$10 fee initiated
P.E. dept, charges users
By ALICE O’CONNOR
OfSw EmaraM
Whether you spend one buck
or ten, a new user fee at the
University's physical education
facilities is bound to surprise
some students this summer
A mandatory $10 fee has
been levied for anyone using
the facilities summer term
Norval Ritchey, assistant
dean of the physical education
department, says the new user
fee is only one of several alter
natives for dealing with budget
cuts Other alternatives depend
on decisions by the Legislature
and are expected in the next few
weeks
The Legislature currently is
considering a recommendation
to completely eliminate the
$200,000 budget for "gym suit
services" that provide the
necessary staff to keep the phy
sical education facilities open
"Until we know what our fiscal
picture is, we are at their (the
Legislature's) mercy," Ritchey
says
Esslinger Hall, Leighton Pool,
the covered tennis courts and
outside racquetball courts will
remain open for both classroom
and recreational use for the
remainder of the summer, but
hours have been limited
The $10 user fee applies to
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individuals from the community
who wish to use university
facilities as well
Diane Baxter, head of phy
sical education service pro
grams, says "community people
have been using University
facilities for a long time, but
there was never a systematic
way of checking before Now
they will have to share the cost ”
The $10 fee doesn’t include
an extra dollar fee charged for
people who use the pool facili
ties on the weekend
Ritchey and Baxter both
agree that the fee has not dis
couraged students from en
rolling in any of their programs
In fact, this summer's
enrollment figures are only 50
less than last summer
So far Ritchey says he has
received no complaints about
the new fees "Students have
been very understanding." he
says
Besides closing some facili
ties and charging user fees.
‘‘Operation Enterprise" has
been initiated to promote in
come-producing activities, in
cluding expanding laundry ser
vices beyond the athletic
department to possible con
tracts with the EMU and dormi
tories
Outside user contracts are
another possible source of
revenue Ritchey says groups
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never have paid user fees
before, but now University
groups like sororities and fra
ternities, along with non
University groups will be
charged
The pool rental fee for a
University group will cost $25
per hour Non-University groups
will pay $50 an hour or $200 per
day
Depending on budget cuts,
Ritchey says the worst pos
sibility is that the entire gym suit
services budget will be axed
physical education will be
dropped as a requirement and
all one-credit service courses,
such as badminton, bowling
and tennis will be dropped
"We stand to lose up to 15 or
20 staff members besides losing
our number five ranking of phy
sical ecucation departments in
the US”
Ritchey says the physical
education department won't be
able to attract graduate
students into the program
because they are used heavily
in teaching the one-credit ser
vice courses
If you want to skip the $10 fee
there is an optional $1 per day
user fee
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Bach Fest
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There's still a little time left to
catch some of the 1981 Oregon
Bach Festival Tickets still are
available for the following per
formances
• Today's last cantata per
formance at 5 15 The choir and
orchestra are conducted by
guest conductors studying
under music director Helmuth
Rilling through the master
classes and Rilling provides in
formal commentary Tickets are
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• Tonight s 8 30 recital of In
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Erhard harpsichord All tickets
for the performance are $5
• The Bach's Supper, a
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Fire awareness
lowers danger
By HEIDI SWILLINGER
Of Vw Emaratd
Last summer, forest fires cost
Oregonians $10 7 million in
damages and suppression
costs, according to Jim Fisher,
public affairs director for the
Oregon State Department of
Forestry
The Forestry Department, in
con|unction with various for
estry and land management
groups in Washington and
Oregon, is sponsoring Fire
Awareness Time which began
June 27 and will extend through
the fall until outdoor fire danger
is reduced
Fisher says the Awareness
Time has two purposes — to
draw attention to man-made
fires and to reduce damages to
natural resources in the region
Two-thirds of the 1,880 fires in
Oregon last year were man
made, Fisher says The rest
were caused by lightning
"This is the time of year to be
extra careful " he warns
Fisher says fires can be
caused by anything from a care
less smoker to a back-firing
truck
"If you live, work or vacation
in the forest arid you're careless
just for a second, you can start a
fire "
Fires in the Willamette Na
tional Forest area — a
100-mile-long strip of forest that
includes Lane County, Linn
County and part of Douglas
County — cost taxpayers $1 6
million in 1980
According to Woody Williams,
an assistant fire staff member,
of 66 area fires last year 42
were caused by careless cigar
ette smokers or abandoned
campfires
"In recent years there s been
an alarming number of aban
doned campfires, Williams
says
Many campers simply cover a
campfire with dirt and assume
the fire is out, he says However,
embers can smoulder under dirt
tor up to three days and then
erupt into flames
Williams suggests that
campers make a mixture of dirt
and water and stir it among the
embers As a precautionary
measure, he says to search the
surrounding earth to make sure
it's cold to the touch
Next to abandoned camp
fires, careless cigarette
smokers are responsible for
most forest fires caused by
people
People go into the forest, sit
down to have a cigarette and
then throw it away when they re
done.' Williams says
Williams warns that anyone
found guilty of starting a fire is
liable for both civil and criminal
damages including fines and
the cost of putting out the fire
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