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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 20, 1982)
service copies Quality Copies • Kodak 150 Resumes • Thesis • Reduction Custom Paper • Binding • lamination ^86Q E. 13th Ave. 344-789^ pH Save $1.00 HH HH Save $1.00 ■ | (iroal Orpjjoii Hiii*<|pi* ('oiii|>aiii| On the Corner of 13th & High Purchase Any Burger and Receive I One Order of French Fries FREE (Reg. 55c) j One 12-Ounce Pepsi, Dr. Pepper or 7-Up FREE (reg. 45c) Coupon must accompany order. • Offer expires Oct. 31, 1982 For even quicker service, call your order in—344-5221 Save $1.001 I Save $1.00 Sflklu Ilalural fWs fresh produce OPEN EVERYDAY 13th and Patterson 484-6460 Resource center helps callers find ‘needle in the haystack’ By David Brown Of ttM EmaraM Switchboard is Eugene's in formation center, says Marie Fink, the non-profit organiza tion's director To support her claim, she points to the 34,000 requests for information that Switchboard answered last year "We send people to the right place to look without running around town," Fink says Each Switchboard volunteer devotes four hours per week to answering the phones and searching Switchboard's re sources to help people find the best music playing in town, a place to live, a job, an alterna tive school for the kids, legal assistance, or "just plain old community information," Fink says Switchboard volunteers often look for "the needle in the haystack," she adds, estimating that the organization answers as many as 200 calls per day. “You're talking to a real per son on the end of the phone that’s what makes Switchboard different . Mary Keenan, resource developer for Switchboard, recalls one case in which a woman was worried that her wood stove was a fire hazard She was also distraught that their water and electricity had been turned off, and explained she was in need of a perscrip tion which she could not afford Through three hours of phone calls, Keenan traced down someone who would clean the stove pipe free of charge, a minister who would donate $90 to have the utilities restored, and a pharmacy which would donate the prescription, she says Switchboard offers other ser vices, including a free ride share program for University students They publish the Lane County Human Service Directory and a phone directory of 865 small community groups operating in Lane County. Three to five ESCAPE students each term receive University credits for working with Switchboard to update and develop their referral resources, train volunteers, write and de sign public service announ cements and coordinate com munity projects Last summer's project was a downtown appearance of the Pickle Family Circus and a cir cus midway of fund-raising booths operated by non-profit organizations For its current fund raiser on Oct. 12, Switchboard will raffle off an unlimited-mileage airline ticket for two The ticket is good within the continental United States for any 21-day period Switchboard's number is 686-8453 The Ride Share line is 345-7600 DRESS • PAIR OF GLASSES • CROISSANT • SUNDAE • QUICK • PATE • MATZO BALL • COMPUTER PORTRAIT • • PASTRAMI SANDWICH • • HAIRCUT • HOMEFRIE! • ASTROLOGICAL GUIDE • • SHAMPOO • HOTDOG • • TRAVELERS CHECK • VITAMIN • DRESS • CAMERA • CROISSANT • SUNDAE • QUICK COPY • PATE MATZO BALL • PAINTING COMMAND PERFORMANCES 24 HOURS A DAY. cr± 3 Eugene Main— Mohawk-Northgate — 811 Willamette 1620 Mohawk Blvd, Sprtngfield Oakway Coburg — Santa Clara — 12 Oakway Mall 20 Division Ave Oregon Campus — 29th A Willamette — 010 E 13th Ave 55 W 29th PUTTHIPOMIRTOMORKFORYOU. Hours 11:004:00 “The Best Fries yy In Town1 FREE on Wednesday with pun has? of $1.75 Hot Dog Order or $2.00 Hamburger order. Wall Come On Now! Say you heard it in the Emerald Jeb's 1350 Alder LOWEST AIRFARES U S A & INTERNATIONAL 687-2825 EUGENE TRAVEL Your Campus - Travel Agency Multi-Lingual Staff 831 EAST 13th AVE. (Between Duffy's & The U of O Book Store)
