admission is free
and everyone is invited.
"He always welcomes the question
and-answer period," Bell-Matson said.
"And that's why he'll be on campus."
— Jared Paben
Residents can take free
emergency classes
Lane County residents can learn
how to help their families and neigh
bors in various emergency situations
by participating in the free Commu
nity Emergency Response Team train
ing program beginning April 20.
The Eugene Citizen Corps, Ameri
can Red Cross, Eugene Fire and
Emergency Medical Services Depart
ment and the city of Eugene's Emer
gency Manager Chuck Solin are co
ordinating and supervising the
eight-session course.
Solin said the Federal Emergency
Management Agency has made a ma
jor push to institute these courses in
the past couple of years.
Solin said Veneta and Creswell
have similar programs, which have
been successful.
He added that this training is very
important in the Eugene area because
if certain emergencies were to occur,
such as a major earthquake, the city
does not have enough trained emer
gency-response personnel to help
everyone. Therefore, this program
would provide many neighborhoods
with someone trained in emergencies
who could help until emergency pro
fessionals show up.
"The purpose of this program is to
give people skills so they can take care
of themselves and their neighbors in
an emergency situation," he said.
Solin said the residents seem to be
excited about the idea, adding that the
courses beginning on April 20 have
almost filled up.
He said if this first training session
fills, those still wanting to partici
pate will be put on a waiting list for
future courses.
Solin said he hopes this program
can get established in neighborhoods
throughout the Eugene area.
Upon completing the training, Solin
said volunteers will received safety
equipment and an ID stating they are
certified in emergency training.
— Lisa Catto
COMMUNITY
EMERGENCY
RESPONSE TEAM
COURSES
All courses take place from 6 p.m.
to 9 pm
April 20 - Disaster Preparedness
April 22-Fire Safety
April 27 - Disaster Medical Part 1
April 29 - Disaster Medical Part 2
May 4 - light Search and Rescue
May 6 - CERT Organization and
Disaster Psychology
May 11- .
Review
May 15 (tentative) - Disaster
Exercise
:
To register, call Chris Jensen
at 682-5665,
SOURCE: Otyof Eugene
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College Democrats host
tonight's tax forum
The College Democrats will spon
sor a public forum entitled "Balanced
Tax Reform in Oregon" today at 7
p.m. in McKenzie 240A.
The panel of speakers for the
event includes several state legisla
tors — Sen. Floyd Prozanski, Rep.
Phil Barnhart and Rep. Paul Holvey
— and University law Professor
Nancy Shurtz.
The panel will discuss Oregon's
continuing budget shortfalls and the
need for balanced tax reform in the
upcoming special session of the Ore
gon Legislature, especially considering
the voters' opposition to increases in
income taxes as seen by the defeats of
Measures 30 and 28.
The event is free and open to the
public.
—Jennifer Marie Bear
WATCH
April 3 through April 12
Theft and recoveries
Hie Department of Public Safety re
ceived three reports of burglary, 10
found-property reports, one report of
a bike impound, three reports of bike
theft and seven reports of larceny.
Disorderly conduct
DPS received five reports of disor
derly conduct, one report of skate
board stunting and two reports of an
arrest. DPS also received five reports
of a suspicious condition, eight re
ports of a suspicious subject and
nine reports of vandalism, two re
ports of criminal trespass and one
report of unlawful entry of a motor
vehicle.
Friday, April 9, 7:56 a.m.: DPS re
ceived a report of vandalism to DPS
vehicles.
Alcohol and drugs
DPS received two reports of drug
law violations and five reports of
liquor-law violations.
Monday, April 5, 1:00 a.m.: DPS re
ceived a report of subjects smoking
marijuana on the artificial-turf field.
Miscellaneous
DPS received three emergency call
reports, three reports of urinating in
public, five alarm reports and one re
port of an odor. DPS also received
two reports of an officer placing a
boot on a vehicle, two reports of a re
quest to remove a car boot and 15
tow requests: two from the visitor's
parking lot, two from the Carson
Hall turnaround, three from the
large Prince Lucien Campbell park
ing lot, one from H.P. Barnhart Hall,
one from the University Annex park
ing lot, one from the EMU visitor's
parking lot, two from the small PLC
parking lot, one from University
Street, one from Westmoreland
Apartments and one from Spencer
View Apartments.
Thursday, April 8,2:48 a.m.: DPS re
ceived a report of a subject running af
ter being spotted urinating in public.
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