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Announcing the 1987 Lane Literary Awards The First Annual Lane Literary Awards, sponsored by Lane Literary Guild, Lane Regional Arts Council and What’s Happening, is now accepting previously unpub lished short fiction and poetry from writers residing in Lane County. Works by selected writers will be included in Pacifica, a special literary supplement, to be published in the September 17 issue of What's Happening. The two award winners in each category will be invited to read as part of Lane Literary Guild's Eugene Celebra tion Reading, at the Hult Center on September 27. Each award winner will also receive $50. Jurors for the Awards will be the featured guest readers at the Eugene Celebration Reading. They are poet Judy Grahn and science fiction writer John Varley. • Writers must reside in Lane County, Oregon. • Writers may submit either poetry or fiction, but not both. • All submissions must be typed: fiction (double-spaced) not to exceed 1500 words; poetry not to exceed 5 poems or 300 lines. • Two copies of each work are required, without the author's name on them. • One separate cover sheet should list the writer's name, address, and title of each work submitted. • Work samples will not be returned. • A $3 reader's fee for each writer must accompany the submission. Make checks payable to Lane Literary Guild. • Entries should be mailed to: Lane Literary Awards, Lane Regional Arts Council, 411 High St., Eugene, OR 97401. • Deadline for receipt of entries: 4 pm, July 9, 1987. • Entrants will be notified by mail of the jurors' decision by August 15. Couch of Class A Clothing Quality Resale in Natural Fibers for women and children $ II More great V )) clothes than — ever before. 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Gawkers (in cowboy hats, pointed boots and sun glasses) pose the in evitable question: “Mow’d y’all git them ropes up there?” There are two possible answers to this query. At the Butte one has the option of walking up by a trail and running the rope through bolts anchored at the top. Thus the activity is appropriately named “top roping.” The climber ties into one end of the rope and the belayer on the ground takes up the slack during the ascent. If the climber falls the belayer stops the rope from moving with friction and catches the fell. The climber can literally hang on the rope or even be lowered to the ground from this “yo yo” configura tion. With this type of insurance one can safely try any climb. “Lead climbing" on the other hand is a more serious proposition requir ing a climber to seriously assess skills and limitations. When leading, a climber brings the rope up the rock. Pieces of protection (called chocks, stoppers, friends, etc.) are placed in available cracks and the climber then clips the rope to them after passing above. In a lead fall the climber will fall twice the distance down as he/she is above the highest piece of protec tion. This is assuming the protection holds. The dependability of the pro tection varies with where and how it was placed. The ideal is to place “bomb proof pro.” Conversely the leader’s nightmare is to fall and “zip per the pro” . . . resulting in a ground fall. More and more women are enjoy _ACHE.— 787—W (SWEATSHOP 8-76/ VNECY Hanes Beefy-T 100% cotton t-shirts $5.99 assorted colors No-name running shorts (name brand $17.95) our price $9.99 MON-SAT 10 am-6 pm 949 Pearl 343-8352 Car Care with a Conscience Audi • BMW Porsche ’Volkswagen Alfa Romeo Lt— 687-00 40 Literary Lion Hl Centre Court... Eugene, Oregon 687-2127 216 Book Signing Saturday June 30 12:30-2:30 pm Ann Rule SMALL SACRIFICES The Story of Diane Downs published by New American Library Second-Hand Clothing established 1976 An alternative way to shop and save money featuring contemporary and designer styles. Name brands, huge selection, and new arrivals every day We buy and consign daily MO E. 11th Between Mill & High 344-7039 Mon-Sat 10-6 4 MONSTER COOKIE CO. We’re more than Just a cookie store! Stop by Monster Cookie Company to enjoy: 00 r Ay , AoNSTeeS COOKIE* 5' ICED • coffees • espressos • cappuccinos • chocolatinos • cafe au lait Ice cream cones & shakes Sandwiches & Bagels 5th & Willamette 687-1064 ing climbing. Novice women often progress faster than men. What they might lack in upper body strength they often make up for by superior balance control and flexibility. There are excellent women climbers (highly skilled and strong) at the Butte. One often sees entire families climbing together. It’s humbling to watch a ten year old* scamper fearlessly up the rock. On certain days U of O classes monopolize the area. (You’ll recog nize them by the yellow and orange helmets.) Eugene Parks and Recrea tion also offers courses in rock climb ing through the outdoor program at the River House. In general the at mosphere is friendly and supportive and one can almost always find some one who is willing to trade a belay. The columns are comprised of ig neous rock known as columnar basalt which formed when molten lava cool ed (during the oligocene period) some 32,000,000 years ago. The contraction of cooling lava resulted in vertical stress fractures or shrinkage joints. It is into these 32,000,000 year old cracks that climbers forcibly jam fingers, hands, fists and feet. Controversial chalk dots the rock. Some say it aids their climbing by en hancing the grip of sweaty hands. Others criticize it for its visual im pact, often adding that it serves main ly as a psychological crutch. On one day a climber cleaned chalk off the rock with a tooth brush. Eventually two weeks of winter rain will wash the slate clean until it’s dry enough to climb again. There is a guide to climbs at Skin ner Butte available for $1.50 through Parks and Rec at the River House. Forty-six routes are described and rated. Some of the most creative names include “Dastardly Crack," “Discipline Jam,” “Limpdick,” “Sprained Thumb” and “Satisfac tion.” A climb is traditionally named and rated (on a complex scale of diffi culty) by the person who bags the first ascent. An additional 51 contrived variations are described for those so inspired. And of course people are constantly making up their own varia tions of climbs at the columns. 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