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NM. <br /> C <br /> NEWS <br /> - J. <br /> ENGLISH STRANGLER recently. The organization is now a legally . Q <br /> �2 recognized 501(c)(3) non-profit and is seek r' 1 V r' <br /> Oregon has become the first state in,the ing charter, members and donations. Call <br /> nation to quarantine English ivy. 343-3452 or 343-3728 or write to FHP at PO <br /> The Oregon Department of Agriculture Box 3784,Eugene 97403-0784: yr- s. SIX y, <br /> (ODA) made it illegal to import, purchase, -----z—'�� <br /> sell, offer for sale or propagate the weed PUBLIC EXPOSURE / <br /> which threatens to choke state natural areas A. 3. <br /> "It's extremely invasive,"says Tim Butler, Why all the fuss about cell phone towers k <br /> manger of the ODA's noxious weed program. in Lane County? Community access TV ,,i,7,1 f <br /> The plant spreads quickly from gardens or Channel 97 will be airing two films on the „,"nj,"=' 0 , <br /> discarded cuttings.or even droppings from subject beginning Sunday. '. �, l <br /> birds that eat ivy berries. Butler says English "Cell Phone Towers,a Health Hazard?" �'. , T`IEET ?Qbtir 1 <br /> ivy can grow up trees and eventually kill them will air at 6 pm and 8 pm Sunday,Feb.24;6 'y a' <br /> by girdling the trunk or adding weight that am and 8 am Monday,Feb.25;11 am and 11 it;{, 6`i. ,',. <br /> Y <br /> makes the tree vulnerable to falling.Ivy can pm Feb.26;and 11 pm Feb.27.Further spe- <br /> t grow into"dense mats"that choke out other cific info on this film is available at www pub- <br /> t. '. plants, transforming diverse natural areas licexposurel.org <br /> into a"wasteland,"he says. . A 30-minute film with the title, "Local <br /> The city of Eugene and volunteer groups , Control of Radio Tower Siting"will air at 9 <br /> • have been fighting English ivy in the qty.'s parks pm Sunday,Feb,24;9 am Feb.25;8:30 pm <br /> for more than a decade.In Hendricks Park,ivy Feb. 27; and 8:30 pm Feb. 28. The film is Fifth Street P <br /> covers the forest understory from 25 to 100 from a congressional briefing in July 2001 3 4 3 .4 9 ' <br /> percent in 45 of the parks 55 woodland acres: and includes a physicist talking about public <br /> Portland's forest parks suffer a similar exposure to electromagnetic radiation and its <br /> infestation,Butler says. known effects on human DNA. <br /> Butler says its "not very realistic" for the <br /> state to go out and do much about the ivy CORRECTIONSICLARIFICATIONS <br /> problem right now,but he hopes the quaran- <br /> tine will raise public awareness of the prob- •Last week weidentified the photograph- <br /> Ka r <br /> lem.—AP er for our second place Enchanting Eyes <br /> Photo Contest winner as Steve Glassman. <br /> HENDRICKS CLEAN-UP2 21"°/ The actual photographer is Glassman's for- <br /> mer neighbor,Iris Bicksler <br /> Speaking of Hendricks Park,the local gem • A letter to the editor Feb. 7 identified �..: <br /> suffered major blow-down damage during Walter Hunt as the owner of New Odyssey " <br /> the recent windstorm and volunteers are Juice&Java downtown,but the actual owner <br /> gathering at 10 am Saturday,Feb.23 to pick is Steve Sender and the manager is Terri Gann. ~--f,_., s., <br /> w up limbs and other debris scattered through •A news story Feb. 14 misidentified UO <br /> 1 the park. .. Prof.James Earl as the Faculty Senate presi- <br /> 3: In other park news,Friends of Hendricks dent.Earl was president last year.The current <br /> y <br /> Park held its first official board meeting president is Prof.Nathan Tublitz. <br /> ONE TRACK HEART- <br /> C <br /> C <br />