Board of Commissioners
cater to county complaints
If you're wondering who zoned
the land along the McKenzie
River, approved construction of a
new campground on the coast,
and directed road crews to fill the
pothole in front of your house, the
answer is simple: The Lane
County Board of Commissioners.
Elected to four-year terms in
accordance to Lane County s
Home Rule Charter, the commis
sioners are chosen to occupy
three seats. The elections are
open to all county residents, and
the commissioners are chosen
at-large.
Being partisan positions, the
November ballot is decided by the
outcome of the May primary elec
tion. Seats One and Three are up
for grabs this year, and Seat One
incumbent Nancy Hayward, a
Democrat, has been eliminated by
challenger Archie Weinstein for
the fall runoff with former county
assessor John Parkhurst. Seat
Three incumbent Frank Elliott, a
Democrat, laces a challenge from
Republican Andy Maxon Seat
Two Commissioner Bob Wood,
chairer of the board, will face re
election in 1978.
Working in the face of election
year pressure, the commissioners
will continue to push for solutions
to county problems. A major issue
is the proposed county correc
tions facility which went down to
defeat on a ballot measure in the
May primary. Although the citi
zens’ advisory committee has
urged them to submit the same
proposal, the commissioners
agree that they will have to re-draft
a new plan for the November bal
lot. Bob Wood sums up by saying
their plan of attack win be to "trim it
(the proposal) to make it more
palatable to the people."
Another measure which was
defeated would have set up a
county library service. The outlook
for re-drafting this proposal is
bleak, however Hayward says
they are “open for suggestions.
The county is funded through
property taxes, timber tax re
venues, receipts from the now
defunct Oregon and California
Railroad, and through state and
federal funds. With property own
ers rebelling against increases of
property taxes, all three commis
sioners say they must find other
sources of revenue. Wood and
Hayward say they would support a
graduated county income tax, and
Elliott says he is working on a plan
to keep timber revenues at a high
level in the future
by Rick Beils
Public buses
to trials, fair
skip the jams
Ride your city bus. That often-repeated TV
slogan is especially apt now that the Olympic Trials
are under way. Your city bus may be the fastest way
— and for some the only way — to get to the trials.
For those staying in far-away motels and for
those who just live across town and want to avoid the
traffic snarls, the Lane Transit District (LTD) has a
well-planned transportation system to get persons
there and back. Buses are running every 15 minutes
from the downtown mall station to Hayward Field.
How do you conveniently get downtown? LTD
thought of that, too. They have brochures with ex
plicit directions and maps for each of the following
areas around town that are central to housing con
centrations: East Broadway Boulevard, Lane County
Fairgrounds, West Sixth Avenue, Mohawk
Boulevard, Valley River Inn, Franklin Boulevard east
of Agate Street, Coburg Road and Beltline Road.
After the last track and field event each day until the
trials end on June 27, buses will leave Hayward Field
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Also as long as the trials are in town, LTD will
have a special pass on sale from various merchants
and from their downtown information booth. The
pass costs 75 cents and is good for an unlimited
number of rides anywhere within the Eugene
Springfield metropolitan area.
The last three days of the trials, June 25,26 and
27, another little festive event will get underway,
complete with bus service. The Oregon Country Fair,
a crafts and foods event with scheduled entertain
ment that used to be called the Renaissance Faire,
runs morning to night on farm country west of
Eugene near Veneta. Buses will go to and from the
fair every Tiour and possibly every half hour, accord
ing to Rosemary Boss, LTD marketing director.
So much for the special rides. If you just want a
ride to town or out to Valley River Center, a bus ride
costs just 30 cents. Buses travel regular routes
around the metropolitan area every half hour. Maps
are available from the mall information booth.
But bus service doesn’t stop with the city area.
Buses travel to and from Veneta, Junction City,
Coburg, Marcola, Vida, McKenzie Bridge, Jasper,
Lowel and Goshen. With the city in Zone 1, outlying
areas up to as far away as McKenzie Bridge fall into
higher-numbered zones. Ten cents is added to the
regular price of a ride every time you cross a zone, so
a ride up the McKenzie in Zone 8, would cost $1.10.
Not a bad price for a day on the river.
by Phil Waldstein
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