Vol. 79, No. 6
Eugene, Oregon 97403
Thursday, July 7, 1977
Photo by Tim Leonard
University students' children received little financial help from the 1977 Legislature.
Childcare
OSL plans child care campaign
at Childrens Services Division
By TOM WOLFE
and TIM LEONARD
Of the Emerald
After a series of legislative defeats even
tually ending in death of a child care bill,
the Oregon Student Lobby (OSL) is now
gearing up for another campaign, this time
with the state Children's Services Division.
Attempts to pass some form of HB 2459
— a $3.65 million child care funding bill —
were exhausted last week when a series of
attempted compromises by Sen. Ed
Fadeley, D-Eugene, failed to find enough
support in the subcommittee handling the
issue and the 1977 Legislature closed.
The OSL had been asking the Legisla
ture to extend eligibility of child care sub
sidies to graduate students and four-year
university freshmen and sophomores with
financial need. Under current guidelines
those groups receive no state funding
support.
Proposals were made to make allow
ances for child care funding first in the
state higher education budget and then
with the Oregon State Scholarship Com
mission.
Failing with these last-chance attempts
with the Legislature, Kirby Garrett of the
OSL says he hopes to plan an intensive
study of the Children’s Services Division
(CSD), hoping that eligibility for child care
support can be changed by administrative
ruling within the division.
Just how strongly OSL will lobby with the
CSD will be decided at OSL's board meet
ing next week. “I can't think of any reason
why the board would not support that at
tempt," says Garrett.
Garrett says he expects attempts to
work through the administrative body will
be as long and hard as those with the
Legislature, with no success assured.
"We ll probably spend July and August
preparing a course of action. The CSD is
extremely complex administratively and
the whole effort could take up to eight
months.
The Legislature's failure to extend child
care funding at the University Child Care
and Development Center will not cut ser
vices at the center for next year, according
to Cathy Loomis, an administrative assis
tant at the center.
"We won't have a budget crisis next
year, but we ll have to depend on Inciden
tal Fee Committee (IFC) money we had
hoped to give back, says Loomis.
The IFC alloted the center $29,386 for
the coming year. The money is used to pay
for the facility and staff at the center, lo
cated at 1511 Moss St.
The summer programs are less struc
tured than during the regular year and a
wider range of activities is offered to the 70
kids attending.
For the first time there is a mixed age
group of four months to two years, two
groups of 2-4 years, one group of 3-6
year-olds, and one group of 6-9 years old.
Rates at the center vary from $10.40 a
day for ages three months to three years
and $8.60 a day for three years and up.
Children are taken for either half days or
full days.
Energy
State buildings may be subject
to strict conservation standards
By LUELLEN FLETCHER
Of the Emerald
Energy management policy for state
buildings will be recommended to the state
by the end of the month.
Arthur Mancl, director of planning for the
state system of higher education, says the
governor's task force on energy design
and management is “putting a lot of time in
toward the attainment of efficient, intellig
ent energy management in the state.”
Mandatory energy conservation meas
ures for all state agencies were first an
nounced in April 1975 According to Mancl,
the Department of Energy (DOE) has been
compiling an audit for the past three years
on every state building.
The audit contains the percentage
change in the amount of energy consumed
and the kinds of fuels being used. From
those figures, the task force proposed Se
nate Bill 897, which would have included a
base line energy consumption estimate for
the DOE. The bill passed one committee
but died in another, so now supporters
plan to implement most of its provisions
through administrative channels.
‘“Most existing buildings were designed
when energy was much less expensive
than it is today. The main consideration
tended to be the initial cost of the building,”
Mancl noted. “Today, with much higher
energy costs, it makes sense to change
buildings so that they use energy more ef
ficiently."
With that goal in mind, task force prop
osals provide conservation guidelines for
state employes and managers of state
agencies, a description of alternative
resources such as combustible wastes,
geothermal, solar and wind power, and an
outline of an energy conservation cash ac
count, which would collect and redistribute
funds reaped through conservation meas
ures.
Oregon is already noted for unique
achievements in energy conservation. The
Oregon Institute of Technology has been
heated with hot water since 1963. The
University is heated entirely with wood
wastes and 60 per cent of its electricity is
generated by steam from burning wood
wastes.
According to Mancl, the directors of
physical plants at the universities are
among the most competent people con
nected with state agencies in the area of
conservation. Mancl (who is also an ar
chitect) and two state engineers plan to
make energy estimates for future state
buildings. “Currently we ask architects to
practice good conservation measures and
they tell u$ how much energy it will take to
operate a building, ’ he explains.
By establishing standard levels of
energy consumption for certain buildings,
architects and engineers will be expected
to design for efficient energy consumption.
"The idea of designing with energy
budgets is still way out on the edge of
technology though,' Mancl added.
No Oregon universities are using solar
energy yet because of the cost factor. “On
this campus it’s just not economical,”
Mand says, "Wood wastes cost a fraction
of what oil costs, much less solar energy.”
Mancl considers himself lucky because
his interests as an architect coincide with
energy conservation. His specialty is the
psycho-biological approach to design,
which considers the effects of colors and
light on people. Mand s dream is to equip
buildings with materials necessary for both
maximization of human productivity and
minimization of energy use.
Mand emphasizes the need for simple,
direct communication of the importance of
energy conservation and what remains to
be accomplished. “Our society and
economy are based on intensive use of
energy and we use such a high percentage
of the world’s energy resources that we all
must leam to do things a little differently,"
he says.
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Shaniko town
What was once the wildest town in
Oregon comes to life through a recent
visit to Shaniko, Ore., located at the
center of the state. Talks with the old
timers still there bring frontier town
memories back to life. The eventual fate
of Shaniko itself is less certain. See
Pages 6 and 7.
Timber talk
Congressman Jim Weaver was back
in town this week with thoughts of
proper timber management in national
forests and use of other natural re
sources in the state. Recent develop
ments are explained on Page 8.
Skateboarding
Roller skates, hula hoops and beer
can hats may be gone for the time
being, but skateboarding is back in a
big way. Tricksters demonstrate their
skill in a photo essay showing
skateboarders in jumps, running a
slalom course and handstanding. See
Page 11.
Noise tests
Making the steel ball travel the length
of a labyrinth course is difficult enough.
Add distracting noise, flashing pictures
and a Ph.D. candidate with two bucks
for every subject tested and the game
becomes an unnerving battle of wits.
See Page 9.