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Page 8A OFF PAGE ONE East Oregonian Thursday, May 7, 2015 PANHANDLING: /LNHO\MXVWLVVXHZDUQLQJVIRUDPRQWK Continued from 1A AP Photo/John Locher People load in to a Daimler Freightliner Inspiration self-driving truck for a demon- stration Wednesday in Las Vegas. Although much attention has been paid to auton- omous vehicles being developed by Google and traditional car companies, Daim- ler believes that automated tractor-trailers will be rolling along highways before self-driving cars are cruising around the suburbs. First self-driving vehicle you see may have 18 wheels By KIMBERLY PIERCEALL Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Trav- HOLQJDERXWPLOHVSHUKRXU on a Nevada highway, the ELJ ULJ¶V GULYHU ORRNHG OLNH 7KH7KLQNHUZLWKKLVHOERZ on the arm rest and his hand on his chin. No hands on the steering wheel, no feet on the pedals. 0DUN $OYLFN ZDV LQ ³KLJKZD\ SLORW´ PRGH WKH wheel moving this way and that as if a ghost were at the helm. 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Bernhard said more states need to allow testing of DXWRQRPRXV GULYLQJ EHIRUH ÀHHWV RI VHOIGULYLQJ VHPL WUXFNV¿OO86IUHHZD\VDQG interstates anytime soon. The company is still far IURPWDNLQJFXVWRPHURUGHUV IRUWKHWUXFNV ³:H¶UHMXVWJHWWLQJSHRSOH LQVSLUHG´KHVDLG Brown lawns loom in California GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (AP) — It was with more hope than accuracy that the founder of this 2UDQJH &RXQW\ FLW\ SLFNHG the name Garden Grove in 1874 for what was little more than an open plain under the Southern California sun. More than a century later, this sprawling middle-class VXEXUE RI SHRSOH could struggle to live up to that name. In Garden Grove and other communities across the state, residents can expect to see their gardens shrivel and ODZQVJREURZQWKLVVXPPHU as mandatory water-con- VHUYDWLRQ UXOHV WDNH HIIHFW amid California’s punishing four-year drought. State regulators Tuesday ordered communities to slash water use anywhere from 8 to 36 percent, with the goal of cutting overall FRQVXPSWLRQE\RQHTXDUWHU And since nearly half of resi- dential water in California goes to lawns, turning off VSULQNOHUVZLOOEHRQHRIWKH ¿UVWRUGHUVRIEXVLQHVV “We can meet these WDUJHWV E\ SXWWLQJ WKH ODZQV RQ D ZDWHU GLHW QRZ´ VDLG Felicia Marcus, head of the State Water Resources Control Board. Still, in Garden Grove and other places rich and poor, people who paid dearly WRPDNHWKHLUODZQVEHDXWLIXO DUH ORDWK WR VD\ JRRGE\H WR the grass. Last summer, Garden Grove residents used even more water than usual after Gov. Jerry Brown DVNHG SHRSOH WR YROXQWDULO\ conserve. And while the city KDV EDQQHG ZDWHULQJ ODZQV during the day, it sends fewer than a dozen notices a month to violators. Reaching the city’s ³7KLV KDV EHHQ DGRSWHG in other Oregon cities and as IDUDVZHNQRZKDVQRWEHHQ FKDOOHQJHG´:DUGVDLG Transferring items EHWZHHQ D FDU DQG D SHGHV- trian within the city is still legal if the vehicle pulls over DQG LV QR ORQJHU EORFNLQJ D lane of travel. Councilor David Lougee said perhaps the city should actually encourage the use of a spot in town where people could pull over and give money and food to those in QHHGZLWKRXWEORFNLQJWUDI¿F or creating a hazard. The only person to testify against the ordinance was Boyd Sharp, who told the FRXQFLOKHNQHZSXEOLFVHQWL- ment was in favor of pushing panhandlers out of the city DOWRJHWKHUEXWKHZDV³WHVWL- I\LQJRXWRIFRQVFLHQFH´+H VDLGVRPHSHRSOHDVNLQJIRU PRQH\ ZHUH VFDPPHUV EXW other people were genuinely GRZQRQWKHLUOXFNDQGJUDWH- fully accepted food and care SDFNDJHVWKDWZHUHRIIHUHGWR them. “If we don’t come up with a solution to help them, WKHQZKDWGRHVWKDWVD\DERXW RXUFRPPXQLW\"´KHDVNHG &RXQFLORU 0DU\ 'HGULFN said that she had mostly KHDUGQHJDWLYHVWRULHVDERXW the people who frequented the I-82 area. Some of them refused offers of food and ZRUN VKH VDLG LQVLVWLQJ RQ cash and then spending it inappropriately. ³,WKLQNZHQHHGWRSURWHFW WKHFRPPXQLW\´VKHVDLG She also agreed that people standing on the FRUQHUHVSHFLDOO\LQWKHGDUN was dangerous. The council voted unani- mously to pass the ordinance and declare an emergency, putting it into effect imme- diately. Police chief Darla Huxel VDLG RI¿FHUV ZLOO SUREDEO\ MXVW LVVXH ZDUQLQJV IRU WKH next month, giving the city time to order signs and install them. ——— Contact Jade McDowell at jmcdowell@eastorego- nian.com or 541-564-4536. EOU: :LOODOVREHDGMXVWLQJWRJRYHUQDQFHE\DORFDOERDUG Continued from 1A “I think the university is really at a Student Alex McHaddad crucial point and what happens next said the ideal new president will define it.” for EOU would already have experience running a small, rural college. “Schools are set up much differently than the average ¿UP´ KH VDLG ³$ EXVLQHVV EDFNJURXQG FRXOG KHOS EXW at the end of the day it’s a VFKRRODQG\RXQHHGWRNQRZ KRZWRUXQDVFKRRO´ 3KLOLS 6HEDVWLDQL (28¶V VWXGHQW ERG\ SUHVLGHQW DQG D PHPEHU RI WKH VHDUFK committee, said from what he saw during the candi- dates’ visit, students were interested in someone who had experience with student DIIDLUVWKH¿QDQFLDOFRPSH- WHQFH WR NHHS WKH XQLYHUVLW\ from cutting more programs DQG WKH DELOLW\ WR EH WUDQV- SDUHQW DQG DSSURDFKDEOH WR students. 6HEDVWLDQLVDLGQRPDWWHU who people were pulling for, there was a sense that EOU was at a crossroads. ³, WKLQN WKH XQLYHUVLW\ is really at a crucial point and what happens next will GH¿QHLW´KHVDLG Tim Seydel, the univer- sity’s vice president for university advancement, echoed that sentiment, noting that the university would not RQO\ EH DGMXVWLQJ WR D QHZ — Philip Sebastiani, EOU student body president, member of the search committee SUHVLGHQW LQ EXW DOVR JRYHUQDQFH E\ D ORFDO ERDUG DQG DQ DVVRUWPHQW RI new programs focused on ERRVWLQJHQUROOPHQW “We’re really heading in DQHZGLUHFWLRQ´KHVDLG The new university president will play a role in that charting that direction. 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Ultimately, though, it may not matter what they want. 7KH QHZO\FUHDWHG ERDUG of trustees doesn’t have DQ\ RI¿FLDO DXWKRULW\ XQWLO the Oregon State Board of Higher Education dissolves on July 1. Their decision will EH FRQVLGHUHG D UHFRPPHQ- dation only, with the power of appointing the president UHVWLQJZLWKWKHVWDWHERDUG 1HOVRQVDLG(28¶VERDUG LV KRSLQJ WKH VWDWH ERDUG KRQRUV WKHLU FKRLFH EXW LW could choose to appoint a different president instead EHIRUH WXUQLQJ WKH UHLQV RI Oregon’s university system over to the newly-created ORFDO ERDUGV RI WUXVWHHV LQ July. WHEN PUBLIC NOTICES REACH THE PUBLIC, EVERYONE BENEFITS SOME OFFICIALS WANT TO MOVE NOTICES FROM NEWSPAPERS TO GOVERNMENT-RUN WEBSITES - WHERE THEY MAY NOT BE EASILY FOUND 2 3 OUT OF US ADULTS READ A NEWSPAPER IN PRINT OR ONLINE DURING THE WEEK WHY TRY TO FIX SOMETHING THAT ISN’T BROKEN AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes A home with a dead lawn is seen in Cypress, Calif., on Wednesday. California water regulators have im- posed unprecedented mandatory water cutbacks, but now comes the tough part: coaxing reluctant residents to let their lawns immediately die and start taking three-minute showers. mandatory new target of FXWWLQJ ZDWHU XVH E\ SHUFHQW LV GRDEOH EXW ZLOO UHTXLUH ³D FXOWXUDO FKDQJH´ in a community wedded to green yards in the front and IUXLW WUHHV DQG YHJHWDEOH JDUGHQV LQ WKH EDFN VDLG William Murray, Garden *URYH¶V SXEOLF ZRUNV director. ³<RX DUH WDONLQJ DERXW D KXJHFKDQJHWKDWQHHGVWREH made, and unfortunately in a VLJQL¿FDQWO\ VKRUW SHULRG RI WLPH´KHVDLG At least one tree-lined street in Garden Grove shows the path to conser- YDWLRQ /DZQV KDYH EHHQ allowed to turn yellow, and some of the greenest yards DUH DUWL¿FLDO WXUI PDGH SRVVLEOH E\ WKH FLW\¶V UHFHQW easing of restrictions against IDNHJUDVV Garden Grove was a farming community in its HDUO\ \HDUV WKHQ WRRN SDUW LQ WKH KRXVLQJ ERRP WKDW followed World War II. Much of the city is lined with VXEXUEDQWUDFWKRPHV 0RUH UHFHQWO\ RI¿FLDOV have encouraged devel- opment of hotels catering WR WRXULVWV YLVLWLQJ QHDUE\ 'LVQH\ODQGDQGDELJLQGRRU ZDWHUSDUNDQGUHVRUWLVXQGHU construction and expected to open early next year. Because of the drought, UXOHV DJDLQVW DUWL¿FLDO WXUI DUHEHLQJUROOHGEDFNDURXQG WKHVWDWHDQGODZVKDYHEHHQ SDVVHG WR PDNH LW HDVLHU WR create drought-friendly land- VFDSHV RI URFNV FDFWXV DQG other water-stingy plants. One of the largest water providers in Southern Cali- IRUQLD UHFHQWO\ GRXEOHG D UHEDWH SURJUDP HQFRXUDJLQJ homeowners and golf course owners to rip out grass, receiving a resounding response. “That doesn’t mean getting rid of lawns every- ZKHUH ,W PHDQV NHHSLQJ them only where they are XVHIXO QRW MXVW DV DQ RUQD- PHQWEXWDSODFHIRUNLGVWR play, to have a picnic, to have GRJVUXQDURXQG´VDLG(OOHQ +DQDNGLUHFWRURIWKHZDWHU SROLF\ FHQWHU DW WKH 3XEOLF Policy Institute of California. KEEP PUBLIC NOTICES IN NEWSPAPERS
