TO THE EDITOR
recreation.
This is not to suggest that there are not sta-
ble, well-paying jobs to be had. As Mr.
Vranizan notes, issues such as “how to manage
NW forests in an ecologically sound, socially
acceptable, politically sustainable way” have
not been resolved. The rekindled controversy
about logging old growth forests, however,
shifts resources away from where nearly
everyone agrees they should be spent on
restoring complexity and resiliency to our pub-
lic forests.
We must reduce fuels near homes and com-
munities. We must replace culverts that impair
fish passage. We must thin hundreds of thou-
sands of acres of young, dense stands that were
clearcut and planted decades ago. These proj-
ects will produce wood fiber and jobs, as well
as promote the development of forests that
support wildlife and clean water.
ONRC actively promotes these alternatives
to logging ancient forests and wildlands. We
recognize that a healthy economy and a
healthy ecosystem must be diverse. Instead of
fighting over the last scraps of wildlands and
ancient forests, we believe we should throw
our collective weight behind getting common
sense work done.
Jeremy Hall
ONRC, Eugene
BOXING IS POPULAR
I enjoyed Bobbie Willis’s article on boxing
and Paul Mpendo (3/25). I also enjoyed Mr.
Saxton’s snit of a letter and feel compelled to
reply. Boxing is perhaps the most international
of sports, even ahead of soccer. Boxing was
the most popular event in the ancient
Olympics and the second most popular in the
modern Olympics. It is second only to track
and field competition, but the tickets to the
championship finals are the most expensive of
all Olympic events. Women’s boxing is the
fastest growing sport in the world. Boxing is
one of the oldest sports on the planet and was
practiced and perfected by the Armies of an-
cient Egypt. Protective training equipment is
not something new. Headgear, groin protectors
and leather mouthpieces were used in ancient
Greece and Crete.
No, boxing is not entirely a safe sport but
there are other things to consider. On average,
10 kids per year get killed playing Little
League baseball and that is perhaps more than
are killed in all the boxing rings worldwide for
an entire year. More people are killed skiing in
the state of Colorado alone, in one season, than
are killed worldwide in boxing for the entire
year. For real carnage and traumatic injury we
would have to examine football, rodeo compe-
tition and auto racing.
In my 50 years’ involvement with boxing
and as a near full-time coach, I have come to
know the sport as an absolute life saver to
countless youth, who are often not privileged
enough to be out on the slopes.
I count among my former pupils a city
councilman, a student at the U.S. Naval
Academy and more than a few police and fire-
men.
Archbishop Bernard Schiel of Chicago,
who was criticized for his involvement with
boxing, said, “It would be nice if young people
who are prime candidates for death or a prison
cell would be interested in a gentler recreation
such as chess or checkers, but they are not.”
Fred Ryan
Portland
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