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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1981)
Photo by Dennis Tachibana Eugene’s conference center gets off with a smash Wednesday as officials break ground on the project. Center near finish, director is hired City officials kicked off the third and final phase of a $40-million civic center con struction project Wednesday that merchants hope will revi talize Eugene’s downtown. A ground-breaking ceremony marked the beginning of con struction of the Eugene Convention Center, located on Sixth Avenue between Wil lamette and Oak Streets. Con struction already is under way there on the performing arts center and 12-story Hilton Hotel. The 35,000-square-foot convention center will be locat ed just south of the hotel and is expected to be completed in September, 1982, when the Hil ton and performing arts center will open. The conference center will provide space for conventions, meetings and some retail bu sinesses. Construction is being financed by the city and the Eugene Renewal Agency Also this week, a well-known rock and jazz stage manager was hired as operations director for the performing arts center and conference center. David Pelletier, former tour manager for the Rolling Stones, The Who and Keith Jarrett, will head a 20-member staff to ope rate the two city facilities. Pelletier, 32, currently is the operations manager at the Berklee Performance Center in Boston. Pelletier was picked from 167 applicants for the position and will begin in August at an annual salary of $26,364. Pelletier has a degree in bu siness administration from Fisher College in Boston, and has extensive experience in performance management, audio engineering and lighting systems. Guatemalan will discuss human rights Francisco Larue, Guatemalan trade-union lawyer and member of the Peace and Justice Com mittee, will speak May 26 on “Repression and Resistance in Guatemala.” The talk will be given in Room 123 Science I at 7:30 p.m. Larue will discuss his experiences in Guatemala. His talk will focus on human rights violations and the efforts of Guatemalans to overcome the repressive forces of the military government. The Council on Hemispheric Affairs estimates that over 6,000 Guatemalans have been assas sinated by the Lucas Garcia regime since it took power in mid-1978. The government has been accused by a number of national and international research and human rights or ganizations, including Amnesty International, of sponsoring a terror program of assassina tions, secret detentions and summary executions. Larue represents the Democratic Front Against Oppression, a coalition of more than 160 organizations formed in February, 1979, to confront government repression. The event is sponsored by the Eugene Council for Human Rights in Latin America, with the co-sponsorship of Clergy and Laity Concerned, the Eugene chapter of the National Lawyer's Guild and the Univer sity Latin American Studies Committee. KINKO’S 4c Self Service COPIES • Binding • Two-sided copies • Reductions 344-7894 764 E. 13th working the night shift? Take Vivarin. It’s got what it takes to keep you going. The active ingredient that makes Vivarin Stimulant Tablets so effective is the same caffeine you'd find in two cups of coffee only now squeezed into one little tablet. It has twice the active ingredient as the other leading brand. So when taken as directed, Vivarin keeps you alert for hours. Take Vivarin ^ SAVE $1 00 WITH THIS VIVARIN REFUND CERTIFICATE 1 Lf Read label for directin' To receive your $100 refund, fill out this certificate and mail with the required proof of purchase to Vivarin Dollar Refund, Dept X81. J B Williams Co . Inc , Cranford. New Jersey 07016 i Print) Name Address City State. Zip Required Proof of Purchase the back panel of any vivarin package which shows the ingredients and dosage instruc tions No other proof of purchase will be accepted This Re fund Certificate must accompany your reauest The Refund Certificate may not be reproduced in any way Refund lim ited to one per family, group, or organi2ation Offer expires Dec 50,1981 Please allow 4-6 weeks for receipt of your refund Offer void where prohibited, taxed or restricted J
