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NEWS BRIEFS
picketers. People have the right to have a
difference of opinion and they are for the
most part very respectful and nonviolent.”
Pappas says of the national climate,
“In Oregon we haven’t been impacted yet
and we feel very fortunate for that, but it
doesn’t mean that we can be complacent.
We work every day to ensure that birth
control access is available and
affordable.”
— Shannon Finnell
and defund the services we provide,
which really puts clients at an
extraordinary disadvantage across the
country,” she says. At PPSO’s Birds and
the Bees Garden Party July 15, the
organization sent its guests directions
only after they registered for the event,
partially to gather an accurate head count,
Pappas says, but also with safety in mind.
“We, like any Planned Parenthood,
have our detractors,” she says. “We have
happening people
PANEL
PONDERS
POLICE
POLICIES
For the past several months the Policy
Screening and Review Committee, a part
of the Eugene Police Commission, has
been conducting a review of the Eugene
Police Department’s search and seizure
policy, a document that lays out what EPD
officers can and cannot do when faced with
certain situations that would allow a person
or property to be searched.
Although the majority of the
committee’s meetings involve dissecting
sentences word by word and haggling over
the meaning of certain passages, the
committee has made some marked changes
to the policy, chief among them being a
revamp of the warrant-serving process,
stronger wording regarding the suspect’s
right to know about search procedures, and
an “automobile exception,” which allows
an officer to circumvent ordinary search
and seizure regulations if the situation
meets certain criteria.
The policy attempts to strike a balance
between public safety needs and people’s
right to privacy. Although both the Oregon
and U.S. constitutions guarantee an
individual’s right to be free of unreasonable
search and seizure, the majority of the
document is dedicated to exceptions to the
rule, such as when serving warrants, during
an arrest, community caretaking and
emergency aid, or when something illegal
is in plain view. Similarly, the policy also
lays out when an officer can enter an area
where an individual would have a
“reasonable expectation of privacy.”
The Police Commission is an advisory
body with no actual control over what
happens in the police department. The
commission acts as a vetting process,
reviewing policies and submitting
recommendations to the police chief, who
BY PAUL NEEVEL
MIKE LANGLEY
"I started playing music in junior high,” says Mike Langley, who grew up in
Ottawa Hills, outside of Toledo, Ohio. “I’ve played in lots of garage bands.”
Langley dropped out of Defiance College and in 1975 hitchhiked to Memphis,
where he sold his guitar to buy food. He fell in with a group of “Christian
hippies” associated with the Shiloh Youth Revival movement, based in Dexter,
Oregon. “We did yard work and carpentry to support ourselves,” says Langley,
who formed the band Commonwealth and moved to Eugene in 1976. When
Shiloh folded, he went to work at Cafe' Glenwood. “I managed Glenwood on
campus for 20 years,” he says. “That’s where I learned about street youth.” As
a volunteer at the First Christian Church’s free Saturday breakfast, Langley saw
that the “mall rats” he hoped to serve were not comfortable around homeless
adults. With a donated space in the basement of the Eugene Evangelical
Church, he founded the nonprofit Hosea Youth Services in 1997. Open 2 to 7
pm Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, HYS offers a solid meal plus showers,
laundry and access to other services. Kids who play music can join Langley in
the “Ragamuffin Church” music room after the Wednesday evening meal.
Langley and his wife, Jeanie, raise Kiger Mustangs on their Wild Ones Youth
Ranch west of Junction City.
makes the final decision.
The next meeting of the Policy
Screening and Review Committee will be
at 5:30 pm Tuesday, July 26, in Room 109
at City Hall, 777 Pearl St. The meeting is
open to the public, and there is a public
forum where citizens can voice their
opinions on the changes in the policy.
— Nils Holst
SEARCHING
FOR RODENTS
ON HIGH
As summer gets into full swing, a group
of Lane County residents is gearing up for
its annual camping trip. But these aren’t
just any campers, and this isn’t a run-of-
the-mill campout: It’s climbing the trees to
save the trees. The Northwest Ecosystem
Survey Team (NEST) is a nonprofit
organization composed of tree-climbing
volunteers who camp out every summer to
survey wildlife in ancient forests threatened
by logging.
The main species that the group looks
for is the red tree vole, a small rodent that
lives in the canopies of old growth forests
and is dwindling in number due to
deforestation. The vole is a major prey
species for the northern spotted owl and
under the Northwest Forest Plan, surveys
for certain rare and sensitive species like
voles must be conducted before an area is
logged.
When NEST surveyors find a species
like a vole they report it to the Forest
Service or BLM, ensuring that the species
and the surrounding trees will be protected.
“NEST is important because our work
has shown that the federal agencies are
unable to protect the habitat of these plants
and animals found on the survey and
manage list,” say NESTers Root and Fox.
They add that NEST surveyors often go to
sites where federal surveys have found
nothing, only to find dozens of red tree
vole nests.
sports BY JAMES WARMELS
Lane County Defeats Portland
Portland jammer Jack the Ripper (187)
prepares to be hit by Lane County’s Han
Cholo (13). Also pictured are JF Kaos
(0) and Master Brains (55)
Women’s Rugby Sked
Eugene Women’s Rugby has announced its fall schedule. The team plays Sept.
3 at Portland, gets a bye Sept. 10, plays Tacoma at home Sept. 17, and plays Bend
at home Sept. 24.
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EUGENE WEEKLY
VICO MEJIA
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he bout ended Saturday, July 9, but the victor was not decided until
Sunday afternoon. Due to a scoring error, 24 hours after the conclusion
of their bout against Portland Men’s Roller Derby, the Lane County
Concussion were announced the victors, 158-155.
In December, the Concussion handled Portland 253-61, and Saturday’s bout
looked like it could be a repeat of that thrashing. The Concussion jumped out to
a 76-13 lead, but Portland bounced back with a 51-1 tear. Portland’s Chad von
Sausageclaus scored 35 of those points during a sequence in which the
Concussion only had one skater on the track and no scorer.
The entire second half was close. The Concussion never led by more than 34.
With 39 seconds left and a 13-point advantage, the Concussion’s lead scorer
Speed Dealer was sent to the penalty box. Portland used this opportunity to
score 15 unanswered points and secure what seemed to be a 155-153 victory.
But, upon submitting paperwork the next day, offi cials discovered they missed
fi ve Concussion points. For the Concussion, it was a bittersweet victory. For Port-
land, the bout was evidence of how they have improved. Catch the rematch in
Portland Aug. 26.
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The team travels to Boise Oct. 1, is back home to play Budd Bay Oct. 8. The
playoffs at Nor Cal are Oct. 22 and the Nationals at Virginia Beach are Nov. 12.
Contact Brittany at eugenewomensrugby@gmail.com for more information.
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