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--> --> Oregon in brief Man banned from riding Salem buses SALEM - A 30-year-old man who allegedly left bags of white, blue and orange powder on Salem mass transit property was arrested and banned for life from city buses and buildings. Noah Jonnie Slaughter, of Keizer, was charged with criminal mischief, disorderly conduct and offensive littering, said Salem police Officer Bob Owings. "We don't know what the intent was," Owings said. Owings said Slaughter claimed the bags contained items including baking soda, powdered cheese sauce and toothpaste. Officers, bus drivers and transit patrons found 23 bags of white and blue powder and larger bags filled with orange powder over two weeks since Oct. 8. Tests proved the powder was not a drug, so they were thrown away. Later, because of anthrax scares across the country, authorities began saving and documenting bags. Buses were stopped midroute, unloaded and checked, disrupting service. Reward offered for info about poachers ALSEA - Oregon State Police are offering a $1,000 reward for information about the poaching of one elk and three deer over the weekend. A hunter found the bodies of an adult deer and elk Saturday along a road above the Fall Creek Hatchery near the border of Benton and Lincoln counties. They were found about a mile apart. Troopers then found the bodies of a doe and fawn off a U.S. Forest Service road in the Treholm Saddle area. Sgt. Swede Pearson of the OSP's Newport office said the animals appeared to have been shot numerous times from the rear before being shot in the head at close range. The cow elk was found lying in the roadway. All the animals were left to waste. The troopers were able to recover the remains of the elk, according to troopers, but they couldn't salvage the bodies of the three deer because of the numerous gunshot wounds. Each act of poaching qualifies as a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $5,000 and a maximum sentence of up to one year in jail. Anyone with information can call Newport office of the state police at 541-265-5354, ext. 311, or the department's "Turn in a Poacher" hotline at 800-452-7888. Senator's mother dies of cancer CHEVY CHASE, Md. - Jessica Gill, mother of U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore., died Monday of cancer, her family said. She was 83. Born Jessica Udall, Mrs. Gill was a member of the Udall political family. She was a first cousin to the late Congressman Mo Udall, D-Ariz., and to former U.S. Interior Secretary Stewart Udall, who also served in Congress from Arizona. Mrs. Gill is also related to Mark Udall, a Democratic congressman from Colorado and Tom Udall, a Democratic congressman from New Mexico. Mrs. Gill was married to Milan Smith, the Oregon senator's father and an assistant U.S. agriculture secretary under Dwight Eisenhower. Survivors include Mrs. Gill's current husband, Jose Gill, and 10 children. Funeral arrangements were pending. OSU, UO mark highest enrollment Oregon State University and the University of Oregon both enrolled record numbers of students this fall. UO also enrolled its largest freshman class in school history and OSU has the most first-year students since 1971. More than 18,000 students enrolled at Oregon State University's Corvallis and Bend campuses this fall, marking the highest enrollment in the school's history. OSU enrolled 3,185 freshmen, the largest class in 30 years, with an average grade point average of 3.53. Oregon State's enrollment for its Corvallis campus is 17,920, a 7 percent increase over last year's fall enrollment. About 476 students are enrolled at OSU's Bend campus, which opened this fall. Enrollment at the University of Oregon is 19,091 students this fall, marking the first time in the school's 125-year history that more than 19,000 students signed up. It's an increase of 7 percent over last fall's enrollment, school officials said. The UO's freshman class is a record 2,998 students, an increase of more than 9 percent over last year's class. The first-year students have a mean GPA is 3.43 - the highest average for any UO freshman class, officials said. Email your... Technical questions & comments to: WebMaster Daily Tidings editorial comments & questions to: Editor Visit our other Oregon Newspapers... | Albany Democrat-Herald | Ashland Daily Tidings | Corvallis Gazette-Times | | Lebanon Express | Newport News-Times | Springfield News | Cottage Grove Sentinel | Ashland Daily Tidings 1661 Siskiyou Blvd. Ashland, OR 97520 Telephone 541-482-3456 © Copyright 2001 Lee Northwest Publishing