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By PARIS ACHEN
Capital Bureau
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
A selection of long rifles lines the wall in the sporting
goods section of the D&B supply store in Pendleton.
An initiative petition seeks to put a measure on the
ballot that would ban the sale most military-style
semiautomatic rifles and semiautomatic pistols ac-
cepting magazines holding more than 10 rounds of
ammunition.
that have any of a number
of military-style features,
such as a pistol grip or a
telescopic stock.
It would ban the sale
of any semiautomatic
rifle, pistol or shotgun that
accepts detachable maga-
zines holding more than 10
rounds.
Restrictions on gun
ownership have proven a
divisive issue in Oregon.
Yet a relatively recent
public opinion shift in favor
of more gun restrictions and
national student activism for
more gun control buoyed the
group of interfaith leaders
to accelerate the timeline
for the ballot measure, said
W.J. Mark Knutson, pastor
of Augustana Lutheran
Church in Portland and one
of the initiative’s three chief
sponsors.
The group had originally
planned to propose the
measure for the November
2020 ballot.
Another round of rallies
for gun control in Wash-
ington, D.C., and in cities
across the country is sched-
uled for Saturday, March
24. Sixty-eight percent of
all adults (and 48 percent of
adults who are gun owners)
approve of banning assault-
style weapons, according to
a survey last year by Pew
Research Center.
Petitioners must gather
88,184 valid signatures by
July 6 to land on this year’s
November ballot.
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CORVALLIS (AP) —
Construction on portions
of the new College of
Forestry building at Oregon
State University has been
halted after a large section
of subflooring made of
cross-laminated timber gave
way between the second and
third stories.
University
spokesman
Steve Clark said no one
was injured in the March
14 incident at Peavy Hall,
the
Corvallis
Gazette-
Times reported. He said
the university plans to hire
an engineering firm to
determine a cause and to
evaluate whether any other
cross-laminated structural
elements in the building are
at risk.
He said the placement
of cross-laminated timber
panels will resume when the
evaluation is completed, and
there are no plans to switch
to more conventional mate-
rials. The building technique
involves using solid wood
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panels to frame a structure’s
walls, floors and roof. It
has been used for years in
Europe, but is relatively new
in the United States.
The panels are lighter
and much faster to assemble
on-site than regular timber.
Because the grain in each
layer is at a right angle to
the one below and above
it, there’s a counter-tension
built into the panels that
supporters say makes them
strong enough to build
skyscrapers.
There is hope that CLT
will infuse struggling forest
communities with new
economic growth, while
reducing the carbon footprint
of urban construction with a
renewable building material.
The three-story Peavy
Hall will eventually become
the new home of the OSU
College of Forestry and is
intended to be a showcase for
the Oregon timber industry.
The project, however, has
been unpopular with some
students and faculty, who
say the original Peavy Hall,
demolished two years ago,
could have been renovated
for much less than $79.5
million.
Anthony Davis, the
college’s acting dean, said he
did not expect the failure of
the CLT panel to increase the
project’s cost or significantly
delay its completion, which
is scheduled for early next
year.
He said he still believes
the completed Peavy Hall
will serve as a compelling
showcase for Oregon’s wood
products industry.
“I know the capacity we
have, I know the strength
of Douglas fir and I am
confident in our ability to
continue to lead in the devel-
opment of this material for
use in midrise or high-rise
buildings,” Davis said.
The failure involved a
cross-laminated timber panel
manufactured by a firm in
Riddle, Oregon.
BRIEFLY
Oregon agency agrees to $1.3M Worker dies at plywood mill
settlement for foster child
in southern Oregon
PORTLAND — Oregon’s child welfare
agency has agreed to pay a $1.3 million settle-
ment to a girl who was placed with a foster
father later accused of sexually abusing her.
The state placed the girl, who was age 4 at
the time, into the Gresham home of Gabriel
David Wallis and his wife in 2014, The
Oregonian/OregonLive reported Wednesday.
The suit claimed Wallis abused the girl in
summer of 2014, and the state neglected her
safety by placing her in his home.
Wallis was charged with rape and six
counts of first-degree sex abuse, but he was
acquitted of all charges in June 2015.
The charges came about after his wife
had discovered possible indicators of abuse
and took the child to speak with child abuse
investigators. The lawsuit claimed the state
certified Wallis as a foster care provider
despite observing warning signs.
DILLARD — Roseburg Forest Products
says one of its employees died in an accident
at its plywood plant in Dillard, Oregon. The
Springfield-based company has yet to release
details about what happened, and says the
incident is under investigation. The employee
was identified as 57-year-old Joel Kuhse, who
had worked for the company since 2010.
Martin Merica told The News-Review that
his father-in-law worked at the press next
to Kuhse, and called for help Monday after
finding Kuhse motionless on top of his load.
The worker who leaves behind a wife and
children was known for his infectious laugh,
his Stetson hat and helping with an annual toy
and clothing drive for children in Douglas
County. Roseburg Forest Products will
establish a fund for employees to contribute
to Kuhse’s family.
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Klamath Falls
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A group of interfaith
leaders has filed paperwork
for an initiative petition to
ban the sale and transfer of
assault-style weapons and
high-capacity magazines
with the Secretary of State’s
Office.
The proposal would
allow gun owners who
legally
obtained
such
weapons to keep them so
long as they register the
weapon with Oregon State
Police and pass a back-
ground check, according to
the text of Initiative Petition
42.
“People who legally own
assault rifles or large-ca-
pacity magazines will not
be required to surrender
their firearms but will be
permitted to register their
firearms with the state,”
said Penny Okamoto, exec-
utive director of Ceasefire
Oregon.
Violation of the law
would be a Class B felony.
“The people of the
state of Oregon find and
declare that a reduction in
the availability of assault
weapons and large-capacity
ammunition magazines will
promote the public health
and safety of the residents
of this state,” the initiative
petition states.
If passed, the proposed
measure would ban the
sale of semiautomatic rifles
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Coastal Oregon: A couple of showers with a
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Eastern and Central Oregon: Breezy today
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