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WORK UNDER WAY ON NEW COUNTY CAMPSITES A3 jsil 3-DIGIT 974 SS-VwlSlGHT LIBRARY $299 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON EUGENE OR 97403-1205 .1 lsl(o diqIqkdii nop on JSy i The outlines of a new ordinance were suggested by a city task force. The draft would retain the existing two-dog limit, allow exemptions to anyone not convicted of animal-related regulations, require dogs in the city to be licensed by the county, establish a maximum of four dogs per household even with the exemption, and charge an owner a $100 assessment on top of any fine for a violation. People could have more dogs than the limit if temporary visitors up to 30 days was suggested came with their own dogs, as long as the visiting canines were licensed somewhere. DEMOCRAT-HERALD Albany may get a new ordinance on the number and licensing of dogs, but not just yet. The city council Monday discussed a draft that would keep the current two -dog limit per household but would give an exemption for up to four dogs to anyone who paid $50 and wasn't convicted of a dog offense.

The council was all over the map on the draft and other aspects of dog regulation, and Mayor Sharon Konopa said the issue would not come up for action at Wednesday's session as originally scheduled. owners were guilty from the start. The council had the advice of Sgt. Curtis Hyde and Community Service Officer Jim Dohr of the police department's community resource unit. They backed the draft ordinance, saying the dog limit and the licensing requirement would give them good tools as their unit responds to about 1,200 dog-related complaints a year, even though only a few concerned just the number of dogs.

Konopa said any action would be put off until Councilors Bessie Johnson and Jeff, Christman, absent Monday, could be briefed. Councilors Bill Coburn and Floyd Collins said they were OK with the draft. Councilors Ralph Reid Jr. and Dick Olsen raised objections. Reid wanted the absolute limit to be no more than three.

He suggested the city ought to launch its own dog licensing and shelter program, and when someone suggested the costs of this would require a license fee of $1,000 per dog, he quipped: "So?" County dog licenses cost $15 a year for a fixed animal and $25 for one that isn't. Olsen objected to any punitive aspects of the draft and charged that it assumed dog Police recover robbery money 0 1 1 Uij 1 i Mark YlenDemocrat-Herald Terence Nolan examines his fire-damaged bedroom while looking through the apartment for the first time after the fire along with Mark Holman, left. Robert Nolan and Dwayne Pollock. ESfa rate JMbsuajf qmmmm. BY CARRIE PETERSEN ALBANY DEMOCRAT-HERALD Investigators on Monday recovered the money that had been stolen in three armed robberies at convenience stores in the Albany area.

The suspect, Bradley Thomas Sehrer, 20, of Albany, was found dead by police following a vehicle pursuit early Monday morning. The Linn County Sheriff's Office originally gave a different spelling of his last name. A corrected version was issued Monday afternoon. The robberies occurred Saturday evening at a 7-Eleven in southwest Albany, Sunday morning at a. Chevron gas station store on Highway 34 near Interstate 5, and Monday morning at a Circle Kon 34th Avenue S.E.

As Albany police were responding to the Circle holdup shortly after 1 a.m., they spotted a suspicious Mazda car in the area. They tried to stop it, but it continued. Police chased the car to Seven Mile Lane about a mile north of Highway 34, where it pulled over and stopped. When police got to the car, they found Sehrer dead in the driver's seat. He had apparently shot himself in the head with a shotgun.

The gun was the same one used in the robberies, according to detectives with the Linn County Sheriff's Office. Albany police said Sehrer had purchased the gun about four days earlier. On Monday, detectives searched the Mazda and found the money that had been stolen from Circle K. They also found the ski mask, medical gloves and hooded sweatshirt that the robber was wearing during the holdup. Sehrer had been living with his parents at a house on Firwood Circle S.E., according to the sheriff's office.

Detectives said a briefcase there contained the money from the two other robberies as well as additional cash. It was unknown where the extra money had come from. The money stolen in the Albany robberies totaled less than $100. Cash stolen from the Chevron was $114. Investigators from both the Albany Police Department and the Linn County Sheriff's Office had little information about Sehrer.

They said he had been home-schooled since fifth grade and was most recently unemployed. Albany police had two contacts with him. Sehrer reported being mugged a few months ago but didn't want officers to do any investigating. In December 2008, police responded to a suicidal call about him. AAsum-Dufour Funeral Home is handing arrangements.

All occupants out safe, but there is $410,000 damage to building, contents BY ANNEMARIE KNEPPER ALBANY DEMOCRAT-HERALD Terence Nolan was having trouble sleeping Monday night. It was hot in his bedroom. He threw off a layer of covers. He didn't know a fire was creeping through the shared attic and eventually to the bedrooms of his apartment No. 12, on the corner of Airport Road and South Shore Drive S.E.

A chimney failure caused the 2 a.m. blaze, said Wanda Omdahl, Albany Fire Department spokeswoman. A resident of No. 11, Jim Scoggins, had used the fireplace during the evening. It is unclear if there was a crack in the flue or some other malfunction that later caused the fire to spread.

It appears the flames spread to the other apartments through the shared attic space, Omdahl said. Nolan, a supervisor and driver for National Frozen Foods, and his roommate and brother Robert, a pressman at Pacific Packaging, were awakened by Scoggins pounding on their front door. "I heard, "Fire! Fire! Hurry! Hurry!" Robert said. The brothers grabbed some clothes and the TV and made it out without injury. "We're lucky," Terence said.

"If he wouldn't have woke up, or if he hadn't been around He trailed off, thinking about what could have happened. "The firefighters did a good job, let me tell ya," he said. "They got here so fast and got it done." Terence said he thinks most of their belongings are salvageable. There was a scorched smoke alarm among the debris in No. 12.

It is unknown if it went off. Residents of No. 9 told firefighters they heard the smoke detector just as their neighbor pounded on the door. All apartments in the fourplex were sig- nificantly damaged, but the heavy damage was to Nos.il and 12, Omdahl said. One apartment was vacant, the other occupied by a family of four.

The complex has 12 total units. All residents and pets excluding one cat are accounted for. It is believed the cat-bolted and is hiding somewhere safe. I This isn't the first time the apartments have sustained unexpected damage. "Last year we had a tree fall through No.j 4," said Ed Groves, maintenance man for the-complex, which is owned by Richard Oregon Senate OKs union-backed bill- Sen.

Morse: Labor bill one of worst of the year State Sen. Frank Morse says the labor bill the. Senate passed Monday should win an Oscar, or at least a Golden Globe, for one of the worst bills of the year. "On the surface it looks like it might be OK," the Albany Republican said Monday after noon. "It's a very, very bad Senate Bill 519 would bar employers from requiring employees to attend meetings about Under current federal labor law, employers can communicate with workers about union issues but must not threaten them.

The Oregon law would bar communication as well if workers don't want to hear it. The bill passed the Senate 16-14 after Republican attempts to send it back to committee failed. Employers who violate the provisions would face triple damages and other penalties. "The impact on the employer community is profound," the senator said from Salem. Combined with a new tax structure proposed by the legislature, the labor bill would make it more difficult for Oregon to attract employers, according to Morse.

Democrat-Herald SALEM (AP) In a squeaker of a vote, the Oregon Senate approved a bill that prevents businesses from requiring workers to attend company-organized meetings about politics, including union organizing, and religion. The bill passed 16-14 on Monday. Two Democrats, Ginny Burdick of Portland and Betsy Johnson of Scappoose, joined the 12 Republicans in opposing Senate Bill 519, which now moves to the House. The House narrowly approved a similar bill tw6 years ago, but it failed to advance through the Senate. I Introduced at the request of the Oregon AFL-CIO, the bill is a top priority for labor unions and adamantly opposed by business groups.

"Workers should not have to give up their opinions or be lectured about their employer's beliefs to get a paycheck," said Tom Chamberlain, the Oregon AFL-CIO president. politics, including formation of Sen. Frank Onions, and religion. Mors Oregon would be the first state in the country to have such a law, according to Morse. bill violates their right to communicate with employees under the National Labor Relations Act, and that existing laws al-J ready deal with employers who" discriminate on the basis of re-' ligion, try to coerce workers into voting a certain way or retaliate for union activities.

nd the White House. He also cited a complaint the AFL-CIO got from a worker in Oregon who said he was disciplined after walking away from a lunchroom after his employer started making anti-Catholic statements. Business groups contend the Chamberlain said the measure was prompted by worker complaints from around the U.S. He noted that Wal-Mart officials last year held mandatory meetings with their workers that discussed the negative impact of putting Democrats in charge of Congress Shopping locally helps strengthen the local economy and has other tangible benefits, including making the personal acquaintance of merchants and service providers all over the. mid-valley.

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