City/Region Digest.Byline: The Register-Guard LOCAL Supporters rally for medical marijuana About 30 people rallied in front of the federal courthouse in downtown Eugene on Thursday to protest the federal government's interference in state medical marijuana laws. Protesters want federal authorities to "respect the legal rights of medical marijuana patients," said Jonathan Gutstadt of Eugene, the 23-year-old leader of the Hemp Education Network. Similar rallies were planned in as many as 60 other cities Thursday. Drug enforcement agents have raided a number of medical marijuana dispensaries in California in recent months. Oregon has seen no such crackdown so far, mainly because no advocacy groups here are exchanging medical marijuana for money, said Todd Dalotto, founder of the Compassion Center, a Eugene group Eugene Group is a large South Korean chaebol (conglomerate), producing industry, media, construction, confectionery and child house products. Subsidiaries
Nine states, including Oregon, have approved medical marijuana laws. NORTHWEST Steens running camp target of challenge GRANTS PASS - A Montana environmental group's challenge to a running camp's long-standing use of trails on Oregon's Steens Mountain Steens Mountain is a large fault-block mountain in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Oregon. Located in Harney County, it rises from an elevation of about 4,200 ft (0 m) in Eastern Oregon Eastern Oregon is a geographical term that is generally taken to mean the area of the state of Oregon east of the Cascade Range, save the region around The Dalles and sometimes Klamath County. The area around Bend is considered to be Central Oregon rather than Eastern Oregon. is testing landmark legislation protecting the area as wilderness. Rep. Greg Walden Gregory "Greg" Walden (born January 10, 1957, in The Dalles, Oregon) is a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Oregon and represents its Second District, which covers more than two-thirds of the state (generally, east of the Cascades. , R-Ore., will hold a hearing Saturday in the remote Eastern Oregon community of Frenchglen to hear from ranchers, environmentalists and the director of the running camp. Walden and other members of Congress worked with ranchers and environmentalists to create the 500,000-acre Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area, including 175,000 acres of wilderness. The law does not mention the 27-year-old Steens Mountain Running Camp by name, but upholds historical uses within the wilderness area Broadly, a wilderness area is a region where the land is left in a state where human modifications are minimal; that is, as a wilderness. It might also be called a wild or natural area. (Very low or immaterial human impact or "footprint. . The Bureau of Land Management is evaluating whether to grant the camp a special use permit. George Nickas, director of Wilderness Watch, the Missoula, Mont., environmental group that filed the challenge, argues that allowing the camp to use Steens wilderness trails threatens protection for all wilderness. The camp was founded in 1975 by Harlan Yriarte, athletic director Athletic director (commonly, "athletics director") is a position at many American colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, which oversees the work of the coaches and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic of Lane Community College. Senators try to keep reserve unit in state WASHINGTON - Members of Congress from Oregon and Washington are moving to block Air Force plans to relocate the 939th Rescue Wing out of Portland. The group regularly participates in mountain rescues on Northwest peaks, and its importance to the region was underscored by its work after last week's deadly climbing accident on Mount Hood, lawmakers said. Citing a need for greater efficiency, the Air Force announced in late 2000 that it would transfer the Reserve helicopter unit from Portland International Airport
to Patrick Air Force Base Patrick Air Force Base is a United States Air Force Base located between Satellite Beach and Cocoa Beach, Florida, USA. Patrick Air Force Base is home to the 45th Space Wing and the Air Force Technical Applications Center. outside Cocoa Beach, Fla. The move is scheduled to take place this fall. Sens. Gordon Smith
Gordon Harold Smith (born May 25, 1952) is Oregon's junior United States Senator, currently serving his second term. He is a member of the Republican Party. , R-Ore., and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., tried to insert an amendment into a supplemental appropriation bill, but it failed late Thursday. The amendment would have prevented the Air Force from using money in the budget to convert the Rescue Wing to an aerial refueling squadron. Wyden's office said the senators would try to find another way to keep the group in Portland. |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion