These midget monsters — called "Beastie
Creatures' — are the clay work of Richard
Watt, one of more than 50 local craftspeople
whose art is on sale at the Seventh Annual
EMU Christmas Crafts Faire
The 50 craftspeople featured at this year's
faire were selected at a judging in November
Hand-made crafts include pottery, wood
crafts sketches, paintings, photos, woven
items and hand-sewn clothes Besides brows
ing through the faire and Christmas shopping,
festivities include refreshments and live music
The Faire will be open from 10 a m to 4 p.m in
room 167 EMU through today
Photo by Bob Baker
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By MARIAN GREEN
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The West University Neigh
borhood needs help spending
the more than $87,000 it has for
developing and improving parks
in that area
The money for “nodal"
developments, which are
' areas where people naturally
congregate or places that could
be made more conducive to
congregation," is part of the
WUN's $750,000 neighborhood
improvement grant, says
Marshall Landman, WUN grant
administrator
"All it's going to take is for a
student to say 'this is what I'd
like to have, and we'll take the
ball from there," Landman says
By taking the ball, Landman
means checking existing zoning
ordinances and determining
protect feasibility
Landman says because the
WUN has "very little" park and
open space for its 200 acres, the
neighborhood group would like
to develop only in the areas re
sidents — especially students —
express interest in. Landman
says
Landman says students make
up 65 percent of the 6,500 West
University neighbors yet aren't
involved actively in the neigh
borhood decision-making
"The West University Neigh
borhood needs to be more
representative of the student
population." he says "Even if a
student is only here for three
months, he or she is still a
neighbor "
Basketball or volleyball
courts, gardens planter boxes
benches, bike racks and trash
cans are some of the items
Landman says would be "no
problem to fund "
A typical nodal development
is the bus shelter across from
the bookstore on 13th Avenue
Landman says
Cooperative projects with
local businesses and agencies
West
University
Neighborhood
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also may be undertaken he
says
In tact, the WUN worked with
the Lane Transit District, which
had offered to put two bus
shelters in the neighborhood
The neighborhood offered to
erect three additional shelters if
LTD would add one more LTD
agreed
"We are now going to have
six shelters,' he says
The group may offer nodal
developments to other agencies
in exchange for maintenance of
the developments because the
grant funds can be used only for
"bricks and mortar he says
Students are West University
Neighbors it they live within the
area bounded by 11th Avenue
on the north, 19th Avenue on
the south Willamette Street on
the west and Kincaid Street on
the east
The WUN will take sugges
tions until Dec 31
"If we don't spend the money
within the next year, the city will
take it back," he says
Student neighbors may call
Landman at 687-5366 or can
drop by the neighborhood
center at 1458 Ferry St
Public service jobs available, says dean
By RICH BURR
Of the Emerald
Despite budget cuts by the
Reagan Administration, public
service jobs will still be in suf
ficient supply, says Bryan
Downes, associate dean of the
University's community service
and public affairs school
Downes says he sees the
budget cuts as a re-allocation of
resources Public services will
not go away they will just be
circumscribed
“Job possibilities are still
good because government and
public service is a S3 trillion
service," Downes says 'Op
portunities will still be there but
some will be packaged differ
ently."
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social science," Downes says
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public service and problem
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theories from the social
sciences and apply them to
problem-solving situations "
One shift for public service
jobs will be determined more by
the states than the federal
government in the way of block
grants Downes says
"The way he's (Pres Ronald
Reagan) shifting the money, the
state will be more important in
making those decisions,' he
says
Another development which
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Downes adds Instead of going
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which are valuable when
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