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ACLU complains about federal surveillance
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PORTLAND (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union has sent letters to Oregon’s two senators and a congressman to complain about federal surveillance of an anti-pesticide rally in Eugene at the end of May.
The ACLU Oregon chapter told Senators Ron Wyden and Gordon Smith, and Congressman Peter DeFazio, that Federal Protective Service agents were reported to be involved in undercover surveillance at the rally.
The ACLU says the Federal Protective Service only has authority to protect federal buildings — not participate in undercover surveillance.
Eugene police arrested a demonstrator after a tip from the federal agency.
DeFazio’s office says the ACLU letter will be forwarded to the federal General Services Administration for a response.
Crews recover test buoy off Oregon Coast
NEWPORT — A $2 million buoy designed to test wave energy potential that sank last fall off the Oregon Coast has resurfaced.
The buoy’s bilge pump failed, and it sank in October near Agate Beach. The Oregonian reports that salvagers used a floatation system last week to bring it to the surface.
Kevin Banister, vice president of business development for Finavera Renewables Ocean Energy, says the 72-foot-tall device built by Oregon Iron Works in Portland was resting in about 110 feet of water.
It was built to gather data that Finavera engineers hoped would tell how much energy such a buoy could generate.
After dramatic rescue, dog is euthanized
PORTLAND — After a grueling 10-hour effort, rescuers saved a 12-year-old dog injured in a 100-foot fall down a cliff in the Columbia Gorge.
But Casey, a yellow-shepherd mix, suffered significant head trauma and was euthanized early today at a Portland animal hospital.
Casey fell from the Angel’s Rest trail head. Rescuers affiliated with the Oregon Humane Society were not able to get to him until just after midnight. The dog was finally placed into a stretcher and lifted to safety.
Survey: Measure 49 produces fewer homes
SALEM — More than 90 percent of the landowners who plan to develop their rural properties under Oregon’s new property rights law and responded to a state survey say they will settle for building three or fewer homes.
They are entitled to development rights under Measure 49, which was passed last November to allow for some rural construction, but less than had been allowed under a previous ballot measure.
Richard Whitman, the director of the state Department of Land Conservation and Development, says that will mean about 13,000 more rural homes over the next decade. Under the previous version, as many as 124,000 homes could have been built.
About 2,000 landowners who have made claims did not respond to the state’s survey, so their plans are still unknown.
The ACLU Oregon chapter told Senators Ron Wyden and Gordon Smith, and Congressman Peter DeFazio, that Federal Protective Service agents were reported to be involved in undercover surveillance at the rally.
The ACLU says the Federal Protective Service only has authority to protect federal buildings — not participate in undercover surveillance.
Eugene police arrested a demonstrator after a tip from the federal agency.
DeFazio’s office says the ACLU letter will be forwarded to the federal General Services Administration for a response.
Crews recover test buoy off Oregon Coast
NEWPORT — A $2 million buoy designed to test wave energy potential that sank last fall off the Oregon Coast has resurfaced.
The buoy’s bilge pump failed, and it sank in October near Agate Beach. The Oregonian reports that salvagers used a floatation system last week to bring it to the surface.
Kevin Banister, vice president of business development for Finavera Renewables Ocean Energy, says the 72-foot-tall device built by Oregon Iron Works in Portland was resting in about 110 feet of water.
It was built to gather data that Finavera engineers hoped would tell how much energy such a buoy could generate.
After dramatic rescue, dog is euthanized
PORTLAND — After a grueling 10-hour effort, rescuers saved a 12-year-old dog injured in a 100-foot fall down a cliff in the Columbia Gorge.
But Casey, a yellow-shepherd mix, suffered significant head trauma and was euthanized early today at a Portland animal hospital.
Casey fell from the Angel’s Rest trail head. Rescuers affiliated with the Oregon Humane Society were not able to get to him until just after midnight. The dog was finally placed into a stretcher and lifted to safety.
Survey: Measure 49 produces fewer homes
SALEM — More than 90 percent of the landowners who plan to develop their rural properties under Oregon’s new property rights law and responded to a state survey say they will settle for building three or fewer homes.
They are entitled to development rights under Measure 49, which was passed last November to allow for some rural construction, but less than had been allowed under a previous ballot measure.
Richard Whitman, the director of the state Department of Land Conservation and Development, says that will mean about 13,000 more rural homes over the next decade. Under the previous version, as many as 124,000 homes could have been built.
About 2,000 landowners who have made claims did not respond to the state’s survey, so their plans are still unknown.
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