NEWS BRIEFS
CHEMICAL
TRESPASS RALLIES
Chemical trespass is what the rural residents of Triangle
Lake say they experience when a timber company sprays
toxic pesticides that drift onto their properties, often affecting
the health of those living there, their gardens and drinking
water.
There will be two rallies against chemical trespass on
Feb. 11. In Lane County, the rally will start at noon on the
shores of Triangle Lake on Highway 36. The other rally
starts at 10 am in another heavily sprayed and clearcut area,
Lake Selmac, along Highway 199 near Selma in Josephine
County.
According to Eugene-based Beyond Toxics, both rallies
will begin with opening remarks from elders of Oregon
Native American tribes that have joined with Beyond
Toxics, the Pesticide Action Workgroup and other groups to
call attention to the toxic trespass and its negative effects on
clean water and human health that the organizers say are
caused by chemical sprays on private forestlands.
Lisa Arkin of Beyond Toxics says these rallies reflect the
“utter frustration of people trying to find a way to address
problems in a legal manner.” Triangle Lake residents have
been trying for years to put an end to the drifting aerial
sprays. They have “filed complaints, attended PARC
(Pesticide Analytical Response Center) meetings, begged
for help and they get nothing,” Arkin says.
One of the speakers who will “witness” to her chemical
trespass at the rally is Eron King, a Triangle Lake mother
who “is furious about the test results showing that her two
children have 2,4-D in their young bodies.”
Triangle Lake residents have had their urine tested and
discovered herbicides commonly used in forestry, but Arkin
says the residents are even running into problems with the
current testing by the Oregon Health Authority. “Timber
biz beat
companies are determining where this investigation will
take place,” she says, alleging that the companies are
changing their spray patterns to avoid being linked to
possible toxic findings. “It’s unheard of to take a scientific
experiment and change the parameters midstream,” Arkin
says.
According to the OHA webpage on the Triangle Lake
exposure investigation, “Dating back to the 1960s, citizens
have raised concerns about the health effects of aerial and
manual applications of herbicides on coastal mountain
forest lands.”
For directions and more information: BeyondToxics.org
— Camilla Mortensen
Bike Friday is celebrating its 20th anniversary April 1 by
manufacturing 20 dream touring bikes that honor the classic
Bike Friday design and showcase the talents of top Oregon and
U.S. bike craftspeople. The hand-crafted New World Tourist USA
bike will retail for $5,999 and will feature tubing by Magic Metal,
paint by Prismatic Powders, components by White Industries,
headset by Chris King, brakes by Paul’s Components, seat post
by L.H. Thompson, saddle by Selle Anatomica Titanico, panniers
by Ironweed and wooden fenders by Tom Anderson. See
bikefriday.com for more information.
Red Wagon Creamery is expanding and now scooping their
handcrafted ice cream at June at Midtown, the restaurant and
juice bar at 16th and Willamette, from noon to 8 pm Tuesday,
Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Thursdays they scoop
at the Party Cart at 28th and Friendly. “We’re glad to have an
indoor space with seats and everything,” says Stuart Phillips,
who owns and runs the business with his wife, Emily.
Reconnecting America CEO John Robert Smith will give a
public talk about the benefits of developing real estate around
public transportation and pedestrian traffic at 6:30 pm
Wednesday, Feb. 15, at the Downtown Athletic Club, 999
Willamette St. Smith has also served as chairman of the Amtrak
Board of Directors. Email gifford2@uoregon.edu for more
information.
Springfield-based Selectemp Employment Services is
expanding into the Portland area after 25 years in business. The
company, started by Steve Gaughan and Roger Cox, currently
has six offices in Oregon and employs 27 full-time people serving
800 clients. Three more people will be hired to staff the Portland
offices. See selec-temp.com for more information.
Deadline is Feb. 27 to apply for the $100,000 Greenpower
Grant available from EWEB for renewable energy projects. EWEB
employees will evaluate the applicants and EWEB customers will
be able to vote on a handful of eligible projects. Email joe.
harwood@eweb.org or call 685-7471 for more information.
J. Michaels Books on East Broadway downtown still has
some copies of Winner-Take-All Politics, the book about
the middle class that Bill Moyers has been praising, written by
Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson, both academicians who grew up
in Eugene. The Morse Center for Law and Politics is bringing
Hacker and Pierson here for a public lecture at 4 pm Thursday,
March 1, in 175 Knight Law School.
ILLNESS
STIGMATIZES KITTIES
Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) doesn’t spread to
dogs or humans, yet Sheriff, a stout, short-haired orange
tabby with the disease, is waiting at West Coast Dog and
Cat Rescue (WCDC) for a home, most likely because
people fear he is contagious. This Valentine’s Day weekend
WCDC hopes that will change.
Sheriff and 11 other cats at WCDC and Lane County
Animal Services have FIV but are expected to live long
and healthy lives. Although the ailment weakens the
immune system of infected felines, they are not at risk
unless they are exposed to diseases their body can’t
handle. The simple solution is to keep cats like Sheriff
indoors.
“If they’re outside they’re more susceptible,” says Julie
McDonnell, executive director at WCDC. “It’s preventative
maintenance more than anything else,” she adds, regarding
keeping FIV cats healthy.
The common misunderstanding about FIV is how it can
be transferred. It is unusual for the disease to spread
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