What's happening. (Eugene, OR) 1982-1993, October 06, 1983, Page 2, Image 2

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WHAT’S
HAPPENING
Arts, Events and
Entertainment for
Eugene / Springfield
and Lane County
WHATS HAPPENING
is published each
Thursday except for
Nov. 24 (Thanksgiving),
and Dec. 29 (Christmas/
New Years).
EDITORS
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Apology
Sorry, we printed some misin
formation in our Sept. 22 issue,
in an article entitled Congratula
tions Woodpeckers. Community
League Softball team Late for
Dinner has only one champion
ship to its credit—1982. Say Hey
won in 1981, becoming the only
team ever to win two titles. No
team has ever won twice in a
row, let alone three times!
The Northwest
Teller
The Eugene Folklore Society
publishes a monthly newsletter
for professional, folk and educa
tional storytellers, and for others
who are interested in the contin
uation of the art and craft of
storytelling. If you would like to
contribute articles, comments,
or criticism, write to the North
west Teller, Godfrey Warner,
editor, P.O. Box 1645, Eugene,
OR 97440 or call 484-0758.
Educational
Software
The Ideal World of Educa
tional Software; An Interactive
Conference is an all-day confer
ence primarily for educational
software developers, authors
and publishers, for those in
volved in peripherals to educa
tional software, and for educat
ors directly involved with CAI.
The agenda will focus on the
present state of educational soft
ware and the objectives neces
sary to achieve the next genera
tion of quality and applicability.
This conference is sponsored by
a group of software developers
and publishers and the 4-J
School District. Registration is
limited. Send $15 or $25 (in
cludes lunch) to: Software Con
ference, c/o Eugene School
Dist. 4-J, 200 N. Monroe, Eu
gene, OR 97402. 687-3354 for
more information.
Justinian
AB SYSPOSDON
The most famous of the Byz
antine Emperors, Justinian the
Great, who ruled from 527-565
A.D., is the subject of a sym
posium at the University, Oct.
6-8. This symposium (which is
free) will examine the historical,
artistic, political, legal, religious
and economic aspects of the
Byzantine Empire, whose capital
was Constantinople, now Istam
bul, Turkey. Concurrent with
the symposium will be a photo
exhibit of architecture and
works of art from the Byzantine
Period. Call 686-3663 or
686-4877 for information.
Pro Bike ’83
Bicycle specialists, govern
ment officials and club leaders
will gather at the University,
Oct. 8 through 10, for the Pro
Bike '83 conference. There will
be workshops on low-cost engin
eering improvements, funding
sources, legislative issues, park
ing and more. Also featured will
be slides of international bicycle
trips, an Oregon coast bike trip,
and displays of locally built
bikes. Call 687-5298.
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Future Expo
Contest
The entry deadline for the Fu
ture Expo’s Invent the Future:
Lane County 2001 contest has
been extended to Oct. 17. So
there’s still time for elementary
schools, grades K-5, to enter. As
mentioned in our Sept. 22 issue,
children are to create a table-top
display depicting Lane County
in the year 2001, using any
media and any format. Not only
is there an Apple He Computer
for grand prize, but newly added
prizes are a Franklin Ace 1000
system and a Texas Instrument
99 4/A computer with speech
synthesizer. WISTEC is co
sponsoring this contest and will
display the exhibits for the entire
Future Expo, Nov. 11-13.
Edible
Mushroom
Trip
Willamalane is offering an in
door slide presentation on edible
mushrooms, which will intro
duce you to the basic skills
needed to gather mushrooms
safely. This is a prerequisite to
the trip, which will explore the
surrounding country and will in
clude cooking and sampling.
The classes, conducted by Paul
Woolery, will be Oct. 11, 10
a.m.-12 or Oct. 13, at 7-9 p.m.,
both at the Willamalane Senior
Center, “C” and Water Streets.
The field trip will be Oct. 15 or
18 from 8-4 p.m., leaving from
the Memorial Building at 765 N.
“A” St.
For Your
Information
Did you know WISTEC offers
an entire afternoon of explora
tion, games, and workshops for
children six to ten years old
during each of the football
games? Check-in time is noon,
$10 for members, $15 non
members.
A low-cost treatment program
for depressed high school-age
students and their families is
now being offered by the Uni
versity Psychology Clinic. Adol
escents, fifteen to eighteen years,
will be taught self-control tech
niques which have been found to
be helpful in controlling depres
sion. Call Greg Clarke at
686-4954.
The October Fest Antique fes
tival begins Friday, Oct. 7th at 9
a.m. at the Springfield Mall
(Marcola Exit). This runs
through Sunday at 5 p.m.
Hillcrest Vineyards is having
their 20th Anniversary Harvest
Festival from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
on Oct. 8th. Join in the picking,
crushing, and pressing—and
there’s fun for children, too.
Classes are beginning Oct. 7th
at the Oregon Zen Priory on Un
derstanding Soto Zen Morning
Service Sutras.
B. Dalton Supports
Literacy Drive
B. Dalton Bookseller will
sponsor Oregon Literacy Day,
Thursday, Oct. 13, in all of its
Oregon locations. Twenty per
cent of all designated register
proceeds will be donated to Ore
gon Literacy, Inc. In Eugene,
the money will go directly to the
Eugene-Springfield Literacy
Council, 650 W. 12th, to assist
with projected operational ex
penses for the 1983-84 fiscal
year.
Storyteller Godfrey Warner
will perform for literacy at the
Eugene B. Dalton on the down
town mall (194 W. Broadway,
683-6326) from 2-2:30 p.m. All
ages are invited to enjoy this
half-hour of imagination and
adventure.
Functional illiteracy plagues
21.5% of Oregon’s adult popu
lation; 5000 live in Lane County.
The Eugene-Springfield Literacy
Council, with the help of volun
teer tutors, works on a one-to
one basis with those who want to
learn to read and write. Many
students are learning English as
a second language. Lessons are
free. If you like to read, you can
teach another. Volunteers re
ceive twelve hours of intensive
training in the Laubach teaching
method. Training workshops
will be held October 21, 22, and
29 for teaching English As A Sec
ond Language; and November 5,
and 12 for Basic Training. A fee
of $6 is charged to cover the cost
of tutoring materials.
Lessons are held at a mutually
convenient time and place, often
at the home of the student or
teacher. Public meeting places
are also available. Two hours
per week is the minimum for
success. For more information
on the Eugene-Springfield Liter
acy Council, and how you can
teach another the joy of reading,
please call 344-0051.
Insight Body Works School.
Touch For Health Weekend Workshop
FREE INTRODUCTORY
Evening
Friday, October 14th 7-9 p.m.
(limited apace: pleese cell for reservation)
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October 15th & 16th 10-5
(enrollment limited to 18)
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Robyn Barzilay
Instructor & Director
RM FMTEe’aNTMMRATIOIS
plense cal! (503) 343-0000
Fee: 860.