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Exotic Plants
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Soils, Books, Seeds
and a wide selection
of pots and baskets
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Mon.-Thurs. 10-5:30 Fri. & Sat. 10-6:00
Sun. 12-5:00
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EMU
Craft Center
There are still openings in
these areas:
Children s Pottery
Enameling
Frame loom weaving
Quilting
Felt Making
Stained Glass
Basketry
Jewelry
SHkscreen
Woodworking
Drawing
Photography
Calligraphy
Bike Repair
Batik
Registration tor workshops be
gins at noon, Thurs June 29, in
the Craft Center, located on the
ground floor of the E M U new
addition For more information,
stop by the Craft Center or cal
686-4361
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10:30-3:30 Friday
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For administrative officer
Commissioners end search
The Lane County Board of
Commissioners has ended a
two-month nationwide search for
a new county general administra
tive officer by appointing Harry
Durrie the acting administrator.
Over 200 applicants applied for
the position that is a realignment
of duties formerly held by Bob El
fers under the title of chief ad
ministrator. All three finalists were
already employed by the county
in some capacity.
In a two-to-one vote at a spe
cial board meeting Monday morn
ing, commissioners Jerry Rust
and Bob Wood appointed the
fiscal specialist Durrie over the
objections of Archie Weinstein.
“I refuse to make the vote
unanimous,” Weinstein said. “All
you are doing is continuing Elfer's
dynasty. What the county needs
is a new face."
Elfers acted with too much in
dependence for the commission
ers, who are reorganizing the
county's departments so they will
hold a tight reign over the
county's employes. The top ad
ministrative job has been
realigned to make Durrie directly
responsible to the board.
To the surprise of Rust and
Wood, who thought the board
had reached a consensus on ap
pointing Durrie in executive ses
sion last Saturday, Weinstein
broke ranks and nominated Linda
Racy, a dounty accounting
analyst. He warned the other
commissioners that Lane County
could have trouble receiving fed
eral grants n more women aren i
placed in management-level posi
tions.
Racy’s nomination was not
seconaed by either Rust or Wood
who then proceeded to call the
question and vote in favor of ap
pointing Durrie.
By E G. WHITE-SWIFT
Of the Emerald
Even though his tenure began
on a divided note, Durrie believes
he can work with and for all three
commissioners. He pointed out
that he has fared well since he
was appointed acting adminis
trator May 1.
He also says he will work to
ensure that more women and
minorities are offered positions of
responsibility within Lane
County’s varied departments.
Durrie also plans to concen
trate much of his activity as ad
ministrator in the fiscal and
budgetary problems facing the
county.
“The fact that the position has
changed does not mean its re
duced in importance to the
county," Durrie said "I feel that
the skills that I bring to the posi
tion, being strongly fiscal man
agement, call for a change in the
office. ’
Durrie plans to encompass
much of his former fiscal man
agement officer duties into the
aominisiraiui s umuw, omiMiicmny
his former position entirely. Al
though he will take over July 1,
his exact responsibilities have not
been put into final form. The
commissioners plan to settle dis
putes over the job assignments
later this month.
As a result of the elimination of
Durrie's former position, the
county stands to gain more than
$12,000 in payroll savings. How
ever, Weinstein strongly opposed
Durrie's starting salary of $29,000
annually, which is considerably
less than Elfer's former allotment.
Weinstein believes the position
only needs to be compensated at
the $20,000 level annually. He
warned that Lane County resi
dents will hear about the high
salaried county employes, and
that he plans to make waste, at
least employe-dollar waste, an
issue.
In other action recently, the
commissioners have decided to
hold a public heanng on the de
signated areas for public nudity in
Lane County. More than 00 sites
throughout Lane County have
been proposed for public nudity
The sites range from Alton
Baker Park in downtown Eugene
to Hardesty Mountain in the Cas
cade foothills between Oakridge
and Eugene. The hearing is set
for Thursday, July 21, and is
scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. in
the Harris Hall annex to Lane
County s Public Service Building
complex.
Board hears seniority rights arguments
At an unfair labor practice
complaint hearing Tuesday on
campus, student food service
workers and the University
clashed over the question of
whether the University should
honor workers' preference re
quests for shift hours and work
position.
Food service workers union
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representative Jack Condliffe ar
gued that union contracts with the
University guaranteed workers
preference for both shift and posi
tion, based on the employes
seniority.
Assistant Atty. Gen. William
Hoelscher, representing the Uni
versity, contended the University
has not always given workers the
total number of hours requested
because the University considers
the employment as a form of fi
nancial aid that should be given
to as many students as possible
During a break in the hearing,
Hoelscher said the University
would be willing to honor re
quests for hours but not for posi
tion.
“The University feels it should
have the flexibility and freedom to
assign student workers to posi
tions that are open and need to
be filled,” Hoelscher said.
Condliffe countered that the
language in the union contracts
granted position preference to
workers on a seniority basis
He explained the union, the
American Federation of State,
County and Municipal Employes
(AFSCME) local 1893, filed the
complaint with the state Employ
ment Relations Board (ERB) and
requested a heanng.
‘ We had a number of com
plaints from workers in the
University s housing department
(dormitory food services)," said
Condliffe. "So we filed a general
complaint in order to protect the
identity of the students
The hearing concluded Tues
day after six hours of testimony
with ERB hearings officer George
Lehleitner saying he would for
ward the testimony and his re
commendation and findings to
the Salem office.
Condliffe said he and
Hoelscher would file legal briefs
with the ERB by July 7.
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