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IN BRIEF
Two dead in Eastern
Oregon plane crash
LA GRANDE — An ultralight
plane crashed less than 200 yards
from Interstate 84 in Eastern Ore
gon, killing both people aboard, au
thorities said.
The plane went down just after
2 p.m. Saturday in the Ladd Canyon
area about 10 miles south of
La Grande.
The wreckage was found on a
steep hillside, according to
Capt. Craig Ward of the Union
County Sheriff's Office.
The victims were identified as
Ezra M. Ward, 71, and Keith G. Bird,
47, both of Spokane, Wash. Authori
ties don’t know who was at
the controls.
The men were both pilots and they
co-owned the plane, Ward said.
Witnesses told police that the
52-horsepower Challenger II seemed
to be having trouble in a snow
squall and was either following the
freeway or trying to land on it.
Ward said the strong winds and
heavy snow likely contributed
to the crash.
The investigation was being con
ducted by the sheriff’s office, the
Federal Aviation Administration and
the Oregon State Police.
— The Associated Press
OSU tuition grant in limbo
as group considers position
i he Llemens foundation froze its scholarships after
OSU's "leniency" toward certain football players
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CORVALLIS — The Clemens
Foundation is reconsidering its deci
sion to stop paying tuition for
roughly 150 students who attend
the university. The foundation
pulled the financial aid because its
officials were upset at the way the
university handled the recent ar
rests of several football players.
“Our board would like to be able
to assist Oregon State University
students in continuing their educa
tion,” said executive director Kelly
Howard. “They (the board mem
bers) are currently talking to stu
dents to try to accommodate them.”
The foundation, started more
than four decades ago by wealthy
timber couple Rex and Ethel
Clemens, picks up a four-year tu
ition tab for students from public
high schools in the Western Oregon
towns of Philomath, Alsea and Ed
dyville, and Crane in Eastern Ore
gon, where the Clemens family had
a cattle ranch.
The students attend schools across
the nation. At nearby Oregon State,
grants to students totaled more than
$2 million from 2000 to 2004, said the
foundation, which has more than
$28 million in assets, according to its
2003 financial report to the state.
When it decided to cut off the
money, board members made it
clear they were upset about the re
instatement of football players for
spring practice after they were sus
pended in recent months for run-ins
with the law.
“The university’s recent leniency
toward the unlawful conduct of cer
tain student athletes has tarnished
the school’s reputation as a charac
ter-building institution,” the letter
said. “Ignoring the fundamental prin
ciples of good citizenship does not set
a good example for students.”
At least eight players on coach
Mike Riley’s team have been in
volved in fights and other incidents
since November.
This was not the first time the
foundation suspended tuition
grants. In 2002, it cut off the pro
gram for Philomath High School
seniors, claiming the students
showed little respect for the town’s
timber heritage. The grants were lat
er reinstated.
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Students and staff are inuited to join a campus aduisory hoard which will help design programs and policies to reduce tohoacco use on campus,
[all Paula Staight at 346-2728 for more information.
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FPEP
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Call 346-22/0 or fill out the online application at http://liealthcenter.uoregon.edu tu see if you qualify.
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Olednesdays 4:45-5:45. April 13-Hay 18 in the Bouuerman Building Heritage Hall. Call 346-2268 for more information or 346-4456 to register.
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located in the Student Bee Center's Sport's Hedicine Clinic. Call 346-4150 for an appointment. Cost can be billed to your Oregon Hall account.
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