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Inner-act impaired by lack of discussion By JOHN AJK Of the Kmorald Inner ad faces a social arrier. • The major problem con anting Inner-act,” said Don jaSon of the Eugene Chamber of 'ommerce and a member of nner-act,” is that of bringing minority groups and long-haired Dsjt down at table and engage in ruitful discussion with the in luential businessmen. As long as he businessmen are making the utk they don’t sec any reason or such a discussion.” Mason went on to explain how uch a discussion can lead to a alional reconciliation of diverse lews and conflicting interests. He made these comments last Wednesday night in his Eugene lotel office while speaking about he role of Inner-act and its newly roposed community services uilding Inner act is a joint program of he Eugene Chamber of Com lerce and the University. Its lain role according to Mason, is lal of "bringing old and new jgether ” Not much is heard about Inner ct because of the way it perates It doesn't organize iany programs of its own but it cLs as a link between, and last esort for. about 12 community ervices agencies They are: Action Now, SCAPE, Canterbury Center, ooking Glass, White Bird, lugene Youth Hostel, Switch ward, Community Skool and arious drop-in centers. Some of these agencies operate nder tight budgets and they seek elp from Inner-act in getting ome of their administrative and ecretarial jobs done Mason said the newly proposed (immunity services building will lake the community agencies ■ss dependent on Inner act and fill give them a place to identify ith Mason feels the absence of dequate office space is a serious npairment to the success of iany of the community services. A recent statement released by nner-act reads, "Although the owntown area is being enovated through the efforts of he Eugene Renewal Agency, here are many community ervice programs that are faced nth finding suitable office space Soft ' contact lenses OploilK I I |S| Robert .1 Williamson ‘Wire Rims •Eye Examination • Contact Lenses * Fashion Eye Wear Just say Charge It" Standard Optical 820 Willamette 684 0811 for their programs. Office space outside of the renewal agencies condemned buddings is scarce and costly. At present there arc no plans for the building of or provision for community service organizations. Many community service agencies are forced to pay a relatively high percentage of their budget for rent. "Inner-act proposes, in cooperation with United Appeal, the providing of a service to the community by establishing and managing a community services building. The building would provide a central headquarters for community action programs while providing support in the form of office and meeting room facilities.” The building proposed for these services is the eighty-year-old former Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity house, located at the southeast corner of the in tersection of 16th Avenue and Patterson Street: The proposed budget for the building is $11,200 a year. The building is residentially zoned and Inner-act will have to get permission from the City of Eugene to use it as a conditional office space. Mason feels getting this permission will not present any problem. The main problem that faces the implementation of the building proposal is getting each community agency to come up with enough money for down Free drug analysis nears By DAVID DRKI.ICII ■ Of the Kmerald A free, anonymous drug analysis project is one step eloser to reality, according to Mark Miller, director of the University Drug Information Center (DIC). A closed meeting between Miller and Lane County District Attorney Robert Naslund Wednesday produced an agreement that the DIC should seek the cooperation of the Oregon State Police in con ducting the analyses According to Miller, a University-connected laboratory would not provide enough security for the handling of the drugs 'I'm hopeful' "Naslund realizes the need of the project and thinks it will be of benefit to the community,” Miller said. "I'm hopeful that we can do something,” Naslund said He cautioned that, “we’re still in stages of talking.” talking between Miller and Naslund reached a sticking point as the result of “two or three” misunderstandings, according to Miller, including one on how drugs would bo turned in Miller emphasized people turning drugs in to the DIC for analysis would remain anonymous even to DIC personnel A person wishing to submit drugs for analysis, according to the tentative understanding worked out between Naslund and Miller, would first phone the DIC to advise the center that the drugs were being sent. The donor would then be given an iden tification number over the telephone. His name would not be taken. "I don't want to see any faces around here. I don’t want to know any names,” Miller said. After the assignment of the identification number, the drugs are to be mailed to the DIC "without a return address,” according to Miller. "We would then let the person know the results of the analysis by use of his identification number through the appropriate media outlets.” he said Strictly anonymous Miller emphasized that, if the state police agree to this arrangement, drug samples submitted to the police crime lab would remain strictly anonymous. Miller will seek an appointment with Holly Holcomb, superintendent of the state police. Naslund suggested the arrangement with the state police crime laboratories since, according to Miller, the state police have offered to handle the drug overflow in the district attorney's office A serious drug problem does exist in Eugene, according to Naslund “We will accept any form of illegal drug," Miller noted. Similar projects have already been set up in Portland, Palo Alto, Cal., and at the University of Maryland Miller noted that there have been problems en countered with the federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs by analysis centers, but said that these could be overcome. payments and promises for at least a year’s rent, he said. Each agency would be required to pay according to its ability. Since most of these agencies are poorly financed and with the recent budget cuts, getting enough money from the agencies is in deed an obvious problem, he said. Mason said any deficit could be made up with donations from the public through the help of the United Appeal organization It is proposed that the ground floor areas of the building would be used for day care and after school care programs ad ministered by Canterbury Center and Children’s Community Skool. The present Canterbury day care center is inadequate and not properly zoned, he said Thirteen upstairs rooms would be rented to educational and charitable organizations, “which are in need of reasonably priced office space.” Inner-act will meet at 7:30 p.m. today in the Eugene Hotel to discuss further the building proposal. E Part II - The Festival of Beauty Saturday - July 8 150 Science 7 5 9 pm *1.00 ASUO Cultural Forum ■S NEW HORIZONS VENTURES presents JEAN-LUC GODARD'S BREATHLESS Screenplay by Francois Truffaut Technical Supervisor, Claude Chabrol Starring: Jean Seberg ("Between grief and nothing, I will take grief.") and Jean -Paul Belmondo ("I'd choose nothing") and J.L. Godard as The Informer 7 and 9:30 p.m. Room 180 PLC$1 THURSDAY- JULY 6
