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Raptors: Survival hinges on fear of people
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to the three-and-a-half-acre wooded
lot off of Fox Hollow Road 11 years
ago and now has plans to relocate to
a 20-acre site on Mount Baldy off of
Dillard Road in Eugene.
Long-term supporters made the
land available to the center for sub
stantially below market value. The
gift is typical of the support the CRC
receives. Of the $85,000 average
yearly budget, 53 percent comes
from donations and 27 percent
comes from grants.
Applying for grants is a task Cog
gins invests much time and interest
in. In spring 2004, the Kinsman
Foundation awarded a grant to the
CRC to fund Coggins’ salary for a
year, plus benefits.
“We always could use more fund
ing and more help. It’s a lot of work,”
she said.
Grant writing is just one of the
many hats she wears as an employee
of a nonprofit organization.
In addition to being the assistant di
rector, Coggins is the bird handling
trainer, the volunteer coordinator and
the event coordinator. She also serves
as a guide to educate center visitors.
“I think you could take any one of
the hats I wear and make it a full-time
job,” she said.
The center advocates education as a
means of conservation. Coggins and
the 65 volunteers frequently host
groups ranging from 40 students to a
single interested citizen.
“Education is the most important
thing we do,” she said.
This is an opinion that may not be
shared by the roughly 1,275 birds the
center has rehabilitated and released
since its incorporation. That means 50
to 60 percent of the birds brought in for
care are released.
“That’s a number we are proud of,”
Coggins said.
Humans cause most of the injuries
Coggins sees.
“The number one survival skill for
birds is to learn a fear of humans,”
Coggins said.
Barbed wire, cars, window strikes,
pesticides and hunting are just a few
reasons for birds to fear humans.
Possibly the same reasons for birds
to fear humans are the reasons Cog
gins gets to explore her passion in such
depth. As she said, nothing in the wild
dies of old age.
Town hall: Senators address torture of prisoners
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said. “Some of those states think they
have a serious problem, but they don’t
know how serious that problem is go
ing to get.”
The Oregon State Legislature will
address the need for new laws to fight
the spread of meth addiction during
this year’s legislative session.
“You will see us draft a bill to
gether that will nationalize the fight
against meth,” Smith said, calling
the drug “a plague that will destroy
a generation of American minds if
something is not done.”
Wyden also talked about the need to
prevent any further torturing of Guan
tanamo Bay prisoners, saying it is nec
essary to have an attorney general who
can clearly define what terrorism is.
Wyden said he had reviewed Attor
ney General Nominee Alberto Gonza
lez’s testimony before the Senate Ju
diciary Committee and “found his
answers to be totally unsatisfactory. ”
Gonzalez did not give a straightfor
ward answer to the question of
whether circumstances exist that justi
fy the torture of prisoners, Wyden said,
and it is crucial that terrorism be
fought without “leaving the world
puzzled as to how the United States
defines torture.”
Smith said it is crucial to uphold
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Sen. Ron Wyden addressed issues such as
methamphetamine abuse and campaign
finance reform Monday night.
international laws on terror because
it helps prevent the torture of the na
tion’s own soldiers, but he said the
world must come together to draft a
definition of torture because not
everyone adheres to the unwritten
rules of civilization.
“We need to gather the world com
munity together to talk about how we
can better define this standard and get
all nations willing to be civilized to
abide by them,” Smith said.
Eugene citizen Jacob Landin
asked the senators about the need
for fair elections in the United States
and expressed his disdain that nei
ther had contested the election re
sults during the Senate’s approval of
the electoral vote.
Smith said he did not feel the elec
tion results were in need of contesting.
“You always get your say but you
don’t always get to win,” Smith said.
Wyden said he shares some of the
concerns that have been expressed
over the election and said fair elections
should be tied in with campaign fi
nance reform.
“There is no reason, none whatso
ever, why there isn’t a paper trail for
every vote in America,” Wyden said.
Also addressed during the meeting
were affordable health care for the
small-business community and the
need to deal with mental health issues
on the same level as physical health.
The senators fielded questions for
more than an hour and spent a few
moments after the meeting to talk
with those who weren’t able to ask
their questions.
“This is what Oregon’s all about,
making government work at a grass
roots level,” Wyden said.
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IN BRIEF
Longhouse opens
its doors today
The University Many Nations
Longhouse, a project 20 years in the
making, is being dedicated and
opened today. The project is a collab
orative effort between the University
and the nine federally recognized
tribes of Oregon. The Many Nations
Longhouse is located in the same
place as the previous longhouse,
near the University School of Law.
The longhouse project is a part of
the Native American Initiative start
ed by former University President
Myles Brand and continued by Pres
ident Dave Frohnmayer. The initia
tive and the longhouse are a part of
the University’s commitment to the
study and appreciation of American
Indian culture and history.
The dedication ceremony will be
at 11:30 a.m. today at the long
house, located at 1630 Columbia St.
After the public dedication and
opening ceremony, there will be a
salmon feast courtesy of the Con
federated Tribes of Warm Springs.
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