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Environmentalists shut out
of Oregon forest litigation
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logging, costing the coun-
ties $1.4 billion in past and
future timber revenues, the
complaint said.
The non-proit groups
argued they should be
allowed to intervene in the
case because they have an
interest in forest health and
Linn County was effec-
tively trying to increase
logging in state forests.
However, the judge has
held their participation
is unnecessary in the
litigation, which is focused
on whether Oregon has
violated contractual obli-
gations to maximize timber
revenues for the counties.
“Therefore the appli-
cants have no unique ability
to offer evidence to the
court concerning the breach
of contract issues,” Murphy
said.
Intervenor status would
have given the non-proits
the full rights of defendants
in the litigation. The judge
also said they wouldn’t be
allowed to submit friend-
of-the-court briefs on legal
issues in the case.
These arguments would
focus on “consequences to
third parties” of any poten-
tial ruling that shouldn’t be
considered in a breach of
contract dispute, he said.
Linn County opposed
the proposed intervention
of the non-proit groups
because they could stand
in the way of a possible
settlement deal or challenge
a ruling favorable to the
counties.
“All they were seeking
to do is be obstructionists,”
said John DiLorenzo, an
attorney for Linn County.
The role of the court
in this case is to resolve a
contractual dispute, not to
“micromanage” the state’s
forest management policy,
DiLorenzo said.
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Judge denies motion to intervene
in lawsuit seeking $1.4 billion
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— Founded Oct. 16, 1875 —
Environmental
and
ishing groups will be
shut out from high-stakes
litigation over Oregon’s
forest management poli-
cies, according to a judge’s
order.
Linn County Circuit
Court Judge Daniel Murphy
has denied a request by
several non-proit organi-
zations to intervene in the
lawsuit, which seeks $1.4
billion from Oregon on
behalf of multiple counties.
“Passionate
concern
about something does not
qualify an applicant for
intervenor status,” Murphy
said in the ruling.
The proposed interve-
nors included the Wild
Salmon Center and its
policy director for Oregon
and California, Robert
Van Dyk, as well as the
Association of Northwest
Steelheaders, Association
of Northwest Guides and
Anglers and Paciic Rivers
Council.
Linn County iled a
complaint against the state
of Oregon earlier this year,
arguing that 15 counties
turned over 650,000 acres
of their forestlands in the
early 20th century to the
state in exchange for prom-
ises of future revenues.
In addition to Linn
County, Benton, Clack-
amas, Clatsop, Columbia,
Coos, Douglas, Josephine,
Klamath, Lane, Lincoln,
Marion, Polk, Tillamook,
and Washington counties
turned timberland over to
the state.
Oregon
has
since
breached that contract by
enacting a “greatest perma-
nent value” forest policy
rule that prioritizes wildlife,
water and recreation over
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To that extent, the
nonproit groups have no
more interest in the lawsuit
than any other member of
the public, he said.
Oregon can’t re-write
its regulations without
approval from legislators
or state agencies, so the
non-proits would have the
opportunity to inluence
that process regardless
of the lawsuit’s outcome,
DiLorenzo said.
Ralph
Bloemers,
attorney for the non-proits,
said he’s disappointed
they’ve been excluded from
the case because a possible
remedy for Oregon would
be to increase logging to the
detriment of his clients.
The groups offered a
different perspective than
the state of Oregon because
they don’t believe its forest-
lands are being managed in
compliance with the federal
Endangered Species Act or
Clean Water Act even under
current logging levels,
Bloemers said.
Several timber groups
are currently footing the
legal costs for Linn County,
which makes them repre-
sented in the litigation, he
said.
The nonproit groups
haven’t yet decided whether
to appeal the denial of
their intervention request,
Bloemers said.
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‘Roseburg’ play slammed by community
By TROY BRYNELSON
The News-Review
ROSEBURG — The
recently debuted play “Rose-
burg,” based heavily on the
shooting at Umpqua Commu-
nity College, has been met
with a chorus of boos from
Douglas County residents
who call the work exploitative.
Its creators, who say it raises
important questions about
America’s problems with gun
violence, stand by it.
“How disrespectful to put
a mass shooting on display
for people to watch. It’s
disrespectful for those who
were involved and for our
community,” wrote Tasha
Marie Jackson on Facebook.
“Family and friends of lives
lost, people injured, and those
dealing with this (emotion-
ally). No class Philadelphia.”
Playwright Ginger Dayle
said she received over 500
total messages via social
media, email and telephone
that, she said, unfairly
slammed her work without
seeing it or reading the script.
She estimated more than
three-quarters of the messages
were from frustrated locals.
Some cast members have
been called names and her
own home address was posted
online.
“I get called callous and
mean and evil and it’s like
‘Listen, I’m trying to educate
you on (the play), and then
they get mad,” Dayle said.
“The negative opinions have
made it very personal against
me. One girl threatened to
burn down the theater, called
me a blonde bimbo, an idiot.”
The plot of “Roseburg”
intertwines the events of the
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shooting, in which nine people
were shot to death by a lone
gunman and nine more injured,
with the 1968 campaign of
Robert F. Kennedy. Kennedy
delivered an anti-gun speech
in Roseburg during the Oregon
primary, which he lost the very
next day. He was gunned down
less than two weeks later in the
kitchen of a Los Angeles hotel.
The play is produced by
the New City Stage Company.
Its retelling of the shooting
includes archival footage
of the news in the wake
of the shooting as well as
actors playing victims and
the shooter himself. The
shooting remains the deadliest
in Oregon history. Many in
Douglas County continue to
grieve and fundraisers are still
being put together to beneit
its victims as the anniversary
approaches later this year.
“Unbelievably
wrong
wrong wrong... and extremely
insensitive to those that lost
their life and the people who
lost their loved ones,” wrote
Patricia Gervais on Facebook
Wednesday.
In Philadelphia, the play
has been given tepid praise.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
called it “compellingly busy”
while a review within the
online arts forum Broad Street
Review called it dificult to
watch, but provocative in
raising questions about gun
violence.
Some have wondered
whether Dayle is legally
allowed to pen the play in
the irst place. In a statement
Friday morning, she defended
the material under “Fair
Use” copyright law. She
also compared it to “Frost/
Nixon,” a play that famously
dramatized an interview with
post-Watergate
President
Richard Nixon and television
personality David Frost, and
other plays with sensitive
subject material.
“Listen, there was a play
about 9/11 that came out about
six months after it happened
called ‘The Boys’ and people
were upset, and up-in-arms,”
she said.
With the play, Dayle said
she hoped to shine a light
on gun violence and mental
illness. She said about 40
percent of the play involves
the events of Oct. 1, with
dramatizations of the shoot-
er’s relationship with his
mother, the class on which he
eventually opened ire, and
the outside world through chat
rooms and dating websites.
About half of the play revolves
around Kennedy, with general
commentary comprising the
last 10 percent.
Not everyone is picking
sides. Melody Schwegel, the
director of the local theater
group
Umpqua
Actors
Community Theatre, said that
while she would probably
never stage a production of
“Roseburg” here, she respects
the work if its mission is to
affect change.
~ T hank Y ou ~
The family of Seth Blakeslee
would like to express our
heartfelt thank you for all the
love and support we have
received at this difficult time.
All the prayers, food, cards,
flowers and love sent our
way has been amazing. It
has all helped to start our
healing. Family and friends
from far and near your
presence has been appreciated.
Because of you Seth will live
forever. Thank you so very
much to each one of you.
~ Larry, Sandy and Colten