April/May 1983 RAIN Page 31 PACIFIC NORTHWEST BIOREGION REPORT PACIFIC RIM RAMBLE All the news that’s fit to print is a matter of taste. What is one person’s pile of good information may be another’s material for the recycling bin. This column, with information on everything from new road signs to albino frogs, may offer something for everyone’s palate. , Radioactive waste, radio-wave pollution, and other concerns about hazardous substances are the focus of the RADIATION EDUCATION COUNCIL, which publishes a newsletter, (PO Box 705, Lakeview, OR 97630).. .Motivated by the idea that unemployed people can support each other, three southeast Portland women, with the assistance of Southeast Uplift, a neighborhood organization, have organized an UNEMPLOYMENT FORUM. The first forum focused on alternative methods for unemployment to meet basic needs, including food-buying clubs, energy assistance, and housing alternatives. . .Some people have discovered that the map is not always like the territory. The U.S. FOREST SERVICE has changed the number system on its 80,000 miles of roads in 19 National Forests in Oregon and Washington. The system is really simple. Well, kind of. It is an arterial concept. Fourdigit numbers are assigned to collector roads which branch off from the arterials. The first two digits of a collector are identical to the two digits of the arterial. For a description, write to the U.S. Forest Service, PO Box 3623, Portland, OR 97208.. .PORTLAND BY BICYCLE is a handy guide to bicycle routes and trips of various lengths in and around Portland, produced by the Bicycle Commuter Service, 1914 SE Ankeny, Portland, OR 97214.. .The NORTHWEST CHINA COUNCIL, a program of the World Affairs Council of Oregon, is a group focused on keeping the understanding of China’s history, culture, and contemporary affairs, in the People’s Republic, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and among Chinese-Americans. The group sponsors forums and workshops (1912 SW Sixth, #252, Portland, OR 97201).. .FROGONIANS has been organized to make Willie, an albino frog from Williams, Oregon, into a national water conservation symbol. The group presently has over 10,000 members. Find out more by writing to Ed and Bobbie Schmidt. (PO Box 94, Williams, OR 97544). . .The SEA'TTLE CREATIVE LISTING is a guide to media services in the Seattle area, including sections on film/video, audio-visual, radio/television, and writing. The cost is $15 from Seattle Creative Listing.(PO Box 31667, Seattle, WA 98103).. .Congratulations to the Women’s Place bookstore in Portland which has just celebrated its tenth year of being in business . . .Another in the growing number of BIOREGIONAL PLATFORM STATEMENTS was received from the Cascadian Commonwealth Movement, calling their geographic concern Cascadia. More information from Cascadian Commonwealth Movement, 2080 Riverview, Eugene, OR 97403.. .OREGON’S HAZARDOUS WASTE TREATMENT FACILITIES is a new fact sheet available from the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality describing Oregon’s facilities for dealing with hazardous materials (Solid Waste Division, DEQ, PO Box 1760, Portland, OR 9'7207). . .Saying that 'Television is like an open sewer flowing through our luring rooms,” television’s GALLOPING GOURMET, Graham Kerr, moved to Eugene to run the International Quality of Life Center, which encourages people to live better for less.. .The Oregon Nature Conservancy office received a $20,000 grant from the Oregon Economic Action Council to establish an education and assistance program for owners of small timber stands in western Oregon. The Conservancy based their proposal to the Action Council on economic and employment returns to the state that would be gained by wise management of the resources. . .The Feminist Karate Union in Seattle, in existence for over a decade, is moving into larger quarters. The new space was designed by, and is being largely built by, female volunteer energy. The group is closely associated with an organization called Alternatives to Fear, which teaches self-defense to women, children, and senior citizens. (101 Nickerson, Seattle, WA 98109. 206 / 282-0177).. .On the top of Pacific Rim readers’ lists this spring should be three books, which we received in one week, and which we will be reviewing in depth in next issue. The Klamath Knot by David Rains Wallace (Sierra Club Books) is a natural history of the Klamath Mountains with forceful insights about humanity’s place on the earth glittering from every page. The Mountain in the Clouds by Bruce Brown (Simon & Schuster), a plaintive history of salmon in the Northwest, is a primer for the movement (growing by leaps and bounds) for sustainable fisheries in the Northwest. The River Why, the first novel by David James Duncun (Sierra Club Books), is an artful, uproarious novel about obsessed fisherpeople in the Northwest.
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