European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 15, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes sunday april 15,1990 Timber workers and supporters rally Friday in Portland Ore., against environmentalists push to limit logging. Thousands in Oregon protest Effort to save Timber for owls Portland Ore. Apr thousands of loggers and Mil workers demonstrated in a downtown Square Friday against a Campaign to save Forest owls by removing Large tracts of Timber from production. Some 8,000 to 10,000 people protested an emerging National policy to limit logging the last of the Pacific Northwest a Virgin Timber. Logging families fear they will be ignored by policy makers from outside the Region. Environmentalists argue that old growth Timber must be protected to save the Northern spotted owl from extinction. They say the owl cannot survive outside the Complex ecosystem anchored by centuries old Trees. �?o1 know we care for our forests a said Audrey Barnes whose family a ties to the Timber Industry stretch Back three generations. A a i know we can live with nature and nature with  organizers said 3s0 businesses around the state closed so their employees could attend. Some schools excused students so they could join their families at the hour Long rally in Pioneer courthouse Square. Douglas county officials gave 25 to 30 local government employees the Day off with pay. About 105 Busi Nesses closed and 500 people came from the major Mill town of Sweet Home. Bob and Susan Kasting owners of the Busy Bee restaurant in Sweet Home said shutting Down the Timber Industry would devastate their business. A if they can to work they can to eat a he said. Republican sen. Bob Packwood told the crowd that he has run out of patience with environmentalists seeking to end All logging in the state. He said their Campaign could be condensed into two words a no  a you and i know we can have jobs forever a pack Wood said. Coalition member Evelyn Badger said Congress would be asked to set aside Forest land specifically for Timber harvests. A we Are the dirty hands people who feed clothe and shelter this nation a she said. However environmentalist Mari Hoffman from Vancouver Wash., said the Timber Industry has forced the debate on logging by Over cutting the Northwest Woods. A a we re not opposed to logging a she said carrying a sign advocating Protection for old growth. A a we re just opposed to the amount of logging that a taking  quake jolts area of Northwest Bellingham Wash. Apr a Sharp earthquake Shook Northwest Washington state and Southeast British Columbia overnight authorities said saturday. One  Border crossing was closed but there were no reports of serious damage or injuries. The quake measured 5.1 on the Richter scale and struck at 10 33 . Friday said Steve Malone a geophysicist at the University of Washington in Seattle. Its epicentre was three Miles Northeast of Deming a town Northeast of Bellingham and about 10 Miles South of the Canadian Border. The epicentre was about 50 Miles Southeast of Vancouver British Columbia according to the . Geological Survey. A preliminary Reading by the National earthquake information Center in Golden colo., had put the quakers magnitude at 4.5. The quake was followed by about a dozen aftershocks. The strongest one measured 4.1 on the Richter scale said a statement from the University a geophysics program Early saturday. The quake shattered windows and Shook objects off shelves near the epicentre the University said. The Pacific Highway Border crossing was closed and one building was evacuated said Helen Jassen acting superintendent for Canadian customs. Officials in ska git whatcom and Snohomish counties in Washington received Calls from people who Felt the quake. Officials said pictures reportedly fell off Walls but no other damage was reported. . Geological Survey spokesman Donald Finley said the quake was reported Felt As far South As Seattle 100 Miles South of the Border. There were no immediate reports of damage in British Columbia. A a it a not enough to cause any serious damage a said Bob Homer of the Pacific Geo science Center in Sidney British Columbia. A a it a certainly enough to be strongly  every increase of one number on the Richter scale Means a tenfold increase in the intensity of ground motion. An earthquake measuring 4 is capable of causing moderate damage 5 considerable damage and 6 severe damage. Stateside postal Retiree wins bid to lend Money to county Batavia . Apr a retired postal worker outbid four Banks to lend $110,000 to Genesee county a the first time in at least 24 years that the county has borrowed Money from a private citizen officials said. John a. Johnson of Castile offered the loan to the county for a year at 5.82 percent interest below the rates the four local Banks would have charged said county treasurer Richard e Sie Bert. A a it a the first time in 16 years that in be been Here that an individual showed up off the Street to lend Money to the county Siebert said. County account clerk Gertrude Penepent said Johnson was the first citizen Lender she could recall in 24 years with the county. Siebert said Johnson told him he read about the municipal note offer in a newsletter put out by a local Bank. He said Johnson could have received a higher interest rate with some other form of investment but the tax free status of the note might outweigh that  727 lands safely in Ore. After engine fails Portland Ore. Apr one of three engines failed on a United airlines Boeing 727, but the aircraft landed safely authorities said. None of the 147 passengers and Crew was injured. The engine on flight 1531 from Calgary Alberta to san Francisco failed Midway Between stops in Spokane Wash., and Portland. United officials were trying to determine the cause of the problem. In St. Louis meanwhile a Twa jetliner bound for Moline 111., returned to Lambert Airport after it lost tread from a Landing wheel during Takeoff and a Hydraulic Hose was severed a spokesman said. Twa flight 641, a dc-9 with 89 people aboard landed safely Twa spokesman Don Morrison said. Nobody was injured. Morrison said that the dc-9�?Ts Pilot operated its Landing gear manually and that the stripped tire was still inflated when the plane  office in St. Paul almost bypasses mayor St. Paul Minn. Apr the . Census Bureau has nearly overlooked one of its main boosters but officials promised to right their mistake. Mayor Jim Scheibel a apartment was among the 5,000 households in the St. Paul area that did no to receive census forms in the mail. A a in a been promoting the census and the importance of filling out the forms when i realized i did no to have a form a Scheibel said last week. A they almost did no to count the  Rod Swenson District manager of the St. Paul census office called Scheibel to assure him that a form was on the Way. Free parking will be history at statue of Liberty ferry lots Jersey City . Apr give us your tired your poor your huddled masses out make sure they have $3 to Park. Free parking for people visiting the statue of Liberty will be a thing of the past in the fee takes effect at the ferry lots in Liberty state Park said Bernard Hartnett chairman o the Parks Public advisory commission in exact Date for the change was not set. The plan will affect 550 car spaces an 3 20 u spots at the Park Hartnett said. The fee for will be $3, and commercial buses will pay for a space. School buses and visit. State Park handicapped or senior citizen p will be exempt. ,. A ferry runs from a Dock near parking to the statue in new York Harbor. The n Park service says 426,308 people took the to the statue in 1989. _. The advisory commission said the Rev will be used to build another parking to a science museum at the 800-acre Park