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<br /> which was running at large,"Hoar. id. 11 A f-
<br /> And then there's Bob Free.,:n,who lives on
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<br /> the other(uphill)side of • • ranch and was the
<br /> . last DON BISH�FF last chairman of th• -leash association before
<br /> it disbanded.F •man said his dog's too old to
<br /> frolic in ' pasture anymore,but Freeman
<br /> wal .y daily and sees none of the problems
<br /> Po ular park
<br /> HEY'RE FULL OF IT,"he said.
<br /> • ` "This is the same thing they pulled -
<br /> causes d o h t four years ago.They were full of it
<br /> (((,,,(,,, g then,and they're full of it now."
<br /> This phase of the dogfight began when Hoard,
<br /> HERE IS WAYNE MORSE when weBachman and 26 other neighbors signed a letter
<br /> really need him? to City Councilman Tim Laue.It complained
<br /> No,not to end the Vietnam War or about traffic,litter,early morning and late-night
<br /> get us a new dam.To settle the latest flap up on noise,etc.,caused by owners and pets using the
<br /> Crest Drive,between dog owners and neighbors "exercise and defecation area."Neighbors want
<br /> of the city park that used to be Morse's ranch. the city to close the gate into the pasture off
<br /> Before he became a cantankerous and/or Lincoln Street,forcing dog owners to use the
<br /> beloved U.S.senator,the late Morse was famed ranch parking lot at the upper end,near the old
<br /> as a head-knocking labor arbitrator.The Morse home.
<br /> neighbor-dog owner fight is in need of some But Morgan doesn't want to shut the gate,
<br /> serious arbitration and head-knocking. which is a convenient access,particularly for
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<br /> It's been going on more than four years,ever disabled and elderly users.
<br /> since the city of Eugene decided to make the So he came up with a Solomonesque plan:
<br /> Morse Ranch Park pasture a place where dog The gate stays,but the pasture is split in half.
<br /> owners could legally unleash their dogs. The uphill area,above the creek running
<br /> through fought the idea with,er,bulldog it,can be used from 6 a.m.to 11 p.m.,
<br /> • tenacity,but lost. while the lower part,closest to neighbors,won't
<br /> "It's long been my opinion that if the pros and be open until 8 a.m.and will close at 8 p.m.
<br /> antis had just kind of worked together for the Morgan asked city parking control officers to
<br /> common good,we check Lincoln periodically.He put two workers
<br /> .1:.i'7-— could have had world in the park for a week,asking dog owners to be
<br /> ' peace by now,with all nice to neighbors. .
<br /> ` the effort put into He posted big signs asking park users to park
<br /> .1( fighting each other," in the parking lot instead of on Lincoln.Now
<br /> f".fr J .,t; :. ;:. ? said dog owner Casey some neighbors gripe about the signs'size'
<br /> q 1'; ;;_; ," Forrest,former '' Things got more complicated when
<br /> `-x` :•, somebody from the cityMorgan says it wasn't
<br /> + ? >. � chairwoman of the — y
<br /> ; Morse Ranch Off- him—called Lane Animal Regulation Authority.
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<br /> F•,, % Leash Association. The caller asked that dog control officers"go
<br /> `' inside the park andgive dogowners
<br /> But listen to
<br /> Edward Bachman,who information"about dog regulations,said Randy
<br /> NSA 't ' lives across Lincoln Covey,authority supervisor. •
<br /> `' '' Street from the park: Unfortunately for Linda Stancil of Eugene,an
<br /> "The traffic is officer gave her a citation along with
<br /> horrendous for the dead-end street.Too many information,because her dog,Pasha,wasn't
<br /> people are using it.. . .I've had people throwing wearing her license.Stancil said Pasha has a
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<br /> dog manure over the fence onto my sidewalk. license—it was just on her other collar.
<br /> My mailbox has been knocked off about five Stancil refused to give her name and address,
<br /> times—people parking alongside hit it with until the control officer called a Eugene cop.She
<br /> their mirrors." plans to pay the$40 fine,but is mad at the
<br /> Greg Hoard,who lives on a cul-de-sac across neighbors for causing the crackdown.Covey,
<br /> Lincoln,videotaped some of the activity and however,says it wasn't really a crackdown,just
<br />• gave the tape to Dick Morgan,city parks an officer doing his job.
<br /> maintenance manager.I didn't see the video, This is giving me a headache.
<br /> because it was destroyed in this month's fire at Morgan says he hopes everybody will try to
<br /> the Public Works Department. get along under the new rules,which is probably
<br /> But Hoard said It showed cars parked facing too much to hope for.Charlotte O'Ryan,a beagle-
<br /> the wrong direction and in a yellow zones,not owning buddy of Stanch's,said neighbors should
<br /> enough room for heavy traffic,and dogs without just quit griping:
<br /> leashes outside the fence."You would have "They could have gangs there,kids using
<br /> heard somebody yelling something to the effect drugs or skateboarding with baggy pants and
<br /> of,'Hey,boy,don't be videotapin my dog,' caps on backwards;they could have that all night
<br /> which was running at large,"Hoard said. long.What they've got is a group of people 35 and
<br /> And then there's Bob Freeman,who lives on over with really well-mannered dogs.
<br /> "if that was the worst problem happening in
<br /> the other(uphill)side of the ranch and was the my life.I would be thanking God."
<br /> last chairman of the off-leash association before
<br /> it disbanded.Freeman said his dog's too old to 1 To hour a message from Don Bishoff,or to
<br /> frolic in the pasture anymore,but Freeman leave a message for biro,cull Gnurdl.ine,485-
<br /> walks by daily and sees none of the problems 2000 and enter category 3828.
<br /> neighbors complain of. c •
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