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<br /> q ®Westfir.
<br /> wee the blaze has Westfir resident who re
<br /> from a vacation trip Mon
<br /> �.. A t �y+�- asking
<br /> grown to 130 acre$; it tllre tens thought We'd escaped fin
<br /> wo V� .aski1 no homes at this.point. guess not';;
<br /> - - Tire information offi
<br /> IME TO SEND those kids off to school; said no residences are
<br /> where they'll get answers to all sorts of By JACKMORAN blaze,but added that "hc
<br /> • significant questions but not: The Register Guard Westfir's western end ha
<br /> Q.Why does the Eugene Hotel . • WESTFIR Fire viewing was a spectator hour,pre-evacuation noti
<br /> Retirement Community still have a neon sport on Labor Day as-dozens of Westfir. A few residents livin
<br /> sign on at night that says"Eugene Hotel"? residents ventured .outside to watch crews town were also notified
<br /> A.True,the building at 222 E.Broadway battle a 130-acre wildfire burning uncomfort- that the fire could move
<br /> hasn't been a hotel in nearly 20 years.But it ably close to home. that were to happen, crE
<br /> wants to maintain its designation on the. Three'helicopters and a trio of airplanes dozer line to protect:.
<br /> National Historic Register and to do so means spent much of the day crisscrossing the skies Peneda said. `
<br /> keeping its"look"from the past,general just north of town, dropping water and fire -Despite the proximii
<br /> retardanton sections o
<br /> f the Office Bridge weren't too worried —, 1
<br /> manager Judi Jackson says. "Also,this place:is
<br /> Fire:.The blaze sparked Sunday afternoon on separating them from the
<br /> a landmark,"she says."There's a lot of history
<br /> here." U.S. Forest Service'Land near Highway. 58, Helen and Clyde Hal
<br /> The hotel dates back to 1925.A•handfui of
<br /> north of the Middle Fork Willamette River. dents of Westfir, sat ii
<br /> people each week still stop by looking for rooms It's burning just east of last month's Hemlock:, watched the day's activi
<br /> Fire,which consumed 136 acres. Jim'Anthony's yard on t]
<br /> for the night.
<br /> "The first fire we had over here was..a
<br /> Q.Along the alley between 19th and 20th little bit of a shock," said Clif Carter, a Turn to FIRE,
<br /> avenues and between.University and Potter
<br /> streets stands.a giant sequoia.Is this the
<br /> largest tree(in terms of volume)in the
<br /> <;-" Eugene/Springfield
<br /> area? 9 -3-02. "Because they `bundle' the products in the
<br /> A.Jeff Anderson,
<br /> urban forestry —PEG
<br /> , technician for the city of
<br /> a ' Eugene,went to check .7 f ' - - gy m..
<br /> *s. z } 4bay ••Et ,'q s
<br /> out a few large sequoias ° �,�,�� �k� ,�,�• ,� � � �{ � � Y4�. y �
<br /> just north of the A,�' >y, " k „r �r„a
<br /> " Springfield Police +bh ', '''''.$.1, $,t ' ':
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<br /> Station for comparison ',N., ,m '. n .. 41 d ; ,t'»
<br /> a and came back.to'say: °t „r� , y�At t-• i ) � i sa
<br /> , ✓ The one m Eugene is ,$ ..,',,,-e,',',„;.,,,,,,s F, k r , ,:,.41,.-4,;,
<br /> }ti"«,„�" ¢'y Yuv
<br /> the largest one rill '!''.74%. �,: Ay t', ,.. r, u�r
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<br /> aware of.,
<br /> Q.Who names forest fires?
<br /> F A.The attack crew that initially responds to
<br /> the fire and the office dispatching that crew,
<br /> il says John•Barnes,assistant district forester t.
<br /> with the Oregon Department of Forestry. h,
<br /> Q.The other day I saw my first ZAA '
<br /> license plate on a car.Since our arrival
<br /> three years ago,when we were issued a
<br /> WZW plate,the state has gone through the ,
<br /> entire X and Y series:By my reckoning,
<br /> we'll reach ZZZ-999 by the end of 2003.What
<br /> then? .
<br /> A.Bedlam,panic and mass hysteria,I ')
<br /> suppose.Seriously,when I-read'this question,I * ' , ,
<br /> ' - thought:,Here's someonie.with:!too much time on �''
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